Istanbul by Night: Turkish Dinner and Show

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul by night means floodlit mosques, a fabulous Turkish dinner and a spectacular floorshow with bejeweled belly dancers. It's the ultimate Turkish experience!

On your evening out in Istanbul you will be picked up from your hotel and privately transfered to a first-class restaurant for dinner. The fabulous four-course dinner includes a Turkish dessert, followed by an exotic floor show. You'll be entertained by belly dancers and an Anatolian cultural folklore group.

USD $81.25

Traveler Reviews

Review by: Ann L	March 2012
Waste of time.

Review by: Madan J	November 2011
Very much enjoyed it! Great ambience, hospitality, food, enternainmemt, artists...All superb!

Review by: Loren G	November 2011
I thought the show was interesting. The performers were talented. Everyone there seemed to be enjoying themselves. I know I did and I was sitting in the back.

Review by: John D	November 2011
Good dinner and show but ther was no night tour of Istanbul. Overall very nice and a decent value

Review by: Tommy	November 2011
Pickup was right on time - large, roomy van was perfect, as there were several pickups on the way to the nightclub. Show was excellent, and the food was great. Excellent service all around!

Review by: lsoderberg	November 2011
The dancing was amazing! The food was awful. I mean really awful! But the dancing was exciting and like nothing I've ever seen before. A couple of the belly dancers were beyond talented. I really didn't know it was even possible to move that way. Wow! Makes up for the horrible food. Go, but eat first!

Review by: omar b	October 2011
The entertainment was very good but a little bit extended. Not much communications with the driver because language barrier.

Review by: Kerry F	October 2011
Very busy restaurant

Review by: Paul V	September 2011
excellent pick up and delivery, show ad meal average.

Review by: Henry B	September 2011
WONDERFUL PROGRAM AND DINNER. ONLY PROBLEM THE PICKUP VAN DIDNOT COME DIRECTLY TO THE HOTEL AND WE HAD TO WALK ABOUT 1/2 MILE ON COBBLE STONE STREET UP HILL. WE'RE IN OUR 70'S AND IT WAS TOUGH.

Review by: Robert L	July 2011
We enjoyed the show very much. The food was surprisingly good and the dancers/entertainers kept our interest. I would recommend this for those who want to taste the local cuisine and the local dances.

Review by: Sharon S	July 2011
The journey to the venue was more of a hotel to hotel collection/transfer service rather than an "Istanbul by night" tour as described in the trip details, having said that you do see some of Istanbul en-route to the venue, and you could see some of the major sights from a distance, and on the return journey these were illuminated in the dark too. Good driver, clean comfortable mini-bus type vehicle and right on time. Venue superb with great staff, very good food, a great introduction to Turkish food and excellent entertainment - belly dancers, folk dancers and knife throwers etc. Rounded off by a general entertainer who sang songs from around the world, based on the nationalities in the audience, also some audiance participation with the belly dancers etc. Excellent night and do recommend this trip.

Review by: Santan M	July 2011
The Dinner and show by itself was excellent._br/_ The service provided by viator was impeccable. I was late for my pickup, but communicating with the people at the office really made me feel at ease, and after arriving at the sight, there were people waiting to welcome us . Keep up the good work viator

Review by: Monica G	June 2011
good

Review by: Mahmoud S	June 2011
it was perfact show but the place not much good and the food it was bad

Review by: Jumana R	May 2011
We had amazing night...

Review by: G R	April 2011
Very well organised, slick ad professional. Fair food and a good show - we good ringside seats.

Review by: Rama V	February 2011
Excellent driver..I was not able to identify the van I cam ein but he came to me as I left the Karavanserai to take me to the van. Good service.

Review by: Anonymous	February 2011
Good show, wonderful seats. Food was good for the most part. Not a fan of the salad.

Review by: Shailesh G	February 2011
Would like to give 0 stars to this tour. There is no tour. They pick you from the hotel to go to dinner and belly dance show. Food was really bad. Table was far away from the show (belly dance girls). Dancers were not good either. No value for money at all. Not recommending this tour.

Review by: Dharmilla T	January 2011
This event was undertaken with ITS through Neon Tours. The show itself was excellent and there were some fabulous belly dancers with other more traditional turkish dancers. However, once again, despite booking a vegetarian meal six-weeks in advance and giving several reminders, no provision whatsover had been made by the company to ensure this was honoured. Also, I had been collected before the show had actually finished.

Review by: Jean-Luc T	November 2010
The Viator staff are very courteous and prompt. The Turkish Dinner and Show was well worth it - we really enjoyed our evening.

Review by: Mary Jane H	November 2010
The show itself was very good. However, when we called the office about a pick up at our hotel for the dinner and show, no one had a record of our reservation, which had already been paid for. Thankfully, we had our vouchers, Faxed them over to the office and someone finally picked us up. Very frustrating and confusing.

Review by: Robert L	November 2010
The show was great, and the dinner was a good sampling of Turkish food. The pick up service was right on time, everthing was fine. Well worth the money.

Review by: Lucine G	October 2010
5 stars the food was great the show was great except the driver picked us at 8:30pm instead of 6:30pm

Review by: James Allen M	October 2010
Because our hotel was nerby the show location, we were never picked up , never told about it, and were informed to make our own way to the show location if we wanted to attend (after having already paid for it). Once there, we were put into a dark corner at the back of the room with a poor view of anything. The food was ok, the service terrible. The show itself though, of what I could see, was quite good and that's why I'm giving this review 3 stars instead of 0.

