At this restaurant, choose from an array of traditional dishes at the counter – and if you can’t make up your mind, the staff will happily recommend something based on your preferences. If you want a friendly atmosphere and a meal cooked by experts, look no further than Lades Restaurant. A particular favorite at the restaurant is a dish called menemen, which is a breakfast dish consisting of eggs, onion, tomato and green pepper.

Lades is an old-school spot, a classic lokanta serving stews and steam-table favourites day in, day out. If Lades were a car, it might be an old Volvo estate – nothing exotic, but safe and extremely reliable. The menu changes daily but follows certain rules.

Also known as “Lades Menemen” (‘menemen’ being a type of a very popular Turkish breakfast dish made mainly with eggs & tomatoes), Lades is an old breakfast spot that is famous in the Taksim area of Beyoğlu district. As is the case with almost all “famous” places, it might let you down a little bit (I’ve had much better menemens in a lot of different places) but if you are around, you should try it too, maybe just to be able to say that you have tried it when someone eventually recommends it to you… But I’d say go here only if you are on a short trip (like 1 day in Istanbul or max 2) and don’t have a chance to get to other neighborhoods famous for traditional breakfast. And, you may love it as well, as the idea of a perfect menemen depends from person to person.

Lades Menemen, which was established in the 1950s, has been a popular destination for breakfast enthusiasts ever since, with its long-standing reputation for delicious food. The restaurant’s traditional Turkish breakfast is famous for its delicious olives, cheese, honey, clotted cream, tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. In addition to their regular menu, they offer a delicious dish called menemen, a lighter version of shakshuka, and a unique sweet dessert made with chicken breasts called tavuk gögsü.

In existence since 1969, locals stop by this little cafe before work, squeezing lemon juice into hot bowls of tavuk suyuna çorba (chicken soup) and tearing apart crusty bread with their hands. The shop is known for menemen, creamy, fluffy scrambled eggs mixed through with diced capsicum and onion, sucuk (Turkish sausage), pastrami, chicken or a little of everything. It comes with pul biber (Aleppo pepper) for sprinkling, and if you really want to mimic the locals, order çay (tea) instead of coffee.

Lades – Taksim (directions): The journey that started with the opening of Lades Muhallebicisi in 1969 at Tarlabasi Street by Ahmet Celikkol continued after he became partners with his brother Mehmet Celikkol and opened Lades Restaurant in 1986. Lades Muhallebicisi and Lades Restaurant has been in service for long years at Sadri Alisik Street. In the restaurant section of Lades you can find classical dishes like oven made lamb shank.

**If Lades, which means “wishbone” in Turkish, provided an actual wishbone alongside the usual post-meal wet wipe and toothpick, we’d close our eyes and make a wish that we could eat their tandır (oven-roasted baby lamb) seven days a week. These large knots of tender, fragrant meat lined with a soft cushion of fat are the sort of high-calorie lunch that we might save for a special occasion but Lades regulars take for granted.

Just a short walk north of Taksim Square, Lades is a popular venue for traditional Turkish meals that cost from 50 TRY. Starting as a dessert store in the late 1960s, Lades has expanded over the years to become a full restaurant serving various traditional dishes. Popular dishes include menemen, karniyarik (eggplants filled with meats, spices and vegetables) and Hünkar Beğendi (Turkish lamb stew).

If you look up Turkish breakfast spots – whether online or from travel books – you’d see plenty of mentions that Lades is the place for Turkish menemen. Unfortunately, I’m going to burst the bubble and say no – at least from my personal experience there. It’s not bad, but it’s not fabulous either and I wouldn’t go as far as calling it a must-visit legendary restaurant.

Lades Restaurant was opened as “Lades Muhallebicisi” in 1969, very close to Taksim Square. The restaurant, which used to serve light Turkish desserts, has turned into a restaurant with a traditional menu since 1986. Thanks to the partnership of brothers Ahmet Celikkol and Mehmet Celikkol, both chefs, the restaurant became famous in Istanbul.

Lades Menemen has been a welcoming spot in Istanbul’s Taksim neighborhood for more than 60 years. They serve simple, down-to-earth meals from morning to evening, with a relaxed atmosphere that has kept locals coming back for decades. It’s a long-standing favorite for anyone looking to enjoy a comfortable and unhurried dining experience.

A huge and genuine Turkish place serving traditional breakfast dishes since 1969. They serve portions of food big enough to share and consists of very delicious “Menemen” dishes that are served until late in the afternoon. It’s a very up and coming restaurant attracting travelers from all over the world.

This is a super local place, where you will find a very authentic Turkish breakfast. Lades Menemen is located in Beyoğlu and is a restaurant of a lifetime. Its specialty is Menemen, a typical Turkish dish that is usually eaten for breakfast and that contains egg, tomato, pepper and spices.

The place, which established its first branch in 1969, offers you great specialties of an energetic breakfast. Its small and modest restaurant has the same decoration as it had on the day of opening. In Lades, nobody pays attention to decoration while eating delicious food.

After all these years, it is still one of the most prominent values of the huge Beyoglu today. Menemen is a popular traditional Turkish dish which includes eggs, tomato, green peppers, and spices such as ground black and red pepper cooked in olive oil.

Eating Turkish breakfast in Istanbul, or anywhere in Turkey, is like a ritual. The food is rich in flavour, comforting and healthy. Packed with fresh and natural ingredients, it will set you right for the busy day ahead.

Starting the day, we surely begin with breakfast reccomandations. Menemen is a Turkish egg-dish mostly preferred for breakfasts and for any other meal of the day too and Lades in Beyoglu is a great option to try it out.

Meaning “wishbone” in Turkish, we wish we could eat at Lades in Beyoğlu every day. Most of the customers are regulars who know what the daily specials are. Savor succulent döner kebabs on Mondays and Thursdays.

I usually choose to add cheese, but you can also add sausage. It’s always served with fresh, crusty bread. It is a breakfast food but often had for lunch as well.

It’s a big, filling egg dish with veggies and cheese, has many types, and no one makes them better than Lades Menemen near istiklal street.