"Our co worker friend took us here with his family. His wife is Turkish and recommended this spot. Everything was absolutely amazing!!! My favorite was the crepes which were perfectly paired with the jellies that came with everything else. I would come back again and again. The brunch deal is definitely the way to go to have meze for everyone to share. Can’t wait to come back someday!"

"Visited Cafe Istanbul and tried a pretty wide range of dishes mashed potatoes, lahmacun, the seafood mixed grill, chef’s mixed grill, and kuzu şiş. Overall, the food was genuinely good. Everything came out flavorful, seasoned, and cooked nicely. The seafood and kuzu şiş especially stood out. The only downside was one specific order I requested well done. It came out medium three different times, even after sending it back twice. Eventually, I had to cancel that item altogether, which was disappointing considering how good the rest of the meal was. Great food, nice menu just wish the kitchen paid a bit more attention to specific cooking requests."

"Café Istanbul is one of those spots I somehow return to every few months without even thinking about it & every time, the food reminds me why. It’s just fire. i got the Chef’s Mixed Grill with a lentil soup, & both were perfect. juicy, well-seasoned, & cooked like the chef was aiming for a medal. the lentil soup hit exactly how it should warm, smooth, comforting. my sister ordered the kuzu şiş well done. it came out medium. Sent it back… came out medium-well. At that point the lamb said “this is the best I can do today.” 😂 But as someone who always eats here, I know the quality is legit. Great menu, great flavors, and you really can’t go wrong with anything you order."

"This place absolutely delivers. The service was warm and attentive, the food was outstanding, and the dessert alone is worth the visit. Do not skip the Pear Delight. I’m serious. It’s one of those desserts you think about afterward and immediately want again. Order it, thank me later. The meat was seasoned perfectly.. deep, rich flavor, not just salt-forward.. and somehow tasted just as incredible the next day. Leftovers rarely improve; these did. If you know what’s good for you, just go here. Simple as that."

"We came here with a friend. He used to come here before some years ago so he recommended. Overall the food experience was so awful. We ordered appetizers first : sogurme (eggplant, garlic yoghurt) and liver. Eggplant was ok. But the liver we sent it back. Liver itself was bitter taste. Not spicy not because of paprika. The meat itself was bitter and bad taste. I even cannot eat 1 small piece of it. I tried to explain the server when I see it in the receipt that they didn’t take it off from the receipt. So the server was a bit annoyed and telling me he didn’t need to know details. But yes the details ate important that the liver was so bad that I had to split it. Then for the main dishes we had cag kebab and İskender. In cag kebab the lamb was undercooked and so thick cut. Authentic cag kebab has to be thinner slices. The lamb was not at all well marinated. İskender was not good either. The meat tasted odd. Even my friend who is not Turkish he told that İskender was not good. He didn’t finish it. Overall our other server - Ezgi was super nice and she listened our feedback nicely but she had nothing to do. The other guy maybe server maybe manager was not nice at all. Looking annoyed when I was trying to give my feedback. Overall, sorry but I cannot recommend this place to any one. Try to find somewhere else. We paid a lot that we even didn’t eat and we were still hungry after this."