Cafe Naftalin K - Istanbul

The Balat area is fantastic, with plenty of things to explore. Naftalin is a hidden gem on the street, near the historic cathedral. The coffee and tea are excellent. While I haven't tried the snacks, the restaurant deserves 4 stars for its cleanliness, service, and atmosphere. The prices are also reasonable.

The staff at this restaurant are polite and friendly, especially Önür who is very welcoming to tourists. The coffee is delicious, especially their traditional kahve. The prices are very reasonable and the location of the cafe is beautiful and cozy.

Nice and cozy place, many playful cats run around. Colorful, peaceful and absolutely amazing. The staff is very friendly, they all speak English, as far as I understand, two of them even speak German. Had a wonderful plate of filled paprika, filled eggplants, vulgar meatballs and sarma in wine leaves. Nice tahini cookies. The Muhammara was so devine! Thank you. Updated by previous review on 2022-08-24

The view of the café is quite cool and unique, but there are only three vegan options (filled peppers, filled eggplants and meatballs). I had the paprika and the part was very small, the wort filling was very dry and still cold in the middle. They tasted as if they were frozen and reheated or from the day before. would not really recommend this place.

A beautiful location with many sweet cats. The stuff speaks perfectly English and helps for the vegan options. It's worth a visit.