Sini for iPhone
Istanbul, curated.
Sini is a curated Istanbul food guide for iPhone. It answers one question — where should I eat next, right here, right now — with a short list of places worth your limited meals, organized by neighborhood and by what you feel like eating.
On the App Store for iPhone.
What Sini is built around
- Trusted places Places actually worth your time. A shortlist we would send a friend to, not a ranked list of everything.
- Made for Istanbul One city, understood properly: the difference between a Kadıköy meyhane, a Beşiktaş ocakbaşı and a Karaköy breakfast house.
- No tourist traps Know where to go before you sit down. Places built to catch passing visitors do not go in.
App screenshots
Real Sini screens are added here before launch.
What the app covers
The same structure as this website, with place-level detail: six food categories, six neighborhoods, and the dishes that connect them. The website explains how eating in Istanbul works; the app is where the places are named.
- Turkish breakfastThe shared table, the four formats, and which neighborhoods do it best.
- Kebab & grillsAdana, Urfa, İskender, döner and cağ — and how to read a grill.
- Baklava & sweetsBuy it by weight, eat it the same day, and order by the nut.
- KadıköyThe market, the fish street, the meyhanes — a full day on foot.
- KaraköyBreakfast, baklava, meyhanes — and the best base for a short trip.
- BeşiktaşMarket prices, charcoal grills, fish counters, football-town energy.
About the app
What is Sini?
Sini is a curated Istanbul food guide for iPhone. It covers restaurants, street food, breakfast places, sweet shops and food experiences across the neighborhoods this site maps, with what to order at each and why it is on the list.
Who is Sini for?
Visitors with a few days in Istanbul who want to eat well without researching for hours — and without ending up in a restaurant designed for people who will never return.
Is Sini available on Android?
Sini is built for iPhone. There is no Android version at the moment.
How is Sini different from review apps?
Review platforms rank everything by crowd score, which in Istanbul rewards whatever sits on the busiest tourist route. Sini is editorial: a short list with the reasoning attached, and no ratings to average away the things that matter.