Istanbul was ok. Nothing amazing. Its a hookah lounge with bar food. The prices for everything were pretty on point. I will concur with other yelpers the staff members were a bit rude. We were talking about what we wanted to order and in the middle the bartender interrupted us and yelled "so you wanna start a tap or? " I wasn't even at the point if I knew if I wanted to dine there or not.
Fast forward we decided to sit outside. I never knew that there was an upstairs lounge. The outside seating/ alleyway type thing was weird because there are only like 3 tables on their side of the alley. The other patio table belong to the other establishments and we were told that in order to take a seat at their tables they would like for you to shop with that particular business. Thats not the issue. It would have been nice to have been introduced to the upstairs at Istanbul.
All together it was cool because the outside had lots of characters roaming around. The hookah was cool and the replacement coals came regularly. The food was also quick which was a plus. The minus was that it was all frozen bar food, deep fried and served to you. With that being said, this hookah bar and its surrounding is more club/party like. If you are looking for that. By all means it will serve what you are looking for.