Review by: SIDNEY G	October 2010
Too dark. Couldn't see what served. Entertainment was too busy playing with customers. Cute only the first time. Guide more interested in "sucking up".

Review by: John C	October 2010
The timing for pick up between viator and the istanbul operator were 1 hr different. Dinner and show were good

Review by: Ian U	September 2010
The "floodllight mosques" didn't materalise on this tour - just a quick trip straight to the show. An advertised start time of 7pm, but a pick up time of 8:15:pm. I think we were ripped off on the Night drive. The floor show was fair. The very last dancer the only good one. The food was typical mass produced thaetre restaurant food, nothing Turkish about it at all. Customers packed in like sardines - too bad if you aren't in the front row or if your back is to the stage, which half are. A fair show but the night scene is a rip off.

Review by: Alexander S, Germany	May 2010
Local operator "Neon" called our hotel in advance to arrange pick-up. Pick-Up worked out fine in a very comforable bus. Show was great and very entertaining. The whole set-up is very professional and the show flowing very fast. Food is nothing special but tasteful.

Review by: Maria M, Ireland	April 2010
Really enjoyed this. Food was not great but the entertainment was very good.great fun,really enjoyed the night. Would recommend it.

Review by: Petros H	April 2010
Istanbul by night means an hour or two drive to see lightened beauties of a town. You only took us from Hotel to restaurant, which we could do on foot from our hotel. Show was good but I have seen much better.

Review by: Anonymous	February 2010
Pick up went smoothly and we were advised of a delay due to traffic. Would have been useful to have been told were to meet after the show. The entertainment was good but we were disappointed not to have seen the whirling dervish. Food was good and service excellent.

Review by: Jon A, United States of America	December 2009
Excellent. Couldn't have been better.

Review by: D L, Wallis and Futuna Islands	December 2009
The night was a fun experience. We laughed a lot and had a good time. Viator picked us up on time and were very reliable. The food was okay, not the quality for the price.

Review by: Lisa L	December 2009
The night was a fun experience. We laughed a lot and had a good time. Viator picked us up on time and were very reliable. The food was okay, not the quality for the price.

Review by: Garry H, United States of America	November 2009
The driver arrived a few minutes late. He did not speak English, but had our names on a list. There was no discussion on board the van, as none of the other passengers spoke English. We were dropped off at the restaurant after picking up more passengers, with no direction given as to what we were to do, especially after the show. We were directed to a room on the lower level of the restaurant. The show and food were very good. It was an entertaining evening. The show consisted of two belly dancers who were excellent, a group of folk dancers, and a singer who spoke English and sang songs representing the countries present. Afterwards, we had to simply look for our van once we exited the restaurant and we were returned to the hotel.

Review by: Simon L, United Kingdom	October 2009
Definintely couldn't describe the journey to the venue as an "Istanbul by night" tour, as it was purely a hotel-to-hotel collection service en-route to the venue, albeit in the dark and you could see some of the major sights from a distance. Good driver, clean and brand new vehicle and right on time. The only thing was that the local company got the lead name wrong and ended up faxing a collection time to my father in the hotel - it was a surprise for his 70th birthday. Luckily, my mother saw the fax first and gave it to me and he just thought it was something about our car to the airport the next day. Simple mistake and wasn't an issue. Venue superb with great staff, very good food and excellent entertainment - belly dancers, folk dancers and knife throwers etc. Rounded off by a general entertainer who sang songs from around the world, based on the nationalities in the audience - it was like the United Nations!!! Very good and recommend this trip.

Review by: Anonymous, Saudi Arabia	October 2009
Nice Food & entertainment.

Review by: Lemiel P, United States of America	August 2009
Excellent food and a great show! It's a must to start a trip of Istanbul and Turkey.

Review by: Anonymous	May 2009
The belly dancing was great, but we could have done without all the country introductions at the end by the band.

Review by: Mohee J	May 2009
The show was good, pickup services were also very good. The dinner was very very bad. The kitchen is famous as one of the world's best Middle Eastern kitchens, and that night what they provided was basically terrible. Belly dancing was so weak. The waiter did not understand basic English. That was an international 5 star restaurant!! I hope it will be enhanced.

Review by: Jacqueline G, United Kingdom	February 2009
This was an absolutely essential 'must-do' for any visitor to Istanbul for the first time. Although the bus picking us up was 30 minutes late, leading us to worry that we had been forgotten, when we got there all that was forgotten. In fact, for the first time in any of the Viator events we have attended, I would say that this was under-sold. We didn't have just one belly dancer but four, one of whom was the top one of Turkey, we didn't have just the Anatolian folk dancers, but a group from the Black Sea and another Caucasian one, plus a live band and a couple of singers. What a night! The food was okay, the wine drinkable, but what a night!

Review by: Beverley R, Canada	November 2008
Excellent dancers and very good folkloric show. Dinner was average, but overall, a good look at Turkish culture.

Review by: Anonymous, France	November 2008
Excellent show very friendly. Thank you Viator.

Review by: Robert A, United States of America	September 2008
A really fun experience! We attended with another couple and had a great time. The entertainment was outstanding.

Review by: Andy V, United States of America	March 2008
Great way to experience Istanbul. What a great Turkish experience!

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	November 2007
Very delicious meal and great entertainment for all the countries that were present.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	October 2007
Better than I expected. Food was good and so was the entertainment.

Review by: Tunde R, Australia	May 2007
I had a ball.