Where to celebrate the New Year?

We don't know how the year 2010 was for you, but we guess that you wish to have a joyful welcome party for 2011. If you think that "The New Year goes on, just as the way you enter it", then you are lucky that you have lots of alternatives.

All around Istanbul, there is many different kinds of entertainment alternatives in different places suitable for everyone. We've just wanted to have a look at the alternatives on 31st December night and get some events for you. The choice is yours. Have a good time and happy New Year in advance!

360 degree entertainment

If you want to join an entertainment after an elegance New Year dinner with your friends, the right address for you is 360 Istanbul. You can say goodbye to 2010 through a great entertainment and a special menu in 360istanbul. You can continue the night at the bar after a special dinner. But, hurry up! We are in a limited number of reservations for this special New Year dinner.

If you're not interested in dinner but entertainment, 360istanbul is again just for you. You can make a reservation at the bar and enjoy the 360 cocktails as well as the surprises!

You can let yourself go with the special music of 360istanbul's DJ, DJ FILTH and enjoy the rhythm of the music with American silky soloist Terri B. You will be cheered up with breathtaking performance of dancers!

Price per person is between 200TL and 1000TL as it depends on concept desired.

Istiklal Avenue. Mısır Apt. K: 8, No:32/309 Beyoğlu
(212) 251 10 42-43

Enter 2011 with Ozan Doğulu

If you'd like to welcome the New Year with Ozan Doğulu and limitless drink and special tastes, then your address is Polat Tower Fulya! In the party to continue the night away, Ozan Doğulu is going to head the DJ set and the party is going to be enlivened with dance shows.  

During the night when entertainment is will be increasing incrementally in Polat Tower Fulya's 1000-person saloon, dance shows and New Year menu will be suitable for the tastes of guests.

In the party to be started at 21.30 and go on until morning, stand price is 150TL, loge price is 200TL. 

Polat Tower Fulya, Yeşilçimen St. No: 12, Fulya


You are going to be greeted with champagne at the door

The New Year menu of Şaşkınbakkal Chocolate Bistro&Bar with untried tastes one more delicious than the other is even more beautiful. Also, the night to be started with delicious food on 31st December, will go on with drum show and a New Year classic, belly dance show accompanied by DJ's performance until the wee small hours of the morning.

On the night starting with a champagne welcome to you can finalize such tiring night blissfully again with hot wine, soujouk-bread and soup. It is not difficult to guess a joyous welcome with the program with limitless local drink throughout the night!

Kazım Özalp St. Yalman Center, A Block, Şaşkınbakkal, Kadıköy
(216) 360 61 34
(216) 360 63 34
www.chocolatebistrobar.com


Spend the night at Villa Blanche Hotel

La Villa Blanche Hotel, which attracts attantion with its restful and comfortable atmosphere in Esentepe, is preparing to entertain its guests with Adana Kebapçısı Bedri Usta's delicious kebabs in New Year.

Bedri Usta's delicious side dishes, special New Year Döner Kebab, limitless drink and live music and after mid-night surprises at poolside will be a good chance in the New Year for the ones looking for both delicious tastes and entertainment...

Price per person is 155TL for the New Year night special menu. We had better say that you sleep like a baby in the quiet and comfortable rooms of La Villa Blanche Hotel and have a tasty brunch. Double room is 130TL.

Kalem St, Gazeteciler Sitesi, No: 7, Esentepe
(212) 216 37 19 – 20
www.hotelvillablanche.com/


Romantic New Year

Another place having New Year organizations is Mövenpick Hotel... It is wonderful especially for couples with dinner at AzzuR Restaurant accompanied by live music.

While you are enjoying different tastes, live music will be with you. After the romantic moments by candle lights, DJ will be at the stage... Atmosphere will be hot with energetic rhythm and you are going to enter 2011 by dancing. "New Year Dinner" with limitless drink until 02.00 is 269 TL.

Büyükdere St, 4. Levent, 34330, Istanbul
(212) 319 29 29


For both adults & kids

If you like Roman and Balkan music, you can choose Istanbul Marriott Hotel Asia for New Year. The band, which will accompany you as you wait for the New Year, is the biggest Roman orchestra of Turkey, Ahırkapı Roman Orchestra. Following the orchestra, DJ is going to perform. Party will go on until the wee small hours of the morning with DJ's performance.

It is 289TL for New Year dinner and entertainment. After this nice and tiring New Year party, if you wish to stay at hotel, Istanbul Marriott Hotel Asia's doors will be open for you, of course.

Junior Party room with buffet and different New Year surprises is waiting for our junior guests, so both you and juniors can enjoy the night without getting bored.

Kayışdağı St, No: 1, Ataşehir, 34750
(216) 570 00 00

Start the New Year party before the evening.

