Kale'de Cafe & Restaurant

Neighborhood bistro that turns into a late cocktail room, the kind of address Bebek residents list when asked for 'somewhere normal'.

Café by day, a loose Arnavutköy bar with DJ nights by dark, the most informal room on the strip.

Kadıköy-spirit bistro-bar that happens to sit on the avenue

Tiny Tünel wine room famous among regulars for its mulled wine and queer-friendly door

Right across from the Bostancı ferry, where locals wait for the Prens Adaları boat

Paris-bistro-in-Bomonti, Kojo Hospitality's French-Turkish fusion with a kitchen that gives the bar a reason to exist