It's lunchtime and we're hungry! So I'm
taking my wife to the best restaurant in Istanbul.
Istanbul is the biggest city in Europe
And it has so many restaurants
that it's almost impossible to choose from.
Whenever you'll be walking down the
streets there will be hundreds of people
trying to get you into their place for
lunch or dinner. I will visit the best
restaurant in Istanbul and I will also
visit the worst restaurant in Istanbul.
I will check TripAdvisor
to find out which one is the
best and which one is the worst restaurant in Istanbul.
Number one out of
twelve thousand eight hundred and sixty-five restaurants
goes to Buhara restaurant.
This place has an average
rating of five. That means it gets the
highest score. It has
two thousand eight hundred and thirty five reviews.
Eight people are saying this place is terrible,
six people are saying this place is poor,
eighteen people are saying it's average,
twenty-five are saying it's very good and
one thousand three hundred and thirty nine people
are saying this place is excellent.
Let's check one of the reviews.
What a lovely restaurant. Traditional
restaurant not too large in a rather
quiet place with local aura although
mostly visited by foreigners.
Staff is very
friendly and talkative. Service is quick.
Whatever you choose you won't be disappointed.
Choices are many. Turkish delights, mostly meat.
Vegetarian plates are also available.
Surely one of the best choices
in Sultan Ahmed district.
Sounds promising.
Let's check it out.
We came here for lunch and the place was
almost empty. But everyone was super nice to us.
We had a great lunch and super nice dessert.
The prices are similar to any other
place so definitely this is a good pick.
Their specialties are Turkish kebabs and the menu is extensive.
Of course they will also look after the people who are
vegan or vegetarian.
There are so many restaurants
that I have to get some sort of a system to
find out which one is the worst.
There are 429 pages of restaurants and
the last hundred and fifty-three pages
are the restaurants with no reviews and no placement.
Then when I finally get
to some placements the reviews are only
in foreign Turkish language that I don't understand.
So my condition of selecting the worst
restaurant is that has a review from
this current here and this review should
be in English.
So according to this criteria this is
the worst restaurant in Istanbul. It is on
eight thousand two hundred and sixtieth
place out of twelve thousand eight hundred and sixty-five
restaurants in Istanbul.
Its average rating is only one
point five and it has two hundred and
thirty nine reviews.
Nine of those are saying this places excellent, seven are
saying this place is very good, eight are
saying this place is average, nine are
saying this place is poor and the vast
majority 117 are saying this place is terrible.
So let me read one of the
reviews. A disgrace to Turkey. Whatever
you do don't eat here.
The food is bad and they rip off tourists.
Dishonest nasty people living off ripping tourists.
They use a distraction method
where they insist on showing you fresh fishes
instead of you looking at the menu.
That way they trick you
and rip you off of your hard-earned money.
This restaurant is a disgrace to Istanbul.
These people should be ashamed
of themselves for what they're doing.
Go get yourself an honest job instead of
tricking people.
Sounds promising.
Let's check it out.
This is the busiest street in the
biggest city in Europe.
And somewhere around here is the worst restaurant in
the entire city of Istanbul.
Hey, hey! Looks like it's my lucky day.
You see that little street behind me?
This is where the worst restaurant according to
Trip Advisor is.
And that place is currently under renovation.
So it's closed.
No lunch for me there today.
As you can see this is a major tourist area.
So if you're in Istanbul, probably
you will end up here. And since the place
is going through a major renovation,
probably they will also change the management,
kitchen, the ways they're doing business.
So maybe in the future we should give
this place a chance.
Since I was on the busiest street in
Istanbul I had no problem finding
another place for lunch.
I went in one of those places, where they
prepare the food in front of you.
I ordered typical Turkish pancakes stuffed
with meat or vegetables.
And they were delicious.