Located just very slight off the main touristy drag, which is what we normally like, we were warmly greeted on arrival. Meze was shown to us and immediately noticed we were in a touristy place - use of vegatable oil instead of the more expensive olive oil in some of the starters, crab sticks instead of real crab, just little... More

We ate here on our first night in Istanbul, and we were pretty happy with it. It's in a really touristy area, and only tourists were eating there, but the food was good anyway. We resisted the upsell on the mezze, and just had a fish dish each. The food took a while to come, but when it did, it... More

A good choice in an enclave of Istanbul with a huge number of fish restaurants. Make sure you get an outside table. The most expensive meal of our trip as we drank wine with the meal, but good valve. More

We spent a fantastic evening in the Fener Restaurant with dellicious seafood (sea barsh), Meze and Raki drinks. The service is very friendly and also answers questions to Istanbul, turkish traditions, nearby trips etc. A free drop-off hotel shuttle service is also available! We really enjoyed our evening! More

I was with a party of 15 and we had made a reservation beforehand. We had a nice evening with excellent food - the have really good fish dishes and their grilled shrimps in garlic are perfect. My friend had birthday and the owners made her a birthday cake free of charge. Our last round of beer was free as... More

Unpretentious and friendly, the Fener offers the best of fresh fish at reasonable prices. For starters (meze), one selects from a tray of offerings, including fresh shrimp sauteed with tomato and hot pepper, which is a speciality. We also loved the spinach with onions. For the main course we had whole sea bass and dorade, and both were excellent. Looking... More

This restaurant was recommended by our hotel. The atmosphere was unpretentious , food was fresh and delicious. We had spicy tomato, spinach, aubergine purée and fried calamari for starters. The seabass in tomato sauce, grilled seabass and grilled chapura fish were excellent! The fruit platter on the house was a kind gesture. More

We went to Fener on our 1st night in Istanbul. Sumptuous food, very friendly staff. More

This restaurant was recommended to us by our hotel. He told us even the locals go there. When we got there there was just one other table with 2 Germans so we are not too sure if the locals really go there. Anyways, their appetizer was alright: Shepard salad was a bit tasteless but acceptable, shrimp wasn't fresh though so... More