Istanbul Evening Food Tour: Explore the Fiery Kebabs and Live Music at Meyhane

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Beyoğlu

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Embark on a 5-hour evening food tour in Istanbul to discover the fiery kebabs and live music at Meyhane. Explore hidden food hotspots with an expert local guide.

Duration: 4 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Istiklal Caddesi - Istiklal Street is the liveliest and the most colorful street of Istanbul. The street has been pedestrianized since 1988 and for over 150 years has been the center of the nightlife of the city.

What's Included

Expert local guide
Diverse beverage selection including two glasses of raki, Turkish coffee, and tea
Convenient hotel pickup and drop-off for central Istanbul locations
Authentic Turkish dinner with kebab, meze, and soup
Opportunity for food tasting
Live music entertainment

Additional Information

Discover Istanbul’s culinary delights on a 5-hour evening food tour of the capital. Led by an expert local guide, your tour includes visit to all the food hotspots around the city that many tourists don’t even know about. Check out a traditional ‘simit’ bakery, grill your own kebabs on an open fire in a barbeque restaurant, and visit a ‘meyhane’…

Location

Beyoğlu

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Gabriela_b

Dec 3, 2020

especial - A very good experience, our guide was excellent. The places were we visit was very familiar and the food spectacular.

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Sean_m

Sep 20, 2020

Totally Awesome - A must do for any first time visitors. We got to try a variety of various food and drinks. Our guide Furlan gave a lot of isight into the history of these dishes and drinks. Very grateful for the experience. Thank you.

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Rachita_a

Feb 22, 2020

Fantastic introduction to Turkish culture and history - This was an awesome introduction to Istiklal street and the general Taksim area. There was plenty of food and fun cultural tidbits sprinkled in. The tour guide was a local resident and very knowledge about the area and the history. You truly got to have an authentic and local experience of Istanbul.

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Kingsongeo

Feb 6, 2020

Enjoyable experience - Very enjoyable experience. Lutfallah, the guide, was excellent. Learned a lot about the culture. Highly recommend.

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Derek

Oct 1, 2019

Great tour - I highly recommend this tour, the guide was incredibly knowledgeable and we ate incredible food the entire time. We were stuffed by the end of the tour. This is one of the best ways to see Istanbul.

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Timur_b

Sep 23, 2019

A true taste of Istanbul! - Ilker was our tour guide on this foodie tour. We originally were supposed to have 11 people in our group, but this went down to only 3 people as others could not make the tour for extraneous reasons. While 3 people might not seem like much, it make the food tasting experience much more intimate and personal. We had great lamb kebab with lavash. Ilker did a great job showing us how to drink Raki, and included some customs on how to drink in a group of people. We also went to a Turkish delight vendor, and then to a more musical restaurant. We had musicians join our table after we had some great red and white wines. The music and food here was really nice. We visited a baklava vendor as well, which felt very personal as we were the only people inside the small dessert vendor shop. The baklava was great quality, and we also purchased more to take home. Lastly, we visited a coffee/tea place were some people were playing backgammon. The night wounded down and our bellies were full of delicious food. Ilker did an amazing job explaining everything, including some history of such foods as well as complementing flavours. Bravo!

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Jessicarizer

Jun 26, 2019

Great Night with Great Food - Atahan was a fantastic guide! He was knowledgeable about the city, knew all the best food spots, and was very fun to hang out with. He made the tour feel more like hanging out with a local friend than a tour guide. This tour is a great way to get to know the city on a more local level, and have great food while you’re doing it!

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717annie

Oct 14, 2019

A great introduction to beautiful Istanbul - A thoroughly enjoyable experience with a very knowledgeable guide. Lots to eat and drink. Enjoyed learning a little of the social history of this amazing city.

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Dodolady

Jun 11, 2019

Not too bad an experience - The guide picked us up and then we did the food tour by walk. The food was okay and the portion is generous. You really do feel very very full at the end of the tour. Worth a try if you will like to try local food introduced by a local guide

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Lanyxc

Mar 30, 2024

Terrible place - Terrible place, its foreigners and this man does not respect the customs of Mazatlán and because of his comments the stay is not enjoyable

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up to 6 guests

1 Adult