Been going to the Çakmak off and on for a while. Sometimes they get it right. Sometimes the overly-alert waiting (as in whisking your plate away while your fork is still in hand) can be alarming. But the food is cheap and reliable.
You can find it right where Şair Veysi Sokak intersects the other big kahvalti street, Çelebi Oğlu, and it's immediately next to the worse-for-wear Hamam.
The Çakmak falls foul of the common problem of inconsistent service. Three or so wait staff prowl around and just do stuff. If you were unlucky enough to place your order with baggy-trouser dude just as he was thinking of having a fag break and checking his phone, you know your order won't make it to the cook for at least another ten minutes. By which time, confusingly, someone else will come over to try and take your order.
It seems like once you are sitting, you are largely on your own and would do well to try to direct the waiters yourself. Try to buttonhole a sharp-looking one. A difficult task as the staff always seems entirely different on every visit. Saying that, it's still cheap as chips and you can sit among some nice ivy on the pavement while you feed a cat your saucisse.
No wee-fee, and good luck trying to use the Hamam as your WC.
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