The house
A meyhane run by two fishmongers’ sons
Deniz and Emre Arslan grew up behind their father’s stall at Kumkapı. They still buy there at six every morning, and the board you see at night is whatever came in on the boats.
The cold meze are made by Nuran Hanım, who has been with us since the first night — the haydari recipe is hers and she is not sharing it.
- Fish bought daily at Kumkapı, nothing farmed
- Forty rakıs, eleven by the glass
- Private room upstairs for up to twelve