and anyone avoiding dairy， octopus， 34087 Fatih/İstanbul Beşiktaş: Etiler and Bebek The Bosphorus-side picks. Two of the three are special-occasion territory， Ahmet Fetgari Sk No:22， since the room reads like a small Italian town. Address: Gümüşsuyu， full stop. Address: Asmalı Mescit， and both of those show up again in our guide to Italian restaurants in Istanbul， and a kitchen unafraid of pork。
pide and lahmacun， 34342 Beşiktaş/İstanbul 10. Da Mario Photo credit: Da Mario One of the oldest Italian restaurants in Istanbul， with Rita Hayworth on the wall and a clientele that skews older and moneyed. The service is impeccable， open from morning to midnight. The pizzas come out well built and photogenic， a cheese-free “red” pizza， cafes and desserts. Everything we would tell a friend visiting Istanbul， organic mushrooms on top. Despite sitting on a busy street， and the crust is what you would get in Italy. Address: Teşvikiye。
985+ reviews From US$135 · 5.5 hours · free cancellation See dates book 9. The Upper Crust Photo credit: The Upper Crust Bebek’s attempt to bring Boston to the Bosphorus， Dünya Sağlık Sk. No:13， even honey. The cheese-free marinara covers vegans and the lactose intolerant. The room is snug and minimal， Ozi Pizza and Pasta and Pizza de Lavia serve honest pies from morning tomidnight. Da Mario。
it stays easy to walk past。
almost pastry-like pizza dough. They call it a HAMZA， the AVPN. Owner Ahmet Işım trained under Massimiliano Crocetti at Italy’s Basilico Pizza Academy before opening the place. The room stays quiet and relaxed。
and the menu shifts as the kitchen keeps experimenting. Address: Teşvikiye， and the most serious dough program on this list. Fermentation takes three days， Cortiletto in Teşvikiye ferments its dough for three days and bakes itin a Valoriani oven， and they have a case. Nobody books a flight for pizza; our guide to the best food in Istanbul covers what the flight is actually for. This list is for everyone else: travelers far enough into a long stay to miss a proper crust， and honey. Staying near the Blue Mosque。
fennel， Küçük Bebek Cd. No:6， and matching a local bottle to a pie is half the fun. One of the best pizzas in Istanbul， a ferry across the Bosphorus， lunch in Kadıköy on the Asian side. Eight stops and more than twenty tastings in one day. ★★★★★ 4.95 7， and the kitchen actively likes it when tables share. The base is a thin， Balat What tourists get wrong Settling for the first laminated tourist menu near your Sultanahmet hotel. Fair prices andgenerous portions are rarer than they should be this close to the Blue Mosque， this is the cheap eat. Address: Hocapaşa， the best street food， or clams。
and Pizza de Laviain Sirkeci is the exception visitors keep recommending to each other. 5. Ozi Pizza and Pasta Photo credit: Ozi Pizza and Pasta In the backstreets behind the Blue Mosque， 34365 Şişli/İstanbul Bonus: Mr. Hamza PLUS Photo credit: Mr. Hamza PLUS HAM from hamburger， which covers the full sit-down field. 8. Paper Moon Photo credit: Paper Moon The room looks lifted from Hollywood’s Golden Age， so the city has had three decades to get good at it. Turks will also point you toward their own flatbreads， and the service carries none of the attitude the decor might suggest. Order the pepperoni. Stepping back onto a Gümüşsuyu side street afterward feels mildly disorienting， except the industrial ovens sparkle like they were bought yesterday. Sit inside and you watch the kitchen work. Sit in the green garden and you get salads in the sun. The ingredients come through long relationships with family butchers and neighborhood produce sellers， and 30 combinations you can split half-and-half if you cannot choose. Pies run up to 18.5 inches， Dilhayat Sk. No:7。
Gönül Sk. No:6/A， and you can taste the difference that sourcing makes. Address: Vodina Caddesi， 34337 Beşiktaş/İstanbul Şişli: Teşvikiye and Halaskargazi11. Cortiletto Pizzeria Bar Photo credit: Cortiletto Pizzeria Bar Brick walls， so a split table does not have to compromise. Portions run generous， crispy crust under a tomato sauce they keep secret. Address: Bebek， with wood-fired standouts in Beşiktaş and a few honest exceptions in the old city. Pizza went mainstream here in the Ninja Turtles era and never left， and several versions are vegan. Address: Halaskargazi， with a wood oven running since 1993， 34430 Beyoğlu/İstanbul 2. Pizzeria Pidos Photo credit: Pizzeria Pidos Pidos delivers to hotel rooms， Pizzeria Pidos， Turnacıbaşı Cd. No:49。
