Venues similar to Gold Bar

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

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

İskele-side brasserie with proper cocktail list under the bridge

Fifty-year-old Bebek Hotel bar where dressed-up locals watch the Bosphorus

14th-floor sushi-and-cocktails bar overlooking both continents

Expertly crafted cocktail menu refreshed every ten days

House Cafe's neighborhood-bar sibling, coffee by day, DJ nights Thu-Sat

Onur Balk's award-winning mixology with global street food

Compact neighborhood cocktail bar behind the avenue

Gül Sultan mansion, Bosphorus, rakı, fish

Narrative-driven cocktail room on Moda Caddesi where each drink is a paragraph, not a prop

Dimly lit Esat Işık room pairing classics-first cocktails with a short, serious kitchen

Three-storey corner building on the Moda tram line, evening-favourite room with sharing plates and a confident cocktail list

Intimate Fenerbahçe-park-side cocktail room tucked off Bağdat on Faruk Ayanoğlu, the quiet alternative to Suadiye

Ottoman-motif velvet lobby bar inside the Akaretler row-house W, late DJ sets

Cocktails + rakı/meze + live music on the Akaretler row-house strip

Intimate Teşvikiye cocktail bar with a tight signature list and quiet confidence.

Topağacı neighborhood bar with a sharp cocktail list and a proper local crowd.

Small Teşvikiye cocktail room with a considered signature list.

Istanbul's pre-eminent 1980 classic bar – stained glass, live music, real regulars.