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Paçacı Mahmut Usta

Name: Paçacı Mahmut Usta
Price range: $
Rating: 4.4

4.4 ·

Pull up a seat at Paçacı Mahmut Usta, a local canteen serving traditional Istanbul food at friendly prices. Choose from the counter, try the lamb soup and creamy rice, and eat the way locals do.

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Full description

Paçacı Mahmut Usta is a regular canteen-style restaurant where you pick from a counter of traditional Istanbul dishes and get them with bread, pickles and radish leaves. Reviewers praise the lamb soup, creamy rice and the owner's warm welcome, and one notes the staff even offered a smaller portion without being asked.

Prices are budget-friendly and no booking is needed, which suits solo travellers and families wanting a quick, honest meal. Opening at 5:00 AM, it also works as an early breakfast-time stop, and a typical visit takes about an hour.

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Address

İskenderpaşa, Kızanlık Cd. No:16A, 34080 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye

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Hours

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Booking

Walk-in

Duration

Best time

early morning, morning, lunchtime or afternoon

Intensity

Easy pace

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Good to know

No booking needed
it opens at 5:00 AM, so it suits a very early start
point at what you want from the counter and ask for a smaller portion if you're not very hungry

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Reviews

Very good turkish traditionnal foods, lamb soup was wonderful, and the rices is very creamy. Ahmet the owner was very warm welcoming us. Big thumb up for this place !

M. Nguyen

1/5

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