Istanbul Hawaii

Istanbul Hawaii Gaze into Chefs Nili & Ahu’s farm to table realm, where sustainably compassionate recipes delight
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06/05/2026

Every object on our sofra carries a story. A copper pot shaped by hands that spent decades at the forge. A ceramic plate painted by hands carrying generations of knowledge. Some come from workshops across Türkiye. Others are crafted by local and contemporary artisans.

We gather them together because they speak the same language: The language of hands, patience, and time.

Long before a meal reaches the table, someone has already left a piece of themselves in the things you are holding.


 
 
 


06/03/2026

Every family has a dish that feels like coming home. Our Palace Tagine carries that feeling.

Jidori chicken · fennel pollen · kula orange · lemon blossom oil · warm saffron rice · time

A dish born from the belief that there should always be more than enough for one more guest, one more story, and one more bite.

The quiet comfort of knowing nobody leaves the table wanting.

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06/01/2026

Our Palace Tagine’s scent arrives before the dish. Citrus. Warm spices. Lemon blossoms.

Jidori chicken is slowly cooked with Kula oranges, then finished with fennel pollen and lemon blossom oil. A dish inspired by the kind of table where nobody is in a hurry to leave.

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05/31/2026

A map of Gathered Landscapes’s menu on June 8. One evening with such a special chef, teacher, humanitarian, father and more…

A tasting menu by &

Before recipes were written down, they lived in our mothers’ hands.

A pinch without measuring. A taste from a wooden spoon. A dish made so many times it became memory.

Created in collaboration, this menu brings together Chef Mark’s memories of his mother and Hawai‘i’s family tables with Chef Nili’s Anatolian traditions, passed from one generation to the next.

Each course is a place. Each place is a memory. Together, they form a small map of the landscapes we carry within us.

05/24/2026

As evening settles in, the pantry begins to glow.
Saffron jars beside dried herbs. Citrus hanging above flowers. Clay vessels warming beside copper pots.

For us, the pantry is an artist’s palette before it becomes a plate.
The scent of sumac, spice, and evening tea drifts through the room, then quietly arrives at your table.

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05/22/2026

Warm light settles across the room as jars of saffron, sumac, urfa chili, cumin, and dried herbs quietly line the walls behind blooming flowers and hanging citrus.
A pantry becomes part of the atmosphere; spice, shadow, perfume, memory.
This is the warmth of a kitchen where every dish begins long before the fire.

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05/21/2026

Turkish tea is never just a tea.

It is the sound of spoons against thin glass.
Steam curling through evening light.
A semaver glowing quietly in the corner while conversations stretch longer than intended.

It is what arrives before the meal, after the meal, during grief, celebration, business, love, and silence.
Always present.
Always waiting.

In many homes, the kettle never truly turns off.

05/20/2026

Each evening, tea slowly brews in the semaver the way it did generations ago. Unhurried, fragrant, glowing softly beside copper and fire.

The scent of steeped black tea, citrus peel, and spice slowly fills the room before the first guests arrive. For a moment, it feels like old homes, long conversations, and evenings you never want to end.

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05/17/2026

golden light · quiet spirits · night conversations

the bar at Istanbul Hawai‘i is where anatolian warmth meets the slow rhythm of honolulu nights.

warm brass, aged wood, glowing bottles, and the feeling of staying a little longer than planned.

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1108 Auahi Street
Honolulu, HI
96814

Opening Hours

Monday 5pm - 9pm
Wednesday 11am - 2:30pm
5pm - 9pm
Thursday 11am - 2:30pm
5pm - 9pm
Friday 11am - 2:30pm
5pm - 9:30pm
Saturday 11am - 2:30pm
5pm - 9:30pm
Sunday 11am - 2:30pm
5pm - 9pm

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