Topdeck Cave Restaurant

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If it feels as though you're dining in a family home, it's because you are. Talented chef Mustafa (aka Topdeck) and his gracious clan have transformed an atmospheric cave room in their house into an intimate restaurant where diners dig into hearty helpings of Anatolian cooking with a spicy twist.

Choose a mixed meze plate and Topdeck's signature chicken and herb sigara böreği (deep-fried cigar-shaped pastries) for a flavour-packed blowout your stomach will thank you for. Reservations recommended.

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