Ciya Sofrasi Istanbul

Awards

OAD

European Casual Restaurants 2026, 227

All OAD European Casual in Istanbul All OAD European Casual in Turkey

Chef

Musa Dagdeviren

Cuisine

Turkish

• 2020
• 2019

Dinner at Çiya

on 17 Feb 2020

by Jason Wang

With the majority of tourist attractions located on the European side of Istanbul, most first-time travelers don’t venture into the Asian side of the city. However, Musa Dağdeviren’s little gem of a restaurant called Çiya is hailed by many to be possibly the best restaurant in all of Istanbul.
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What makes Çiya Sofrası unique is that Mr. Dağdeviren isn’t just a Chef, but also a culinary anthropologist. Collecting recipes from all over Turkey, he frequently offers unusual regional dishes... More

With the majority of tourist attractions located on the European side of Istanbul, most first-time travelers don’t venture into the Asian side of the city. However, Musa Dağdeviren’s little gem of a restaurant called Çiya is hailed by many to be possibly the best restaurant in all of Istanbul.
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What makes Çiya Sofrası unique is that Mr. Dağdeviren isn’t just a Chef, but also a culinary anthropologist. Collecting recipes from all over Turkey, he frequently offers unusual regional dishes that you won’t find anywhere else. Because he offers different dishes daily, there’s no actual menu. The daily changing food takes diners on a journey through traditional regional dishes from Anatolia to Mesopotamia, many of which are in danger of extinction. You just point out whichever dish catches your eye and they’ll bring a serving to your table.
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Ciya Sofrası, Istanbul (Sept 2019)
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4 / 10

Lunch at Çiya Sofrası

on 09 Oct 2019

by Gerhard Huber

Great busy place in a even busier street, full of little food shops and small restaurants.
I think the friendly waiter recommended the wrong dishes to me as the kebab was wrapped in dough and the main course was a sausage was in a skin which created a bad texture in your mouth.
In both cases the kebab and the filling were delicious and so were the various salads which you pick yourself from a buffet.