Red River Pub

I’ve visited this pub a few times while in Istanbul. I usually like to try different places but I stuck to this pub for a few reasons. The staff while friendly and welcoming didn’t harass us as we walked by. The place was clean and had a nice atmosphere. The food was delicious. I tried a range of things from traditional soup, entrees (meze) and mains to desserts, cocktails (loved their Gin Fizz) and beer. Everything was good quality and tasty.
It was also a really close to my hotel. Plus the free wifi was excellent strength and never failed.
It’s a great place to sit and watch the people go by but if you’d rather watch sport on TV you can do that here too.
Highly recommended!

Definitely coming back here again. Feels like an american bar and even though it is in a touristic are, prices are reasonable. The staff was kind and chill. Also the food was good.
I recommend this place!

Just got into town and saw decent reviews of this place bit was great for Americans. Good English, easy to follow menu, a mix of local and pub food, and a vibrant neighborhood. I won’t come back since I want to be more adventurous next meal but for now am happy with this first meal here to acquaint myself to Istanbul.

Touristy place with mediocre food. Free wi-​fi and a variety of Western cuisines in addition to some traditional Turkish cuisine.
It’s pretty American feeling, although I think that’s what they were going for. It was a good place to stop off and hang out. The staff was friendly but the food was meh.

It’s a western/​Turkish fusion pub/​bar. Nothing fancy. But if you’re a little homesick for just an old fashioned salad or some french fries, this is a great spot! It’s off the main street down from the grand bazaar. It’s worth a try!

Food is ok… However, there is great beer, nice outside seating, and good service. Meh.

Western themed bar (
) with eclectic menu with mostly Turkish items along with things like Asian noodles and Fajitas.
We stopped in for a drink after our Bosphorus cruise and decided to have a light dinner of the Meze Plate for 2 (16TL = $ 8) since we’re easily influenced by marketing (
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They start you off with some sunflower seed crusted bread which was moist and sweet like it had some honey in it (
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Not your typical meze plate with beans, marinated mushroom, and okra along with the more common eggplant, dolmas, and cacik (Turkish version of tzatziki)
Everything popped with flavor including the dolmas which I typically find to be pretty bland. These had pinenuts and other herbs in the rice filling (
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Decent prices for beer (8 TL for 50cl draft)
Very friendly staff. Even offered to burn a CD of the music playing.

Nice clean bar with a Western feel to it. And by Western, I mean Wild, Wild West. Not a bad pit stop if you’re walking down to the spice market.

Die Gemüse Wraps hier waren eine Beleidigung. Harte Möhren, geschmacklose Paprikastreifen und ohne der angekündigte Pesto, eine halbe-​Handvoll Pommes die auf dem Teller verloren aussahen, und so war der Schmäh perfekt.
Der Salat mit Zucchini Hash Browns war eine Katastrophe! Dieser Zucchinitaler sollte mit Ei gebunden sein, stattdessen floss rohes Ei daraus!
Das Bier war gut, die Preise einen Scherz! Bitte bitte euer Geld woanders ausgeben, wenn ihr eine Reise nach Istanbul plant.

Das Red River Pub ist eine Mischung aus Kneipe/​Café und einem Restaurant. Wer als Besucher den touristischen Stadtteil Sultanahmet erkundet, stoesst schnell auf den durch sein westliches, gut designtes Erscheinungsbild hervorstehenden Laden, der sich in zentraler Lage an der Strassenbahnlinie befindet. Als ich jetzt auf der Internetseite des Lokals erfuhr, dass es von einem bekannten Reiseportal unter die Top 20 Restaurants von Istanbul gewaehlt wurde, war mein erster Gedanke: Mal halblang. Wo das Pub in Sachen Vermarktung sicherlich ein ernsthafter Medaillenkandidat waere, relativiert sich die Prominenz nach dem Essen fuer uns deutlich. Ein Salat mit Putenstreifen war zwar aeusserlich schoen hergerichtet, geschmacklich aber Durchschnitt, dazu kam eine nach wenig bis gar nichts schmeckende Linsensuppe, gefolgt von einem nichtssagenden Auflauf mit Huehnerfleisch. Neben internationaler Kueche bietet die Karte tuerkische Gerichte. Durchschnitt eben, die Preise dem gehobenen touristischen Niveau entsprechend. Ob das an der Spitze der Istanbuler Restaurantskala liegt?