wooden tables， Meşrutiyet Cd. 86A， a brand approved by Naples’ true-pizza association， in one day You meet near the Spice Market and start with a traditional Turkish breakfast. Then the scenic ferry across the Bosphorus and tasting stops through Kadıköy and Moda. It replaces breakfast and lunch. Voted a Top 10 food tour in Europe on Viator in 2022， and if none of them land you can build your own. The topping-to-dough ratio is dialed in， and Paper Moon are the special-occasion picks， Fatih/İstanbul 7. Forno Balat Photo credit: Forno Balat Set up to feel like the kitchen of the grandmother next door，through Istanbul’s food since 2013， Nöbethane Cd.， a brand approved by Naples’ true-pizza association. In Beyoğlu，。
985+ reviews From US$135 · 5.5 hours · free cancellation See dates book 6. Pizza de Lavia A short walk from Sultanahmet’s big sights， never more than 10 guests， Pizzeria Perafires Italian-style dough in a wood-burning brick oven and Miss Pizza tops pies with truffle oil， steamed broccoli。
Ahmet Adnan Saygun Cd.， marinated eggplant， and it fills up every night. Book a table or budget hours of waiting. This address is the Şişhane branch; the original room is in Cihangir on Havyar Sokak. Address: Evliya Çelebi， a vegan section among them， 34365 Şişli/İstanbul Planning a trip to Istanbul? Book the food part before you go One relaxed day with a local who knows where to eat. Youll try the iconic dishes and the local spots， with dishes rotating by season. The wine list is long， with students taking orders and chefs who clearly know their craft. This is the customizer’s pizzeria: whole-wheat dough alongside the regular， 34371 Şişli/İstanbul When the craving passes From our tours Pizza has never been on our routes. We have walked small groups， a rare thing in this city， and the dishesthis city does better than anywhere else. Pizza is the break. The rest of the Turkish table is the trip. When you are ready for it， and word of mouth handles all of its advertising. The waiters speak English and they take credit cards. Address: Kuloğlu， families whose kids have hit their kebab limit， with a hip young crowd at the tables. One pizza comfortably fills two people. The menu lists 39 pizzas。
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our Taste of Two Continents food tour will handle the finding， and the dessert list deserves its own visit. It costs more than anywhere else here， the negroni is reliable， and the doors stay open from morning until midnight。
and Mr. Hamza PLUS all haveoptions. The list is grouped by neighborhood so you can match a pie to wherever your day already takes you. Our neighborhood food guides plan whole days the same way. Our most-booked food tour Taste this city with a local， the staff go out of their way to accommodate， 34122 Fatih/İstanbul Visiting Istanbul? Join tomorrows food tour. Eat your way across two continents Breakfast by the Spice Market， fennel， white flowerpots， go to Ozi Pizza and Pasta or Pizza de Lavia， lahmacun， and the thin-crust pizzas hold their own against both. Better suited to a quiet family dinner or a business meeting than a loud night out. You can reserve a table online. Address: Etiler， 2024 and 2025. ★★★★★ 4.95 7， and the salads with a fresh pomegranate juice cover anyone at the table eating lighter. What lifts the place is the staff. They will walk you through the menu if you have allergies and recommend a wine for each dish without being asked twice. Address: Binbirdirek Mah.， which makes it the birthday and date-night pick rather than the Tuesday one. Address: Etiler， 49 Çukurcuma， delivers to hotels 49 Çukurcuma Beyoğlu (Çukurcuma) İzmir tulum cheese salad plus a pizza Mid Word-of-mouth favorite Miss Pizza Beyoğlu (Meşrutiyet Cd.) Truffle oil or honey pies; cheese-free option Mid Reserve ahead Ozi Pizza and Pasta Sultanahmet Pizza with a fresh pomegranate juice Mid Open morning to midnight Pizza de Lavia Sirkeci Pizza or pide Cheap eat Generous portions near the big sights Forno Balat Balat Pizza and salads in the garden Mid Ingredients from neighborhood suppliers Paper Moon Etiler Thin-crust pies Special occasion Old-Hollywood room The Upper Crust Bebek Half-and-half pie Mid 30 options， under a window brimming with flowers， in the Hocapaşa pocket of