Meşale Restaurant & Cafe

Everything is perfect at this restaurant. The omelet and menemen are delicious for breakfast. Tea, coffee are very good. The lamb dishes are tasty with grilled vegetables along with fresh bread. Nightly entertainment and shisha make for a pleasant evening. The staff ....courteous and service the best. Oh, and desserts are delicious as well.

Mikail has become my bro here. He was so friendly and so friendly. This is the best restaurants for Gozleme and other Turkish food in Istanbul. You should try the breakfast menu here and the location is so great. We would come back soon in sha Allah

This place has it all, good food, we ordered mix grill , it was very tasty, plus the lentil soup was one of the best we had in Istanbul. The ambience and service was great. Live music and dervish were the highlight of our night. And if you smoke shisha then this place is for you.

Fantastic place with local and international food, narguilé and sweets! Very authentic after 8-9pm for the atmosphere and Dervish dance.

Great place to have some drinks or coffee. Shishas are also really good. The waiters are very nice. They have live music with typical Turkish dancer.

I gave 5 stars because i felt happy and peaceful while i was seating in this cafe. i haven’t tried the food but i ordered sweet Baklava ( was good) Turkish tea and shisha ( was not the best) but the music took me to an other dimension, it was amazing listening to live (Nay and Kanoun). I went 2 times additional end of 2023 (Dec) it was good to be honest especially at night.

Best spot for a breakfast, very cosy and relaxed and the food was great. Gave us a free çay too!

Authentic atmosphere and gastronomy. Local people comes here to break the ramadan. Huge menu with lots of choice. The food is amazing and the interior is very cozy to drink something as well. Come here for a bbq, gozleme and a turkish tea and you can say you had the turkish experience

We didn't eat inside but the place looks great and was very full. They have the Turkish twirling dancers here to enjoy while you eat. Very nice decor all around. The location is very convenient.

The most typical Turkish restaurant you can find. The masters cooking in front of you, the dancer behind you, the waiters working non-stop. Typical but nice decoration. The food was delicious, we were served quickly and the price was very reasonable. NOTE: smoking was allowed inside which is very unpleasant, I don't know if it is legal there. For everything else, highly recommended.

If you want good Shisha and tea in Sultan Ahmet, come here.

They don’t charge you extortionate prices for it and you can relax without having to worry about being ripped off.

Atmosphere, music and whirling dervishes are all great.

Haven’t tried the food but once again it’s a place to wind down after dinner elsewhere.

Great authentic shisha/çay/caffe kind of restaurant/bar. Great staff and life music and dervish dance.
3 stars for a Künnefe dessert we ordered. It was very strange and tasted like margarine a lot. Not so tasteful.

Beautiful place to dine in with exploring turkish culture
Food was awesome

I have been coming to this place consistently over the last eight years, basically every time I visit Istanbul, ever before they expanded the space and upscaled it. I always enjoyed it even though it was never cheap. There is always some kind of entertainment and the food is tasty, but they have now gone overboard with the prices, so it has become too expensive compared to what other similar places offer in Sultanahmet and Beyazit, which is unfortunate.

Went there 2times in 5days.
First time we're shocked with hookah smoke filling huzy place. Was not happy.
Last night in istanbul we decided to try again for that have best food after trying many restaurants.
It was still full of smoke and peoples. We choose near the entrance and was better with breathing.
Music and dervish dancing glued us to seat.
Food was delicious and waiter was super attentive. We spent more $ for tips than food because of music and dance and svc was superb 👌. Musicion took requests for songs. Better show than dinner cruise we took. Recommend this restaurant.

I tried their cappuccino and mocha cafe. They were not the best as they were too bitter for me. It was average. My husband ordered tea and an orange melon flavor of hookah and he loved it. It was very relaxing and chill. Had a great performance from a live whirling dervish

This has been one of my favorite restaurants here and Istanbul. My wife and I came here we loved the music and the religious dancing. The food was so delicious but the environment was amazing, if you can find it I highly recommend it. It opens up at night so it’s very refreshing you can sit lay back and smell the smoke of the hookah.

Really great spot to smoke shisha, drink tea and eat pastries. The live music adds to the beautiful atmosphere coronated by the surreal image of the mosque, which specially looks unique at night. During summer, the outdoor seatings at night make the restaurant extra special.

Good place to eat and chill, It is open non stop and you can find live music during the night.

Prices are maybe quite expensive compared with other restaurants but still being ok, service is good and efficient, food is normal, some dishes are better than others and shishas are good for the price.

Very good food and relaxing terace ! We enjoy live show ,food and drinks ! Prices are ok ! It s a good place !