Fevzi Hoca Köfte-Balık Söğütözü

About Fevzi Hoca Köfte-Balık Söğütözü

Fevzi Hoca Köfte-Balık on Söğütözü Caddesi is the Söğütözü branch of a Black Sea fish and meatball restaurant from Trabzon. The founder, Fevzi Çimşit, was a teacher, which is why he became known as "Hoca". According to the restaurant's own history, he began with a small fish restaurant of just thirteen tables in his home town of Salacak near Trabzon, where over the years he hosted ministers, prime ministers and many well-known politicians and writers. The business grew into a 500-seat restaurant in Akçaabat, and at the urging of friends and regulars it then opened outside Trabzon, bringing its fish feasts to the capital. The brand cites some 55 years of experience. As the name says, the menu is built on two things: fish, prepared in the Black Sea way, and köfte, the Akçaabat-style meatballs the region is famous for. The Söğütözü restaurant is a modern glass-fronted building with wooden pergolas set in landscaped grounds, with a bright, spacious dining room of wooden tables and large windows. It sits on Söğütözü Caddesi, opposite the site of the former Saklı Bahçe, a short walk from the Söğütözü business towers and shopping centres along the Eskişehir Yolu. The brand also has a branch in Çayyolu. Bookings are taken on 0312 215 45 60.