
4.2 ·
Discover Balkan Lokantası, a budget-friendly Beşiktaş restaurant open from 7:00 AM. Point at the home-style Turkish dishes on offer and enjoy a quick, filling meal at local prices.
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Balkan Lokantası is a budget-friendly Turkish restaurant in the Beşiktaş neighbourhood, serving a wide variety of typical dishes at low prices. Reviewers mention plenty to choose from, with popular items selling fast as the day goes on, and note that it pleases visitors unfamiliar with Turkish food.
It opens at 7:00 AM and closes at 8:30 PM, which makes it one of the few places in this set suited to an early meal as well as lunch. At 4.2 from over 1,600 reviews, it works for solo travellers and families wanting a quick, inexpensive 60-minute stop without booking.
Balkan Lokantası is a budget-friendly Turkish restaurant in the Beşiktaş neighbourhood, serving a wide variety of typical dishes at low prices. Reviewers mention plenty to choose from, with popular items selling fast as the day goes on, and note that it pleases visitors unfamiliar with Turkish food.
It opens at 7:00 AM and closes at 8:30 PM, which makes it one of the few places in this set suited to an early meal as well as lunch. At 4.2 from over 1,600 reviews, it works for solo travellers and families wanting a quick, inexpensive 60-minute stop without booking.
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1h
Best time
early morning, morning, lunchtime or afternoon
Intensity
Easy pace
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Nice local Turkish dishes. Even Malaysian like us like it 😂
Sabri Daud
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