Meze By Lemon Tree

Turkish restaurant · Asmali Mescit

Meze By Lemon Tree

Turkish restaurant · Asmali Mescit

Asmalı Mescit, Meşrutiyet Cd. 83/B, 34430 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Türkiye

Highlights

Nestled near the Pera Palace Hotel, this charming little eatery dazzles with its exceptional meze, fresh flavors, and welcoming vibe for an unforgettable Istanbul experience.

Asmalı Mescit, Meşrutiyet Cd. 83/B, 34430 Beyoğlu/İstanbul, Türkiye Get directions

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"Classic Meze, and Some with a Twist Just across the street from the Pera Palace Hotel, Meze by Lemon Tree is an intimate restaurant—with seating for about 30—and a limited menu with four meat entrées and three fish ones. The main attraction, however, is the meze. Sometimes innovative (as with a seaweed salad with ginger) and other times traditional, they are all tasty. Pick your cold choices from a refrigerated case; the menu varies daily but you can expect some marinated fish options, bean and grain dishes, and pickled vegetables. Each portion for two is 11TL. Hot options may include fried fish and baked phyllo dishes. The wine and raki list is extensive. Leave room for the Balli Bademli Cevizli Kaymakli Muz or, in English, bananas topped with nuts and clotted cream, drizzled with honey. The unusual addition of chili sauce gives this sweet dessert a savory and spicy edge."

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Ethan Rinks

Google

It's hard to beat the meze at this place. Stick to the small cold and warm plates (avoid the large, main dishes) and you won't be disappointed. They bring you fresh bread for the small meze which is delicious. The cold plates are made fresh everyday and you choose what you want from the options that day. Highly recommended.

Kaushik Bagchi

Google

It lives up to it's high rating. Food quality, flavour and presenation was superb. I felt the price was reasonable for the quality. The staff were attentive, informative and great to interact with. It was a great way to finish our trip and I recommend it if you are in Istanbul.

FEI YANG

Google

The restaurant is in front of thr Pera place hotel, it is small but with elegant and fancy environment.The dinner menu is amazing with 5 cold meze, one hot dish, 2 main dishes and a shared dessert. All the food are fresh and tasted. Thanks to this restaurant, we had an unforgettable night in Istanbul

Snezana Markovic

Google

We took degustation menu for two (it is just called degustation). All 5 cold starters were amazing. My favorite were meat and eggplant. The warm starter, calamari, was just ok. Incomparable with cold starters. Can be skipped. The octopus was really tasty. Banana desert was too sweet for my taste, but my partner loved it. It was too much food for 2 persons. The waiters were very attentive and pleasant. They also told us in the end that 10% tip was not included in the bill. There must be some nicer way of communicating that. What I didn't like was that they charged us water - 7 small glasses (~0.1) (not sure how were counted) 15 liras. This was nothing compared to the bill, but I would expect the water in this kind of the restaurant to be for free. At least not this pricey, or sold as a bottle because they just come and poor you water in the glass.

Yara

Google

The best meal I had in Istanbul, by far! Great combination of hot and cold mezze. All dishes are absolutely delicious and fresh. The restaurant is small with great vibes. Friendly and welcoming staff. Good value for money. I totally recommend it!

Trisha

Google

Had a great time eating here thanks to the food, atmosphere and service. First time trying mezes in Istanbul and we were glad we picked this place. Was able to get a table without a reservation at 6:45pm but some people were turned away later in the evening. We ordered our 6 mezes from the display and our favorites were the cerviche and chilli and capsicum cream that we really enjoyed on our bread. We also had the seabass with almonds and apricots which was delicious. Service was perfect and the waiters were always prompt.

Hannah H.

Google

Absolutely delicious. Had the degustation fixed menu: there was so much food and all of it delicious. Excellent service and those cold meze are to die for - I could have stopped there and been very happy. I had the monkfish stew as a main course and it was outstanding. Small restaurant, good vibes and would definitely return again.

Mathew Hollingsworth

Google

This place is great, definitely go. We got the Mezze 1 menu, with a mix of warm and cold dishes. The cold Mezze are all brilliant, highlights included the fried zucchini, pesto beef brisket. The wine recommendation from the waiter was perfect. The warm Mezze (we had calamari and hommus) weren't as good as the cold Mezze. If I went again, we order a la carte and just get cold Mezze.