Mikla Istanbul

Awards

MICHELIN Guide

One star restaurant, 2026

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OAD

European Restaurants 2026, 262

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La Liste

La Liste, #562

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Restaurant Ranking

Restaurant Ranking 2024, #2701, PRO #16.33, USER #0.00

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Chef

Mehmet Gürs

Cuisine

Mediterranean Cuisine, Modern Cuisine, Modern Turkish

• 2026
• 2019

Dinner at Mikla Restaurant

on 20 Sep 2026

by Peter Verey

@miklarestaurant was the first Turkish restaurant I had ever heard of as it started to make waves internationally last decade . This year it celebrates its 20th year and offers a lovely comfortable and confident menu .

Produce is entirely Turkish ( except for chocolate ) which is a necessity these days as hyper inflation has made foreign imports skyrocket . ( imported butter costs 17x the price of local butter for example ) .

The first course may have been my favourite, a smooth artichoke... More

@miklarestaurant was the first Turkish restaurant I had ever heard of as it started to make waves internationally last decade . This year it celebrates its 20th year and offers a lovely comfortable and confident menu .

Produce is entirely Turkish ( except for chocolate ) which is a necessity these days as hyper inflation has made foreign imports skyrocket . ( imported butter costs 17x the price of local butter for example ) .

The first course may have been my favourite, a smooth artichoke cream , a perfectly fried artichoke heart and the lovely zing of sorrel oil .

Beef tenderloin was aggressively cured and quite salty , it really required the equally aggressive pickled vegetables to balance things , but in some bites both flavour profiles were somewhat jarring .

Squid was given a quick char and paired with tarator and sea herbs , personal preference but a note of acidity would have made this sing .

Deftly cooked sea bass is served with crayfish and an array of vegetables with a light nage . This one was faultless , beautiful cooking of every element .

Lamb shank is not often seen of fine dining menus but this a great finale , alongside textures of various green vegetables, its homely and terrific .

Also homely is the dessert , hazelnut halva, rice pudding and strawberry sorbet. Could easily be three seperate desserts but together they amalgamated brilliantly . Less

6 / 10

Dinner at Mikla

on 09 Oct 2019

by Gerhard Huber

Mehmet Gürs, the Chef-Owner Of Milka opened this restaurant in 2005. It sources from all over Turkey and tries to bring the old Turkish cuisine into the 21st century.
And hs is doin quite a good job with it.

Dinner at Mikla Restaurant

on 03 Apr 2019

by Neil A. Chef

Braised lamb, wild cabbage, giresun walnut, salted yoghurt, potato, bergama tulum cheese & cumin @miklaistanbul2018 .

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Braised lamb, wild cabbage, giresun walnut, salted yoghurt, potato, bergama tulum cheese & cumin @miklaistanbul2018 .

Michelin Guide -
OAD list -
W50Best-44 (2018)
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#achefabroad #itravelforfood #foodie #foodies #foodporn #foodpic #foodpics #finedining #michelindining #eats #instafoodie #michelinstar #oad #worlds50bestrestaurants #worlds50best #eater #iphonexsmax #michelinguide #foodlepro #influencer #influencers #culinaryworld #amandabravo #amandabravoistanbul #amandabravobistronomique #istanbulfoodie #istanbuleats #istanbuleater #mikla #newanatoliancuisine Less