Restaurant & bar · Karaköy
New Anatolian,old soul
Turkish classics, fine-dining technique. Karaköy's design quarter.
Concept
Old flavours, cast in new form.
Old flavours, new form
Lale Modern reinterprets Turkish classics with fine-dining technique, where Iznik tile heritage meets concrete cool in Istanbul's design district.
One tile, a thousand repeats. One recipe, a new form every season.
The mosaic
6 modules. Open any of them.
- DishDeconstructed MantıCrisp pasta shards, yogurt foam, burnt butter.
- IdeaOne moduleOne tile, repeated, becomes the whole room.
- DishAli Nazik, nowSmoked aubergine, reworked over live coals.
- IdeaNothing curvedSquare corners only. The grid does the decorating.
- DishBaklava, frozenPistachio, syrup, a single pane of filo glass.
- IdeaOne colourA near-black room and a single tulip red.
Kitchen
The seasonal menu
Set by the market, rewritten with the season.
Reimagined classics, the full arc of the season
Bar
The bar
Rakı, reimagined - anise, smoke, citrus.
- Raki Sour
- ₺160
- Beyoğlu Martini
- ₺190
- Anise Highball
- ₺140
House cocktail - raki, lemon, anise mist
Raki-washed gin, olive brine
Raki, black tea soda, orange
Tile & concrete
The interior
One table away
Reserve
Counter and dining room, Tue-Sun evenings. Parties above six, please call.
- Address
- Karaköy Design Quarter, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
- Hours
- Tue-Sun 18:00-24:00, closed Mon
- Call
- +90 212 200 0044
Reviews
My husband picked it off a list of places with no photographs on the wall. The Smoked Aubergine, Modern was worth the wait, and there was a wait. People in Istanbul keep this one quiet and I understand why.
Joost M.5 weeks ago
Came back with my parents after eating here on my own the week before. Even my daughter, who eats almost nothing, cleared the Baklava Ice Cream. A small menu, done properly, which is the right way round.
Bea L.2 months ago
The kind of dinner that makes you cancel whatever you had planned after it. The Tasting Menu (6) had none of the heaviness this kind of cooking usually carries. It is not a big menu. That is deliberate, but go knowing it.
Kristof N.3 months ago