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Türkiye: Real Ingredients, Real Luxury. Casa Lavanda and The Barn
In recent years, culinary trends have undergone one of the sharpest transformations. The traditional definition of luxury is being questioned, and a new understanding of luxury is emerging around what is truly difficult to find.
Editor's Picks
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What Is The MICHELIN Bib Gourmand Award?
Since 1997, The MICHELIN Guide’s Bib Gourmand has celebrated restaurants worldwide that serve exceptional food at great value— here’s what makes it special.
6 minutes
What is a MICHELIN Star?
The MICHELIN Guide explained — criteria for Stars; One Star versus Two Stars versus Three Stars; how service and decor factor in; and more. All your questions answered by our MICHELIN Guide Inspectors.
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Türkiye: From the Bazaar to the Vineyard, from the Inn to the Beach, In Pursuit of İzmir’s Delicacies
İzmir, one of Türkiye’s most vibrant and diverse cities, is well-known for its appeal to passionate food lovers. The city’s lively community plays a significant role in this success, as it values quality cuisine and has an enthusiasm for enjoying life.
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Cappadocia Joins The MICHELIN Guide in Türkiye
Cappadocia becomes the latest Turkish destination in The MICHELIN Guide, adding to İstanbul, İzmir and Muğla in the upcoming 2026 restaurant selection.
MICHELIN Guide Ceremony
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Two New MICHELIN Starred Restaurants in The MICHELIN Guide Istanbul, Izmir, Muğla
Discover which new restaurants have been awarded One MICHELIN Star, along with the latest Bib Gourmands and Green Stars.
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The culinary scenes of İzmir and Bodrum make a brilliant entry in the 2024 MICHELIN Guide İstanbul, İzmir, Bodrum
A total of 111 restaurants are recommended, including 15 in İzmir and 19 in Bodrum. 2 restaurants in Bodrum and 3 restaurants in İzmir are awarded One MICHELIN Star. 2 new establishments are also honored in İstanbul. 4 new committed restaurants receive the MICHELIN Green Star. A new MICHELIN Award is presented: the MICHELIN Sommelier Award.
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53 restaurants spotlighted in the first selection of the MICHELIN Guide Istanbul
Michelin is pleased to present the very first selection of restaurants of the MICHELIN Guide Istanbul 2023. With 53 restaurants making the selection, the Istanbul culinary map greatly impressed the MICHELIN Guide inspectors.
Dining Out
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The Starred Japanese of Istanbul: Sankai by Nagaya
Sankai by Nagara is one of the latest One-Star restaurants in Istanbul. It serves the city’s most sophisticated Japanese flavors and promises to offer an authentic Japanese dining experience with a kitchen led by Chef Nagaya and Chef Shibata. And how could they create this “authentic Japanese dining experience” in Istanbul?
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Three Kitchens, Three Culinary Styles
It takes time, experience and finesse to present an ingredient to the customer as a dish. To transform that ingredient to different tastes, textures and appereances through various cooking methods, and to create layered flavors.
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Around the world in Istanbul
Istanbul is proud of its culinary traditions. The diversity of Turkish tradition, from meze to mantı or smoked yoghurt, is held in high regard. But this metropolis has so much more to offer. Our inspectors guide you through the various international cuisines that make Istanbul a global city – also in culinary terms.
Features
4 minutes
Türkiye: Real Ingredients, Real Luxury. Casa Lavanda and The Barn
In recent years, culinary trends have undergone one of the sharpest transformations. The traditional definition of luxury is being questioned, and a new understanding of luxury is emerging around what is truly difficult to find.
1 minute
What Is The MICHELIN Bib Gourmand Award?
Since 1997, The MICHELIN Guide’s Bib Gourmand has celebrated restaurants worldwide that serve exceptional food at great value— here’s what makes it special.
6 minutes
What is a MICHELIN Star?
