Red Istanbul Turkish Restaurant เรด อิสตันบูล ร้านอาหารตุรกี (Red Istanbul)

Red Istanbul is a halal Turkish restaurant at 497/12 Phetchaburi Road in Thung Phaya Thai, between BTS Ratchathewi and the Urupong junction, on the stretch of guesthouses and hotels where many Muslim visitors stay. Google files it as a halal restaurant, 4.5 from 897 reviews, open 12:00 to midnight and closed Sunday. The reviews collected on Wanderlog agree on what it does well: grilled meats and spicing, bread baked fresh, hummus and rice. The dishes named most often are the beyti kebab (minced kebab wrapped in flatbread under tomato sauce and yoghurt), beef pide, chicken doner, cheese pie and sütlaç, the baked rice pudding. Food is cooked to order, so expect a wait. On price, several reviewers call it expensive for Thailand while others find it fair for the quality; no itemised prices appear in public sources, so none are given here. The room is decorated in a traditional Turkish style. No alcohol is served, in keeping with its halal posture, and the same building at number 497 holds Madena, another halal kitchen. It answers a specific need: a halal meal near Ratchathewi and Pratunam that is neither Thai nor Indian, a few minutes on foot from BTS Ratchathewi (about 300 metres by its Google pin).