A classic of Beyoğlu, Leb-i derya's both place is going to be full of New Year excitement. Trip through the tastes is going to start before dusk in Leb-i derya Kumbaracı and Leb-i derya Richmond. While you’re enjoying different tastes such as goat cheese, profiterole balls with honey & fresh savory, celery cappuccino with mushroom sauce, roasted eggplants and peppers, walnut pesto with pomegranate syrup; different tastes of cocktails you are going to drink will pave the way for your mid-night entertainment. Lovely view of Istanbul and music with Esra Kocadoğan in Leb-i derya Kumbaracı and Münir İnselel in Leb-i derya Richmond will be waiting for you. Get ready for limitless domestic drink as well.

Leb-i derya Kumbaracı                      
Kumbaracı Yokuşu, 57/7, Tünel, Beyoğlu                                   
 (212) 293 49 89                                                   

Leb-i derya-Richmond
İstiklal Avenue, No:227, Richmond Hotel, Floor: 6
(212) 243 43 75 – 76

For the ones with no bounds in “eelence”

Eelence in Tepebaşı, opened by Özgür Aras is also one of the places getting ready for New Year. Party to start with Turkish Pop songs by DJ Mert will go on until the wee small hours of the morning and famous names is going to be there as well. There is two different prices for the night to start with "Welcome cocktail": Local limitless drink is 125TL - foreign limitless drink is 165TL per person.

Meşrutiyet St, No:83 (at the opposite of Pera Palas Hotel)
Asmalımescit, Beyoğlu
(534) 632 01 86


Two celebrations together

City Center Hotel is getting ready for not only New Year but also its first anniversary, so it has a different pride and excitement.

The night at City Center Hotel starts with cocktail at Sky Fish Restaurant at eighth floor with a magnificent view. Live music from 22.00 to 02.00 and after that belly dancers are waiting for you. After 02.00, you have the chance of listening to DJ and dancing.

Really delicious food and a great variety of side dishes will be waiting for you in New Year premiere menu. You will finalize the night with tripe-soup after the limitless local drink you are going to drink throughout the night. Price is 215TL.

Billurcu St, No:1 Sıraselviler, Taksim
(212) 292 27 71


Grand Hyatt Istanbul
For the ones hoping for never-ending New Year enthusiasm

Grand Hyatt Istanbul together with its special decoration and background noel and New Year melodies aims to take its guests to a different world.

You, your family and friends can spend the noel night with a rich set menu at Spazio or a large buffet at Agora Restaurant; you can find the chances of having unforgettable moments with your friends. We'd like to remind you that this mega city Istanbul does not have so many alternatives for noel night, probably “Hyatt Touch” will be the thing you're going to need most.

No matter what you prefer among Grand Hyatt Istanbul’s different programs organized for different tastes, unique “Hyatt Touch” will be waiting for you with its high service quality as you are counting down for 2011.

Grand Hyatt Istanbul's Agora Restaurant continues to offer the best samples of international tastes at the New Year night. Between 20.00-01.00, while welcoming the New Year with a charming buffet including Turkish side dishes, kebabs and seasonal seafood, Turkish music and a belly dancer will accompany this rich buffet. When the clocks strike 00.00 finally, together with the offering of the sparkling wine, enthusiasm of the New Year will peak. Following, soup service is waiting for the guests in the garden. 

Let's summarize the places where you can get "Hyatt Touch":

SPAZIO
An award-winning Italian restaurant, Spazio, with a variety cuisine that takes the chiefs to the stage, an extensive wine cellar from all over Turkey, superior service quality and the best samples of Italian cuisine is waiting for you.  

Enjoy the set menu comprising of four delicious samples at Spazio from 19.00 on 24th and 25th December with your family and friends. 

Noel menu at Spazio is 125 TL (VAT, with a glass of Prosecco offer) and a special menu for children will be served!

AGORA
Agora Restaurant offers the best samples of both Turkish and international tastes.

Agora Restaurant welcomes the New Year with a charming buffet including Turkish side dishes, kebabs and seasonal fresh seafood between 20:00 and 01.00 on 31st of December. 

A Turkish art music orchestra with different instruments and belly dancers accompany to this exclusive buffet.  When the clocks strike 00:00 finally, together with the offering of the sparkling wine, enthusiasm of the New Year will peak.  

When the clocks strike 01.00, soup service is waiting for the guests in the garden. 

GOSSIP
Fascinating lighting and video system, transparent stage with floor lighting, fireplace and modern decor of Grand Hyatt Istanbul's night club, Gossip make the New Year entertainment unforgettable. Live DJ performance with the greatest songs of Turkish Pop presents a perfect atmosphere with a quite blast until the wee small hours of the morning.

