The Peninsula Istanbul: dinner at GALLADA

Q: How long do we keep the table?

Tables are reserved for 2 hours and 30 minutes.3

GALLADA in Istanbul is The Peninsula’s rooftop restaurant near Galata Tower, where Fatih Tutak, chef of the 2-Michelin-star TURK, cooks Turk-Asian food from the old Silk Road. From the roof you look out over the Bosphorus and the Historic Peninsula.

Updated 24 October 20263 min readHow we write the guide

GALLADA’s terrace at night: a laid table among the hedges, the dark Bosphorus and, on the far shore, the city lights and a lit bridge.

The choice, in short

Why choose The Peninsula Istanbul

A dinner for sharing: every dish on the menu is designed to be shared.

Journey

When to look elsewhere

The Journey menu is curated for the whole table: if not everyone wants it, order à la carte instead.

Vegetables

What to order à la carte

The signature dish is the whole tandoori duck: 72 hours in the making, then 2 courses, first carved Peking-style at the table by the chef and served with warm lavash and tahini molasses, then wok-fried as kavurma. It costs TRY 8,980.⁴

Among the dumplings, I would go for the steamed lobster at TRY 1,580, or the crispy beef with spicy butter and umami yoghurt at TRY 1,480.⁴

The 800g rib eye is dry-aged for 60 days and comes with bone marrow, parsley and beef garum, at TRY 5,680.⁴

Where to go up

4th floor
GALLADA is on the 4th floor of the hotel’s Building 2.¹

The Peninsula Istanbul

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What Journey brings

The 11 dishes

It opens with charred potato pide and smoked bone-marrow butter, Urla artichoke with vine leaf and greens, and tuna belly tartare with mustard ice cream, Oscietra caviar and quail egg.
Then 3 dumplings: steamed lobster, adana kebab and steamed morel.
Black cod with antep salça and jasmine rice, followed by lamb shashlik with vinegar onion and broccolini in garlic butter.
It ends with GALLADA baklava, buffalo ice cream and boz pistachio.

The wine list

From Türkiye	The wine list draws on Türkiye’s main regions, old labels and new, with biodynamic and low-intervention producers.⁶

Rooms at The Peninsula Istanbul

A Superior Room: the king bed against a gold-panelled headboard, dark lacquered bedside tables, a pink armchair and the window behind sheer curtains.

Rooms and staying here

Vegetable dishes

The dish	What comes with it	Price
Tomato and cucumber	Onion, smoked tomato and kıl pepper.	TRY 1,080
Fried aubergine	Aubergine soy and tahini.	TRY 1,380
Potato mosaic	Buffalo yoghurt and aromatic chilli oil.	TRY 1,180

Before booking

What do starters and sides cost?

Starters run from TRY 680 for the potato pide to TRY 1,980 for the tuna tartare; sides from TRY 580 to TRY 980.⁴

How long do we keep the table?

Tables are reserved for 2 hours and 30 minutes.³

Where is it?

At The Peninsula Istanbul, Kemankeş Caddesi 34, in Karaköy, Beyoğlu.²

Is there a rooftop bar?

Yes, Topside Bar, above the restaurant: it opens daily from 4pm to 1am, with cocktails and small plates by the chef.²

Is there a private room?

Yes: the Private Dining Room sits on the 5th floor next to Topside Bar and takes up to 20 guests.⁶

Choose your visit

GALLADA

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