The MICHELIN Guide explained — criteria for Stars; One Star versus Two Stars versus Three Stars; how service and decor factor in; and more. All your questions answered by our MICHELIN Guide Inspectors.
People
3 minutes
Generation Y Chefs
The food scene is changing both in terms of age and direction. Generation Y chefs approach food with passion. The more time they spend in the kitchen, the more they discover themselves and then hone their knowledge accordingly. They dream not of rediscovering the world, but rather of walking confidently down their own path and adding something of their own personality to the legacy they’ve inherited from great chefs before them – and by better recognizing and using what this land has to offer them.
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Coming back to Istanbul to find yourself: a day with Fatih Tutak - Restaurant TURK Fatih Tutak
Spend a day with Fatih Tutak, chef of the very first 2 Star restaurant in the MICHELIN Guide Istanbul. Hidden among the skyscrapers, this place offers a mesmerizing journey to the new Anatolian cuisine spiced up with Chef Fatih's fantasies.
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Diverse women, diverse styles: Female chefs of Istanbul
Despite the fact that cooking has been seen primarily as a female duty for centuries, it is an unfortunate irony that cuisine, and especially refined cuisine continues to be considered a male exclusive profession. Female chefs still have to exert harder work compared to their male counterparts in order to achieve a similar level of success and regard. However, as is the case in the rest of the world, plenty of female chefs in Istanbul have proven themselves and achieved the recognition they deserve. And they all reflect their own personalities and signature styles in their cuisines.
Wine
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Restaurants Carry Türkiye's Heritage Grapes to The Future
Anatolian land has blessed us with grapes. Discussion about the local food or cuisine automatically brings the topic of local wines. What grows together, goes together.
Travel
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Seafood Symphony: Exploring the Rich Marine Bounty of Bodrum, Türkiye
Join us on a captivating journey through the vibrant coastal town of Bodrum in Türkiye, guided by the talented chefs from İki Sandal and Orfoz ...
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Grape to glass, plate to palate: Redefining vineyard experiences in Izmir, Türkiye
Join us on a delightful journey through the vineyards of Izmir with Seray Kumbasar, owner of Michelin Sommelier Award 2024 (Vino Locale), as our ...
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Time and Taste: From a Century Ago to The Present Day Istanbul
An avenue of approximately two kilometers beckoning flaneurs and flaneuses of the city; monumental stone buildings on both sides reflecting diverse architectural styles, each more glamorous than the other; chic restaurants, patisseries, and cafés embracing the entire neighborhood: Welcome to İstiklal Street, also known as Cadde-i Kebir or Grand Rue de Pera!
News & Views
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Cappadocia Joins The MICHELIN Guide in Türkiye
Cappadocia becomes the latest Turkish destination in The MICHELIN Guide, adding to İstanbul, İzmir and Muğla in the upcoming 2026 restaurant selection.
1 minute
Download The MICHELIN Guide App!
Download our app to carry The MICHELIN Guide in your pocket and book the world’s best restaurants and hotels on the go!
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The MICHELIN Guide Creates a Distinction for the Hotel Selection—the MICHELIN Key
In the spirit of the MICHELIN Star, the MICHELIN Key recognizes the most exceptional hotels throughout the world.
Green Star
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Türkiye: Green Starred Restaurants in Urla, Hiç, Vino Locale, Od Urla
Urla, a lovely province of İzmir has become renowned for its gastronomy thanks to three Green Star restaurants it hosts. Recently, the region has distinguished itself by producing high-quality local ingredients with the most precise and sustainable methods and creating unique dishes with them. That’s why three of the Green Stars, which only about 450 restaurants managed to have globally, have come here.
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Grasping sustainability in a big city: A farm trip with Maksut Askar - Neolokal, Istanbul
We spent a day in Urban Gardens in Gümüşdere, Istanbul with Maksut Askar, chef of Neolokal restaurant, the only one awarded a MICHELIN Green Star in Istanbul 2022.
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