Live DJ performance and limitless local drink at Gossip, incl. VAT is 85TL per person. 

On the advancing hours at Gossip Bar, Live DJ performance with Turkish pop will go on until the wee small hours of the morning. The New Year buffet at Agora, entertainment till morning hours at Gossip Bar and limitless local drink is 275TL per person. 

Taşkışla St, No:1, 34437 Taksim
(212) 368 1234
 

Park Hyatt Istanbul
New Year in Nişantaşı

The center of entertainment is in Nişantaşı, Park Hyatt Istanbul - Macka Palas will host the New Year with an unforgettable night with its impressive interior decoration and ambitious places enchanting the flavor lovers. 

Do you want to enjoy the last night of the year and make a fresh start to the first morning of the New Year after a good sleep? Well, let us redirect you to Park Hyatt Istanbul - Macka Palas!

Don't miss the attractive accommodation packages for a pleasant stay in stylish and comfortable rooms in which luxury and elegance are reflected in the smallest detail and having a memorable night on 31st December, 2010.

For more information about the New Year treats in your room, a late breakfast alternatives that you can have in the fresh atmosphere of Park Hyatt on the first morning of the New Year and all accommodation packets; you can call the number:(212) 315 1234

The Prime - The New Year Tastes

The Prime, which will entertain the guests with a special 4-stages New Year menu prepared by its Swiss Chef Julien Piguet, offers an ideal program for the ones wishing to indulge themselves with gourmet dishes.

The night that will start within the hot and romantic atmosphere of The Prime, will increase its rhythm with the night-long performance of Açelya and Jeyan within the pleasant ambiance of Wine Lounge.  In the night that will be pep up with popular songs from 70s to present, dance and entertainment will go on until the wee small hours of the morning.

"New Year Dinner in The Prime" including four-stage set menu, limitless local  drinks and free attendance to the Oldies Party in Wine Lounge is 299TL (incl. VAT) per person.

Wine Lounge Oldies Party

Wine Lounge, which will be pep up with live performances of Açelya and Jeyan, is preparing to host the guests with a joyous New Year celebration with the unforgettable songs of 70s, 80s and 90s.   In the place where delicious canapés and refreshments with delicatessen, risotto and chocolate stations, the party will go on  until the wee small hours of the morning.

The special New Year snack menu at Wine Lounge, limitless local drink, New Year program with the performances of Açelya and Jeyan, incl. VAT is 225 TL per person.

Teşvikiye Bronz St, No: 4 Maçka
(212) 315 1234


All sorts beer, view and entertainment

Taps Bebek with its special beers and elite world cuisine enters 2011 with specially designed New Year decor and DJ Burak Şahin's musics. In three-storey residence with unique Bosporus view, Taps Bebek, the address of taste and pleasure has prepared a special menu for New Year party. The New Year menu prepared diligently by Chef Hüseyin Kocabey comprises of cold starters, hot starters, olive oil dishes, main course, dessert and limitless local  drink. Price for the New Year special menu is 155TL per person. For the ones wishing to join the party after dinner, menu with limitless local  drink, Tabs' beers and foreign drinks as well is 135TL. If you think that there is nothing like beer, you should prefer Tabs Bebek...

Cevdetpaşa Cad. No: 119, Bebek
(212) 263 87 00
 

Enter New Year like kings

In Çırağan Palace Kempinski, the choice of the ones wishing to enter New Year with a magnificent Bosporus view, live jazz Trio performance is going to give its place to dance music with DJ on the advancing hours of the night on 31st December. Eight-stages set menu with grilled clam, lobster, duck liver or braised lamb is 360TL per person, but the drinks are not included. You can enjoy nice music accompanied by different tastes at Tuğra Restaurant and Gazebo Lounge. 

Çırağan Avenue, No: 32, Beşiktaş, 34349
(212) 326 46 46

Your New Year event at Ziyade

The New Year means new opportunities. If you wish to say "hello" these opportunities together with your friends, you can choose Ziyade Fasil with its great New Year entertainment and special New Year menu.

Turkish art music will be in Ziyade Fasıl's New Year program... A long New Year entertainment with solo violin and New Year cocktail is going to start at Ziyade Fasıl together with a repertory full of entertainment. While the rhythm of the night is ascending with the acoustic live Turkish art music program  (fasil) performed by Turkey's best Turkish art musicians, Asma Drum Show by Vahdet, belly dance performance by Belly Dancer Ebru and with a special choreograph by Irmak and Roman Show by Özdeyiş are all going to be with you Entertainment starts at 01.00 with DJ's performance and goes on  until the wee small hours of the morning.

