Grand Lotus Restaurant
restaurant — 95 Elephant Street
Trap score: 38/100 (yellow)
Grand Lotus Restaurant is a Restaurant popular with visitors; check recent reports before you go.
Location: Istanbul
Reports (4)
- overcharge (severity 3/5) — 2026-03: Felt genuinely unsafe here after dark; aggressive touts followed us for blocks.
- unsafe (severity 4/5) — 2025-04: The ATM ate my card and the 'help desk' asked for my PIN. Obvious scam.
- theft (severity 1/5) — 2025-04: Charged tourist prices double what locals paid two feet away in the same line.
- bait_switch (severity 1/5) — 2024-07: The glowing reviews are clearly fake — the reality is nothing like the photos.