Mikla

Restaurant in Istanbul

Mikla

Restaurant information
Established| October 2005 (2005-10)
Owner(s)| IYIG – Istanbul Food and Beverage Group
Chef| Mehmet Gürs
Food type| New Anatolian Kitchen
Rating|  (Michelin Guide}
15,5/20 (Gault Millau)[1]
Street address| Meşrutiyet Cad. 15
City| Tepebaşı, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Country| Turkey
Coordinates| 41°01′52″N 28°58′27″E﻿ / ﻿41.03105°N 28.97410°E﻿ / 41.03105; 28.97410
Seating capacity| 100 (indoor) + 140 (outdoor)
Website| miklarestaurant.com

Mikla is a contemporary restaurant in Istanbul, known for its "New Anatolian Kitchens". Opened in October 2005, Mikla is on the top two floors of The Marmara Pera Hotel located in the historical Pera region, with its view of Istanbul.[2] The restaurant was awarded the Michelin star in October 2022.[3]

## Restaurant

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Mikla is located on the roof top floor of "The Marmara Pera" hotel.[4] It opened in October 2005. The initial idea was to create a refined but contemporary "Istanbullu" restaurant. Both the menu and the general feel of the restaurant reflect the Turkish-Scandinavian background of Mehmet Gürs, the Chef-Owner who was among the pioneer of the contemporary restaurant scene in Istanbul when he moved to Istanbul in 1996.[5]

The name of the restaurant is derived from "Miklagard", the Old Norse name for Istanbul, meaning "the Great Town".

Mikla launched its "New Anatolian Kitchen" in 2012.[3][6]

### Chef-Owner

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The restaurant's owner and chef Mehmet Gürs was born in Finland to a Turkish father and a Finnish-Swedish mother. Grown up in Sweden, completed his hospitality education and proper training in USA and settled in Istanbul in 1996 to open up his first restaurant. Currently he is the chef-owner of the Food and Beverage Group in Bangladesh.

## References

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1. ^ "Mikla – Gault & Millau Turkey". 24 January 2025. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
2. ^ "Mikla". Frommer's. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
3. ^ a b "Michelin yıldızı sahibi olan Mikla Restoran hakkında bilgiler". Karar (in Turkish). 14 October 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
4. ^ http://www.thetwentypoints.com/site/place/461 [dead link]
5. ^ "Celebrity chef with an anthropologist's interest in rare food". The Sunday Morning Herald. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
6. ^ "Mehmet Gürs". Turizm Şurası (in Turkish). Retrieved 13 May 2023.

## External links

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