Katie Parla

"Start with a glass, half-bottle or bottle of rakı paired with a large assortment of mezes like patlıcan salatası."

Tuba Satana

"The fantastic mezes at Asmalı Cavit include eggplant salad."

Time Out Istanbul

"Along with rakı, make sure you keep plenty of topik (a mezze made of chickpeas, potatoes, onion and tahini) on your table."

Tuba Satana

"Save some space for their famous köfte (meatballs)."

Liesl Schillinger

"We delved into the house specialty, topik, a sweet and savory Armenian chickpea dish that has the smooth-grained, dense texture of halvah. Dotted with raisins and tahini, it melted on the tongue."

Liesl Schillinger

"The flaky phyllo crust was marvelously crisp against the juicy meat and sautéed onions inside."

Xtreme Foodies

"Try the eggplant salad."

Serhat Engül

"Try meatballs as your main course."

Rucha Wankhede

"Try Topik here."

Maria Spyrou

"This is a wonderful place to try midye dolma."