Amazing place with very good food (meat was absolutely delicious), I highly recommend kebab and döner. The service was excellent, attentive, helpful and friendly. The staff speaks many languages, so it was really easy to order and have a few jokes here and there. We also had hookah (the hookah chef recommended watermelon&melon, which was in fact a great choice) which turned out to be a great thing to come here on its own! Overall is was a very pleasant experience, I would definitely recommend it for a meeting with friends or a romantic dinner.

Very lively area just the likes Night Market Festival with many Cafe and Bars but this First Ottoman Lounge is sat in the corner so we have a view of the crowd but not on the mid of it. Salim is very kind person and informative about "Turkey"...

During our ten-day visit to Istanbul, we regularly visited this café-restaurant to drink coffee and have lunch. They are a bit hidden from the main road, so it's nice and quiet to relax. The food, service and ambiance are at an absolutely top level. The lights in the restaurant are also very pleasant. The music that is played via YouTube on the TV are audio clips of the Turkish pop scene, which adds even more flavor to the already pleasant home atmosphere. I kept Shazam online on my smartphone to save some of the songs. We appreciate such places where the hosts keep to themselves, the traditions and culture in which they grow up and live. Enes and Salim are fun and made our stay even better and more interesting. The guys without complaint deserve a raise because they are doing their job perfectly. They are also very polite and cheerful. I definitely recommend this place, you won't be disappointed. If you're going to sit down to eat, try Lahmacun or Kıymalı Pide, Kaşarlı Pide, Kıymalı Yumurtalı Pide, Menemen and wash it all down with a strawberry milkshake. Nedostajat ćete mi brate. <3

5 stars are not enough to rate this restaurant❤️! Amazing place, very good and tasty food, very affordable, clean and tidy. Selim is a very nice guy and so are the other members of staff. We ate here two nights in a row as the service they provide is simply outstanding. I highly recommend this restaurant. P.S : If you want to try a tasty lemonade this is the right place for that🍋!

The First Ottoman Lounge Team, thank you for your hospitality. The food was excellent and the service - amazing 👏 👌 🙌. Dear travellers, if you want to spend great evening, you need to come here!

Staff are very kind , friendly , funny , respectful and professional . Food are delicious and give u a very good service. I love this Restaurant and especially the place/venue very clean . I will surely recommend it. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Such a fantastic dining experience. The atmosphere, the friendly waiters, they are so accommodating and the food is delicious.we walked for a long time and we are so glad we decided to settle on dining here. Our experience for our first night in Istanbul was exactly what we wanted it to be. Full of great food, coffee, shisha and culture!!! Can’t wait to go back!!

Me and my family had dinner in this restaurant. Everything was fine, good quality of food. We were full after our dinner and service was excellent. Waiters were very polite and careful. Also we tried shisha and we could say that it is one of the best in Istanbul. Thank you Selim and all staff. We will recommend this restaurant to our friends travelling to Istanbul.

Ate delicious food, listened to great music, on comfy couches - with one of the resident baby kittens sitting between us - while we watched the other kittens play The staff are friendly with the cats

Such a nice ambiance to sit and have the food, music and lights are so pleasant. Staff was very nice and was treating us so nicely.