Bar in Istanbul

Pre-revolution Havana glamour in Istanbul's upscale Nişantaşı

Bosphorus rooftop cocktails atop Vakkorama at Galataport

Infinity pool and panoramic bar at Istanbul's Ritz

360-degree panoramic views from Marmara Pera rooftop

Michelin & Gault Millau recognized bar-restaurant-club on the Bosphorus

Four Seasons rooftop with Hagia Sophia views

Bar side of Four Seasons' Bosphorus seafood room, terrace to the water, Mediterranean pours

Brasserie-attached cigar room on the Vadistanbul side

The Stay's small rooftop above Bebek Hotel, intimate, signature cocktails, fairy-tale Bosphorus straight onto the bay.

Open-air terrace with private Bosphorus-front cabanas

Kempinski's waterfront aperitivo terrace, Italian spritz ritual over the Bosphorus

Wood-panelled clubby signature bar at the Ottoman palace, elite spirits library

Grand Tarabya's second-floor bar, a Bosphorus-bay cocktail terrace.

Fatih Akerdem's Hemingway room inside the old American Consulate, 150 Negroni twists and Turkey's only Rakı Cocktails book.

Waterside mansion cocktails for the Yeniköy yalı row.

Wide Bosphorus terrace lounge for sundown cigars and the city's best afternoon tea

Cognac, cigar and Friday-night jazz inside the Ottoman shipyard

İskele-side brasserie with proper cocktail list under the bridge

Upper-floor vinyl room above a Bosphorus nikkei kitchen

Pier-tip bar-lounge with live music surrounded by sea on three sides

Glass-domed rooftop cigar room over the historical peninsula

Lobby brasserie and terrace at Hilton Bosphorus, all jewel-box finishes and crafted drinks

Shangri-La's lobby bar, jewel-box interior, sharing plates, signature cocktails until 1am

Velvet-curtained rooftop over Galata with French bistro kitchen

Forbes 2025 Star Bar set in the palace gardens

2024 World Class Turkey champion's sustainability-led cocktail room

Istanbul twist on Raffles Singapore's original Long Bar, nightly live music

Old-guard yalı seafood and rakı bar, salt-baked levrek, Bosphorus directly underfoot

Belle-Époque hotel bar where Agatha Christie drank, literature nights, Friday live jazz, Istanbul-narrative cocktails.

Bodrum-born seafood room with a serious Hi-Fi bar inside

Michelin-listed seafood institution whose sunset cocktail bar is a genuine Bosphorus ritual

Pink yalı next to the fortress with a quiet pier-side bar

Athinagoras Kostakos kitchen, three bars by Alex Kostenyuk, Belenko design

Red-velvet audiophile bar with craft cocktails and vinyl, beneath the Listening Room.

Late-night jazz bar with live trios and curated vinyl at the renovated Hilton Bosphorus

9th-floor 360° Bosphorus terrace at the JW

Panoramic CVK lounge with live performers and a proper bar program

Sipping bubbles at the water's edge as the call to prayer echoes

English gentlemen's-club style bar with whiskey, cognac and live music six nights.

Hi-fi listening room above Michelin-star Arkestra; rotating record collectors, low-lit cocktails.

Chef Fatih Tutak's Silk-Road cocktail room above GALLADA, designed like a vintage grand yacht on the Bosphorus.

20th-floor Marmara rooftop, 360-degree Bosphorus panorama with house-infused mixology for Taksim-edge cosmopolitans

Gault & Millau-listed yalı for marinated lüfer and rakı

Quiet oasis in leather armchairs with book-jacket shelves

Four Seasons Bosphorus lounge on one of the best terraces on the water

Private island entertainment complex on the Bosphorus

Hagia Sophia-and-Marmara cocktail terrace at Four Seasons Sultanahmet

270° rooftop terrace above Gümüşsuyu, Bosphorus and peninsula at once

Glass jewel-box of vintage champagne with sommelier service

Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi terrace bar under century-old plane trees

The Nişantaşı 1980s power-lunch institution moved Bosphorus-side, 30-plus crowd, private pier, classic cocktails

St. Regis lobby bar where the Misty Mary is poured under dry ice

Summer-only rooftop above Maçka Palas with skyline-and-Bosphorus sweeps

Seventy-bottle wine bar tucked into Giulio Mongeri's 1922 Art Deco palas

Gault & Millau-awarded Italian with a refined Bosphorus-side bar

Rixos Tersane's wine cellar, Turkish boutique producers on the Haliç.

Small plates and cocktails from a Michelin-starred kitchen in a 1960s Etiler villa