WHO IT SUITS
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For ending a Historic Peninsula outing with a meal, tea or hookah on an open terrace.


Hookah Lounges
No ticket is required. During busy hours, ask ahead about open-terrace seating or a table for a group.
LocationCankurtaran, Akbıyık Cd. No:21, 34122 Fatih/İstanbul+90 535 061 80 82Add to calendar
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EDITOR'S REVIEW
Mitani Cafe is a late-opening café-restaurant on Akbıyık Caddesi, combining Turkish and international dishes with hookah, drinks and an open terrace. Its guests mostly come from the Sultanahmet and Cankurtaran area.
Music stays at the level of a café-bar playlist accompanying food and hookah conversations. Live music and DJs are not part of the regular schedule.
Relaxed and welcoming, with late-night activity typical of the tourist area. Variety of service matters more than the music.
All-day café-restaurant service with a hookah lounge and bar options.
Visitors staying around Sultanahmet, groups planning food and hookah on an open terrace and guests seeking a late café-restaurant.
Comfortable everyday clothing is suitable.
Mitani Cafe in Sultanahmet has received almost entirely positive reviews, thanks to its warm hospitality, fast service, and versatility—catering to everything from breakfast to evening drinks. Patrons appreciate the local dishes, burgers, fries, tea, and hookah, and find the venue suitable for watching sports matches and relaxing. The clean restrooms and the helpful owner have drawn particular praise. A couple of negative experiences cited issues with the quality of the döner wrap, slow drink service, and a very limited sea view from the rooftop. While the food and service are generally reliable, the venue is best chosen for its friendly, neighborhood-cafe atmosphere rather than for its view.
WHO IT SUITS
For ending a Historic Peninsula outing with a meal, tea or hookah on an open terrace.
HIGHLIGHTS
Location on Akbıyık Caddesi, open terrace, all-day meals and hookah in the same venue.
NOTE
The business is in Cankurtaran, Fatih; do not confuse it with similar or older listings in Beyoğlu. At busy times, ask ahead about terrace and hookah-area tables.
GETTING THERE
Mitani Cafe is at Cankurtaran Mahallesi, Akbıyık Caddesi No:21. From T1 Sultanahmet station, walk toward Hagia Sophia and Akbıyık Caddesi.