Beşiktaş's Beautiful Museum Cafes

BesiktasAlthough not the heart of Istanbul, it can be counted as its lungs. With Taksim losing its popularity, Istanbul is the rising new district of entertainment life. Every day, beautiful cafes, restaurants, lokma makers and coffee shops are opened in Beşiktaş. However, with its population increasing day by day, most of these opened places are jam-packed. When you want to chat with my friends, watch the sea, and be a little quiet in Beşiktaş, it becomes very difficult to find a place you like. Fortunately, you have a blogger who lives in Beşiktaş and shares Beşiktaş's secret places with you. It has never been written, The beautiful museum cafes of Beşiktaş waiting for you in this article!

Beşiktaş is also home to the Dolmabahçe and Çırağan Palaces, a district that smells of history. Are you ready to learn about the beautiful cafes of the beautiful museums, which are at the top of the list of places to visit in Beşiktaş, where you can experience the history and the present together?

There are many cafe and restaurant alternatives in Beşiktaş, the apple of the eye of Istanbul. Of course, we cannot limit Istanbul to the sea and the places in Istanbul to Beşiktaş. Especially if you want suggestions for places to go with children. cafe and restaurant recommendations for families with children Check out the article!

Beşiktaş's Beautiful Museum Cafes

Whether you come to Beşiktaş to visit or to meet with your friends for a drink, one of the museum cafes listed below will definitely appeal to you.

Dolmabahce Cafeteria

As long as I've known myself, this cafe at the entrance of Dolmabahçe Palace has been here. When I was at university, we used to come here and have tea. They used to bring brides here, too, I don't know if this tradition still continues. This cafe is on the sea-facing side of the parking lot in front of Dolmabahçe Palace. The location is very good, by the sea, overlooking the Bosphorus.

You can find non-alcoholic hot and cold drinks and simple foods such as toast.

You do not have to pay an extra fee to use the cafeteria, as it is outside the palace.

Dolmabahce Palace – Clock Tower Cafeteria

When you enter the security checkpoint at the entrance of Dolmabahçe Palace, if you continue towards the clock tower side, not towards the palace entrance, you will see a cafe on the seaside. Compared to the cafe outside, this place is a little quieter as it is less known and people think that it is paid for by paying the entrance fee.

The view here is just as good as outside. It has both indoor and outdoor areas, and it is perfect for getting the Bosphorus air outdoors on nice days.

Here, there are non-alcoholic hot and cold drinks, simple meals such as toast, meatballs, and desserts. Their prices are also cheaper than any cafe in Beşiktaş. Again, you do not have to pay an extra fee to use the cafeteria, as it is outside the palace.

Dolmabahce Palace – Inner Garden Cafeteria

If you are going to visit both the harem and selamlık sections after buying a ticket and entering the Dolmabahçe Palace, you will definitely need to rest in between. Not on the sea side, this time on the inner garden side, there is a cafe inside the Dolmabahçe Palace.

Here, you can find non-alcoholic hot and cold drinks, simple snacks such as sweets and cookies.

This cafe has no view, but inside a historic building it's a nice place to sip your coffee, digest what you've seen in the palace and gather energy to continue on to the next chapter.

Since this place is inside the palace, you can reach this cafe after paying the Dolmabahçe Palace entrance fee.

For details about Dolmabahçe Palace, take a look at this article: Dolmabahçe Palace

Dolmabahce Palace – Limonluk Cafe

Another cafe located in the garden of Dolmabahçe Palace in Beşiktaş. Limonluk Cafe. The cafe opened in 2021, during the pandemic.

To go to Limonluk Cafe; Enter Dolmabahçe Palace by the National Palaces Painting Museum. Limonluk Cafe doesn't have any signage outside, so the sign you need to follow is "Painting Museum". Although the garden you enter belongs to Dolmabahçe Palace, you do not have to pay any entrance fee at the entrance.

After passing the security checkpoint and entering the garden of Dolmabahçe Palace; Before you reach the Painting Museum, you will see a garden gate on your right at the end of the tree-lined road, enter through that gate. The door you enter will take you to the back garden of the Painting Museum, where a pool with swans swimming in and a beautiful garden full of magnolia trees will welcome you. At the back corner of the garden, the place that was used as a workshop building has now been converted into a cafeteria and its name has been changed to Limonluk Cafe. Its interior decoration is eye-catching, its garden already looks out over a beautiful pool and building.

