let's say it in three words: mussels are small, dirty, stinky. we tried it, yes, after we were passing by quite often, wondering why people are crowding on such an unkempt, smelly place hoping they would serve something special, but it was the worst mussels we ever got in istanbul, even the street sellers for example at piers have bigger, cleaner and much tastiyer mussels. we had to throw away the most after tasting the first, it was a very bad experience. by the way: as dirty as the mussels are the streets around, costumers leave their midiyeci ahmed waste every where but not in any bin - shows what kind of costumers prefer that place.