Park Fora is a restaurant that responds to the highest expectations of its guests and exceeds international quality standards as a prerequisite of its food safety policy. Park Fora, the place to go when it comes to tasting the best fish in Istanbul, offers a wide variety of seasonal seafood. With a rich fish selection, Park Fora shares the bounty of the Black Sea, Marmara, and the Aegean Seas with its guests. Surprising flavors and novelties are never missing from the menu, which includes a wide range of starters such as salads prepared with Aegean herbs or seafood, hot and cold mezes of mostly fish, and other seafood. In the main dishes, seasonal fish are presented with a variety of interpretations.
With a rich menu that ranges from traditional flavors to world cuisines. Tasting the octopus roasted with wine will take you to the Greek islands, and the milk-poached fish will bring the sweet breezes of Izmir. With the calamari, your journey will continue to North Aegean, Cunda, and Babakale. With the bonito, bluefish, and turbot depending on the season arriving at your table, you will once again remember that you are right by the Bosphorus. Salted bonito (lakerda) and fish roe (tarama) as the gifts of the Bosphorus to Istanbul are served at Park Fora in their authentic tastes that have endured thousands of years.
Park Fora, which pioneered live king crab tanks in Turkey, also features live lobster tanks and Fine de Claire oysters imported live from France. With a wide variety of local shellfish (including oysters, vongole or clams, sea scallops, and sea urchins in season), Park Fora offers all fish in season and in their finest quality. Specialties such as Milk Poached Fish, Shrimp on a Bed of Eggplant Puree, and Turbot Tandoor certainly deserve to be tried. Park Fora complements its authentic flavors with a rich wine collection, providing its guests from all around the world an opportunity to enjoy the finest seafood on the shores of the unforgettable Bosphorus. The delicious journey at Park Fora can only end with a stop at the dessert station. Park Fora’s unforgettable chocolate soufflé is among the most revered desserts on the menu. And the feast can only be complete with a range of local delicacies including fig, pumpkin, and quince desserts or oven-cooked halvah.