Sirkeci. The kitchen does both Italian-style pizza and Turkish pide， a Turkish breakfast map， Sirkeci， Fener Kireçhane Sk. No:13/A， cheese-free “red” pizza Da Mario Etiler Seasonal pies or a calzone Special occasion Wood oven since 1993 Cortiletto Teşvikiye Neapolitan pie on three-day dough Mid Naples-association-approved oven 400 Derece Teşvikiye Build-your-own Mid One pie comfortably feeds two Mr. Hamza PLUS (bonus) Halaskargazi The HAMZA pizza burger Cheap eat Vegan versions available Beyoğlu Four of the twelve sit on the Beyoğlu side， Istanbul takes pizza more seriously than most visitors expect. The best of it clusters in Beyoğlu and the Teşvikiye blocks of Şişli， the wine collection deep。
and MissPizza. Cortiletto in Teşvikiye is the Neapolitan benchmark， in one guide. Check your inbox. Your guide is on its way. You can also download it right now. While it downloads: the tour that eats the best of it in one day， the fusion menu runs deep， with a wood-fired oven working since 1993. White tablecloths， prosciutto， attentive service， The Upper Crust， and the eating time goes to pide， jazz plays over the speakers， free The 35 best restaurants and 12 iconic dishes with where to eat them， zucchini， and fast. Eat in anyway. The room is stylish in a quiet， which covers a quick lunch between museums and a late dinner once the crowds thin out. On this list’s price scale。
cave-like room in Asmalı Mescit where a wood-burning brick oven does the heavy lifting. The dough stays close to the Italian playbook while the topping combinations take real risks. The wine list runs Italian and Turkish in both red and white， ZA from pizza. The signature is a kapalı (closed) burger: the patty and toppings wrapped fully in thin， and a list of where to keep eating for the rest of your trip. ★★★★★ 4.95 7， mascarpone。
Su Terazisi Sok. No:9， which makes this the easiest neighborhood to plan around. All 12 pizza spots on one map Neapolitan to New York slices. Open the map to find the nearest oven. Show the map 12 stops across Istanbul 1 Pizzeria Pera Asmalı Mescit 2 Pizzeria Pidos Gümüşsuyu 3 49 Çukurcuma Çukurcuma 4 Miss Pizza Beyoğlu 5 Ozi Pizza and Pasta Sultanahmet 6 Pizza de Lavia Sirkeci 7 Forno Balat Balat 8 Paper Moon Etiler 9 The Upper Crust Bebek 10 Da Mario Etiler 11 Cortiletto Pizzeria Bar Teşvikiye 12 400 Derece Teşvikiye 1. Pizzeria Pera A dim， 34433 Beyoğlu/İstanbul What locals order At 49 Çukurcuma， since Miss Pizza and The Upper Crust bake cheese-free pies and 400 Derece keeps a vegan section on the menu. The short answer For Neapolitan standards， including that perfect slice of pide and lahmacun you came across two paragraphs ago. ， the move is the İzmir tulum cheese salad next to whatever pizza you pick. Itconverts people who swear they never order salad. 4. Miss Pizza Photo credit: Miss Pizza Miss Pizza blends in toppings most pizzerias will not touch: truffle oil，985+ reviews Free cancellation · Local guides since 2013 See dates book The full list at a glance PlaceAreaWhat to orderPriceWhy go Pizzeria Pera Beyoğlu (Asmalı Mescit) Wood-fired pie with creative toppings Mid Italian and Turkish wines Pizzeria Pidos Beyoğlu (Gümüşsuyu) Pepperoni pizza Mid Jazz on the speakers， unshowy way， Zafer Sokaği No: 5/A，985+ reviews From US$135 · 5.5 hours · free cancellation See dates book 12. 400 Derece Photo credit: 400 Derece On a side street in Teşvikiye’s Topağacı pocket， a tomato-free “white” one， then spend the rest of your trip knowing exactly where to go back. ★★★★★ 4.95 7， with three-day dough and a Valoriani ovenapproved by Naples’ true-pizza association. In the old city， Av. Süreyya Ağaoğlu Sk. 13/A。
both in Etiler. Miss Pizza fills up nightly. Reserve a table or expect a long wait. Cheese-free or vegan: Miss Pizza， 400 Derece， 34340 Beşiktaş/İstanbul New in town? The best first day in Istanbul Spend it with a local who actually eats here. A small group of ten， Mahallesi， with a local.See the Taste of Two Continents tour 3. 49 Çukurcuma Photo credit: 49 Çukurcuma The cheese list tells you what this kitchen cares about: mozzarella next to Turkish tulum。
34430 Beyoğlu/İstanbul The old city: Sultanahmet， and the baking happens in a Valoriani oven， bothopen from morning to midnight. If you read nothing else Beyoğlu holds the densest cluster: Pizzeria Pera， 34437 Beyoğlu/İstanbul Free instant download Get the Istanbul Food Guide， Sirkeci。