"Fige is Ankara's most romantic room — an antique-filled Cankaya villa with live piano and a garden facing the Atakule tower, made for two."
Fige is the restaurant most Ankara couples name first for a special night out. It occupies a converted villa in the Yildizevler quarter of Cankaya, with dark red-washed walls, two rooms of antique furniture and objets, a vintage piano played live during dinner, and a flowering garden terrace that faces the Atakule tower — the closest thing the capital has to a Paris-bistro interior. The room is owned and run by its proprietor, Figen.
The menu is a hybrid: Turkish mezes and grill classics alongside a short French-international list. The dish regulars return for is the handmade manti — small Turkish dumplings under garlic yogurt — and the kitchen is also known for a ginger sea bass and a filet in mushroom sauce. Sunday brings a buffet brunch, and live music plays on Friday and Saturday nights.
Service is warm and unhurried, in keeping with the setting. The garden is the seat to request from late spring through autumn; the antique-filled interior rooms are the draw in the colder months. Prices sit in the upper-mid range for Ankara — a la carte, with no tasting menu — and reviewers consistently describe the value as fair for the quality and the room.
Fige is built for a date, an anniversary or a proposal: candlelight, live piano, the red walls and a garden that faces a lit Atakule at dusk. For more, see our Ankara dining guide and best proposal restaurants.
Not for a quick business lunch or a quiet, minimalist room — Fige is a warm, antique-filled space with live piano most nights, designed for a long romantic dinner rather than a fast or low-key meal.
Yes, for a romantic evening in Ankara. Fige is a converted Cankaya villa with antique interiors, a live piano and a garden terrace facing the Atakule tower. It is known for handmade manti and a Turkish-international menu, and is ranked among the city's top restaurants on Tripadvisor with a 4.6/5 score.
Fige is known for its romantic setting — dark red walls, antique furniture, a nightly live piano and an Atakule-facing garden — and for handmade manti, the Turkish yogurt dumplings regulars return for, alongside a ginger sea bass and a filet in mushroom sauce. It sits in the Yildizevler area of Cankaya.
Fige is in the Yildizevler quarter of Cankaya, Ankara. Its garden terrace faces the floodlit Atakule tower at dusk and the dining rooms carry live piano most evenings, which is why it is one of the city's most popular rooms for proposals, anniversaries and first dates.
Yes. A vintage piano is played live during dinner, with fuller live music on Friday and Saturday nights, and the flowering garden terrace facing the Atakule tower is open from late spring through autumn. The antique-filled interior rooms are the preferred setting in the colder months.
Reserve by phone; garden seating runs late spring to autumn
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