Şilingir Restaurant

About Şilingir Restaurant

Şilingir Restaurant, also listed as Şilingir Meyhane, is a meyhane-style restaurant on Paris Caddesi in Kavaklıdere. It presents itself on Instagram as a place for rakı and fish, with hashtags such as meyhanedeyizbiz (we are at the meyhane) and şilimeydanı. The kitchen leans towards the sea. The restaurant's own posts feature red mullet (barbun), prawns and other seafood alongside meze, and its videos show dishes being prepared in the kitchen. Wine and rakı are part of the table, and the account promotes rakı-balık evenings in the traditional Turkish style. Music is a big part of the evenings. The restaurant announces live fasıl, the classic Turkish tavern music, every Friday and Saturday night, and meyhane directories list its fasıl evenings from 20:00. It has also staged special nights with guest singers, for example a Valentine's Day show by the singer Estefani. Reservations are taken by phone on +90 537 219 30 40. The restaurant does not publish its opening hours on its own channels, so call ahead, especially for the busy weekend fasıl nights.