Limonluk Cafe Menu Prices – 2021

Limonluk Cafe menu is considered rich in terms of tea, coffee, snacks and food. However, the prices are a little high. You can see some prices from Limonluk Cafe menu below to give you an idea. Prices are for 2021.

• Sandwich Types 35 TL,
• Salads are between 45-60 TL,
• Desserts are between 18-22 TL,
• Main courses are between 28-95 TL.

My advice to you is; Fill your thermos with tea or coffee, pack a sandwich or snack, enjoy the garden on the benches in the palace garden, and it's free.

National Palaces Painting Museum – Şeker Ahmet Paşa Tea Room

If you have visited Dolmabahçe Palace and decided to go out by Beşiktaş, you will encounter the Painting Museum. While it used to be the crown office of the palace, it has now been converted into a museum where the paintings in the palace are exhibited. Şeker Ahmet Paşa Tea Room is located at the entrance of the Painting Museum.

There are soft drinks such as tea, coffee, soft drinks and snacks such as cookies and sweets in the lounge. You can enter here from Beşiktaş side independently of Dolmabahçe Palace and you do not have to pay the museum entrance fee to benefit from the cafe.

National Palaces Painting Museum It gets more details in my article, be sure to take a look.

Ihlamur Pavilion Cafeteria

If you've come to Beşiktaş or Nişantaşı and said, "Let's have our tea and coffee there, even though it's an airy place in the garden that smells of history at the same time," the cafe in the Ihlamur Pavilion may be just the place you're looking for.

They opened one of the two buildings in the garden of the historical pavilion as a cafeteria. Here, too, there are non-alcoholic hot and cold drinks and simple snacks. They also serve open buffet or mixed breakfast in the morning, you can choose this place for breakfast.

In order to enter the cafe, you have to pay the garden entrance fee of 5 TL, which is the Ihlamur Pavilion.

For more detailed information about the Ihlamur Pavilion: Linden Pavilion

Yıldız Park – Malta Mansion

There are four different cafes/restaurants in Yıldız Park, which is one of the lungs of Beşiktaş and even of Istanbul. Although they are all beautiful, my favorite is the Malta Mansion.

The historical mansion is currently operated by Beltur as a restaurant. The mansion, which has a beautiful Bosphorus view, has almost everything from open buffet breakfast to ice cream bar. No alcohol as it is a municipal business.

You do not need to pay any fee for entry. It is suitable to go in summer/winter with both indoor and outdoor areas. Even if you live outside the mansion, I definitely recommend you to go inside and have a look at the beauty of the mansion.

Yıldız Park – Tent Mansion

Another mansion in Yıldız Park is the Tent Mansion. Organizations such as engagements and weddings are also held here. There is also a swimming pool in front of the Tent Mansion, the shore of the pool where swans and ducks swim is very enjoyable in the summer months. The mansion is closed when renovation work is carried out in the 2020-2021 period. I will update the post again when it opens.

This place is also operated by Beltur. Breakfast, food, ice cream everything is there, except alcohol. You do not need to pay a fee to enter here.

Yıldız Park – Country Coffee

When you come to Yıldız Park, there is another cafeteria outside the mansions where you can sit and have something to drink, a little more economical: Kır Kahvesi. This place is closed during the winter months. If the spread or open buffet breakfast is too much as in the mansions, there are options such as pancakes here.

Yıldız Park – Beltur Cafe

Yıldız Park has been landscaped for the last few years, it has become a beautiful world-class grove. They built a new cafe in the newly remodeled area, named Haveran, recently changed to Beltur. You can watch the squirrels wandering in the trees from where you sit, with its indoor and outdoor area and the huge green area in front of it. This place closes at 18:00, you have to be early to get service from here.

Yıldız Park is getting more beautiful every day. For your questions such as where Yıldız Park is, how to get there and much more: Yildiz Park Check out my post.

Although Beşiktaş is a cafe paradise, museum cafes have a different place. Be sure to stop by these cafes, which are intertwined with history and culture!

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