Famous Chef of Ziyade with branches in Levent and Suadiye, Mustafa Alkan's menu for this long night includes: The Three Musketeers ( white cheese, sliced tomato and cucumber), Zazaki, Baron, desired olive oil dishes, yaprak ciğer, Ziyade Special Börek, chard farci, seasoned rice, chestnut turkey, fig with cream ( or pumpkin or quince as desired), limitless local  drink.

Yazmacı Tahir St, No: 22 Sahilyolu Suadiye
(216 410 90 61 / 216 372 11 30)

Karanfil St, No:25, 3. Levent
(212 269 56 86 / 212 281 93 01)


New Year at Naz

Turkish kitchen's modern and elegance representative, Naz Restaurant has prepares an unforgettable New Year night for you with a special New Year menu and a New Year program.

Elegance and fascinating atmosphere of Naz Restaurant, accompanied by Bosporus view is waiting for you with its special treats for New Year and great music repertory as well.

Naz is going to present you a great opportunity to enjoy the New Year with a special wide repertory of its popular orchestra, New Year special belly dance show by Belly Dance Buket and New Year celebration menu and the party will go on until the wee small hours of the morning with Music DJ's performance.

Naz is going to have the New Year night turned into a festival with its food rich in diverse and excellent service as well. Everyone will be having quite the blast at Naz from 20.00 until the wee small hours of the morning. We just let you know.

The New Year celebration at Naz with limitless local  drink and one glass champagne is 330TL.

www.nazturk.com
Swissôtel The Bosphorus
Bayıldım St, No: 2 - Maçka
(212) 326 11 75 – 326 11 76

Hülya Avşar, WOW Istanbul

WOW Istanbul Hotel & Convention Center, is going to be one of the alternatives for the ones wishing to experience the New Year entertainment with a New Year program including Hülya Avşar's stage performance ans special menus.

In the New Year program with Hulya Avşar will have the chance of enjoying themselves to the repletion.

The New Year special menu to start with Gourmet dish will continue with various tastes such as savory appetizer, special turkey specials and surprise New Year dessert.

Part special for kids

WOW Istanbul Hotels & Convention Center presents kids the chance of enjoying their own special New Year party .Kids is going to enter the New Year enjoying the special surprises and menu with the most favorite food of kids.   

The understanding of excellent service and the addresses of comfort, in WOW Istanbul Hotel and WOW Airport Hotel offers the opportunity for accommodation for the guests to join the premiere night with a special price. The first morning of 2011 is going to give a magic touch to the guests' New Year program with buffet and brunch delight.

Istanbul World Trade Center, 34149 Yeşilköy
(212) 444 0969

3 in 1

Dedeman Şile presents you three New Year celebrations in one place. The night starts at D’Light Lobby Bar Lounge firstly; in here, an elegance cocktail will be waiting for you to take place between 19.00 – 20.15. You have two alternatives after this: You can pass to Party Saloon and listen to Çigan Trio, 8-member Orchestra Group Carnaval and DJ's performance and enjoy the belly dance as well. Or, you can pass toward Hoku’s Brasserie & Bar and listen to group Nazlı-Turgut-Caner and DJ's performance. The belly dance becomes an extra for you!

While you're enjoying all these events, leaving your children to She'la will be enough. There will be games and some activities to be organized here for kids.

You're not going to enter New Year on an empty stomach, of course. Together with the side dishes such as Norway Smokes Salmon,  Şile bonito pickled in brine, Smoked fillets of trout,  Spicy roast beef, Celery Salad, Antep Acılı Ezme, Spiced mutton liver and Mashed feaves, tasty savory appetizer and Traditional New Year Turkey served with chessnut, brussell sprouts, seasoned rice will be at your dinner table.

Kumbaba Mah. Uygur St. No: 40 Şile
(216) 712 24 24


The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul

The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul, has prepared unforgettable New Year celebrations for the night of 31st December. Çintemani Restaurant with tasty food in the special menu prepared by Chef Ali Ronay and his team is waiting for the ones wishing to welcome the New Year. 

This special menu that you can enjoy with a pleasant music and Bosporus view has many different tastes. This special menu with local  drink is 449TL per person. Beside, the ones looking for a magnificent start to the first day of New Year can enjoy the special tastes accompanied by piano concert during the New Year Brunch to be arranged on the morning of 1st January.
This special menu that you can enjoy with a pleasant music and Bosporus view has many different tastes. This special menu with local  drink is 449TL per person. Beside, the ones looking for a magnificent start to the first day of New Year can enjoy the special tastes accompanied by piano concert during the New Year Brunch to be arranged on the morning of 1st January.

Price of this Brunch meeting the high expectations for the first day of New Year is 129 TL per person.

Süzer Plaza, Elmadağ St, No: 9 34367 Harbiye
(212) 334 44 44