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The definitive guide to eating locally and authentically in several of the world’s greatest food cities, including Istanbul, Athens, Barcelona, Shanghai, Rio de Janeiro and Mexico City – with more to come! Each city volume within the application is purchased separately for $3.99 with free updates to the database forever. Beyond the kebab, souvlaki, tapas, soup dumpling, feijoada or taco – and what you will find listed in most guidebooks for these cities – lies a wide range of unique regional cuisines and restaurants with hints of cooking from all around. Most of these spots, though, are found far off the eaten track. With Culinary Backstreets as your trusty guide, you will know what to eat and where to eat it.
Application features:
-Content provided by Culinarybackstreets.com, the online global guide to local eats.
-The absolute best of Culinary Backstreets’ local correspondents’ eating experiences: hundreds of opinionated reviews of local and authentic restaurants, street food carts, bakeries, dessert shops and more.
-Search functions and integrated maps that make finding the perfect meal easy.
-Vivid photos of food and the people who make it.
-Content always available in off-line mode.
About Culinary Backstreets:
Partnering up with some of the most knowledgeable and passionate food writers and bloggers across the globe, Culinarybackstreets.com is a hotline for the hungry traveler, bedside reading for the foodie voyeur, and a heavily bookmarked index for those who live among the culinary backstreets featured in our pages. Dispatching from Istanbul, Athens, Shanghai, Barcelona, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Tbilisi (with more cities on the way), Culinarybackstreets.com is a community of readers and writers who follow their stomachs to the next destination.
Praise for Culinary Backstreets’ Istanbul app:
“Finally, a guide that truly shows you how to eat like a local in Istanbul!” -Anya Von Bremzen, contributing editor at Travel+Leisure, author of “The New Spanish Table”
“…. The insiders guide to the back streets, hidden gems and tasty bites in the glorious old city on the Bosphorus. I love it.” Richard Engel, Chief Foreign Correspondent, NBC NEWS
“Affectionate, funny and delicious. A must-have road map to the tastiest secrets in this beautiful city. I never leave home without it.” -Ivan Watson, International Foreign Correspondent, CNN
“The brains (and stomachs) ….you want guiding you through the vast culinary treasures of one of the world's most interesting eating cities.” -Seth Kugel, Frugal Traveler, New York Times
“Brilliant insider guide to the best eats in Istanbul.” -The Guardian
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In-Apps
Rio
$0.00
Athens
$3.99
Mexico
$3.99
Istanbul
$0.00
Shanghai
$3.99
Barcelona
$3.99
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2.73 out of 5
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Not helpful, even in Istanbul
Weird design for an app. I can’t look up a restaurant by food item or location or even meal offering. The location part of the app doesn’t link to any map app so it’s hard to find the restaurants. Not worth the price and I won’t recommend.
Broken app
App repeatedly fails to load Mexico City map and still charged me for the download. Needs serious work.
Outdated
The reviews would be excellent, if even half of the restaurants reviewed still existed. Was great for Istanbul, absolutely awful for Shanghai.
Way better than trip advisor etc.
Best restaurants I went to in Istanbul were found in this app. The highly reviewed spots that you’d find on other apps were not often good, or were too crowded. Love this app. Will try for other cities from now on.
Huh
Lousy. Not well organized. Not worth $4
A good start
I love the website. That being said, the Mexico City portion of the app is light. It needs a lot more work. I realize that Mexico City is huge, so for that I will give you a grace period. Once the content improves, I will rate/review again. Until then I will not be suggesting your app to my traveling friends. If you improve the app to be as good as your website, it will be a five star for sure. Fingers crossed!
Best istanbul app out there
Update -- rio one has a section dedicated to Olympic area! Will be great in August! So psyched!
Update --- love the Barcelona even more than the istanbul one!
Offline maps with gps tracker (without roaming) is worth the money alone. Not to mention the excellent content - you won't be sorry that you purchased this one- it's our go to guide in istanbul!
Update--- new map interface works even better! Love macs maps!
I love culinary backstreets
I read the weekly emails, have used the EatItinerary service and the Athens, Istanbul and Barcelona apps. I have found the information to be spot-on. I appreciate the focus on 'real' food representative of the place and culture. My only criticism is that I'd like to see some general price rating system so you have an idea if you are likely to spend 10 or 40 euro on a meal. Lots of the places covered either don't have websites or don't list prices. Overall a fantastic culinary resource.
App crashes
Overall this was a good app but after the major overhaul it's a bit difficult to maneuver in and now it crashes when you attempt to launch it.
Don't leave home without it!
A fantastic app for navigating the food scene in Istanbul and Barcelona. Every recommendation is great.