Cafés & Coffee in Istanbul

Roughly half of these 81 places are cafés and coffee shops in the strict sense; the other 42 are restaurants, more than half of them in Sultanahmet and Sirkeci. The coffee shops spread much further. Balat and neighbouring Ayvansaray have seven, among them Cafe Naftalin K on Yıldırım Caddesi, whose reviews dwell on its cats and vintage interior, and New Zealand Coffee Roasters on Vodina Caddesi. Coffeetopia in Eminönü opens at 7 AM except on Sundays, Bizim Cafe is inside the Egyptian Bazaar, and Old Java Coffee Roasters on Tatar Beyi Sokak in Galata is a roastery whose reviews talk about flat whites and oat milk. Most coffee shops that give a price stay under ₺200 per person.

For late nights there are the shisha cafés: Harab'be Cafe, a hookah lounge in Sultanahmet, and Dervis Cafe 2 on Peykhane Caddesi, where reviews also mention backgammon, both stay open until 3 AM every night.