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Yeni Galata Köprüsü Altı, Eminönü Boğaz Tarafı No: 4

Daytime view of the Bosphorus from Yıldızlar Restaurant’s waterfront tables

Galata Bridge · Since 1980

On the water,in the heart of history.

Fish of the day, cold meze and rakı at tables overlooking the Bosphorus. One of Istanbul’s longest-established seafood tables.

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Since 1980

Galata Bridge’s longest-established fish restaurant

Yıldızlar opened in 1980 on the old Galata Bridge. The bridge has since been rebuilt and the city has changed, but the spirit of our table never has: the freshest fish of the season, carefully prepared meze and a cool breeze off the sea.

Today we carry on the same tradition beneath the New Galata Bridge, on the Eminönü side, with the New Mosque (Yeni Cami) beside us and Karaköy and the Galata Tower across the water.

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Yıldızlar Restaurant’s illuminated sign and busy tables beneath the Galata Bridge
Drinks served alongside a plate of shrimp
Year founded
1980
Fresh fish
Every day
Guests for private events
10–200

Our kitchen

From sea to table, with the seasons

From sea bass to turbot, bluefish to lobster, our fish display fills up every morning with the catch of the season. Choose your fish, and we’ll decide together how it should be cooked.

Fish display on ice with sea bass, sea bream, red mullet and lobster
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Fish of the day

Grilled, poached, baked in salt or on a clay tile. The season’s fish, cooked the way you like it.

A tray of assorted cold meze brought to the table
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Cold meze

From herbed yogurt haydari to salt-cured lakerda, samphire to stuffed mussels, the meze tray comes right to your table.

Jumbo shrimp cooked in butter
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Hot starters

Shrimp in butter, calamari, fish kokoreç and clay-pot casseroles.

Signature dishes

  • Jumbo shrimp in butterTereyağında Jumbo Karides
  • Fish kokoreçBalık Kokoreç
  • LobsterIstakoz
  • Fish baked in a salt crustTuzda Balık
  • TurbotKalkan
  • Common pandoraMercan
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“The sea in every bite, history in every breath.”
Yıldızlar Restaurant
Daytime view of the Bosphorus through the restaurant windows, with Üsküdar and Çamlıca across the water

The view

The Bosphorus, right across your table

By day, ferries glide toward Üsküdar and Kadıköy; as evening falls, the bridge lights spill across the water. Whether you sit by the window or at the open-air tables along the bridge, the sea is always right beside you.

Window-side tables and the sea in the early evening

Special occasions

Big tables, unforgettable evenings

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Group dining and events

From corporate dinners to family gatherings, for 10 to 200 guests. We plan the menu and seating together with you.

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Birthdays, anniversaries and celebrations

Reserve your table ahead of a special evening. Tell us what you have in mind, and we’ll plan the night together.

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Gallery

Moments at Yıldızlar

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Indoor dining room with a wooden ceiling and chandeliers
Grilled fish served with arugula and lemon
The bar with its illuminated shelves
Open-air waterfront tables in the evening
Old Istanbul–themed mural in the dining room
The New Mosque (Yeni Cami) lit up at night, seen from the restaurant’s tables under the bridge

Visit us

Under the bridge, by the water

Address
Yeni Galata Köprüsü Altı
Eminönü Boğaz Tarafı No: 4
Fatih, İstanbul
Opening hours
Every day 11:00 – 24:00
Contact
+90 212 528 92 48
info@yildizlarrestaurant.com

A few minutes’ walk from the Eminönü tram stop and ferry piers.

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