Polished Aya Yorgi cove daytime that turns DJ-led after dark, Tayu sushi kitchen on site, the contemporary half of the cove's beach-club pair
İmi runs the contemporary register in Aya Yorgi cove, the polished sun-bed grid, the DJ programme that brings names like Murda, Sefo and Bege through the season, and the on-site Tayu kitchen that takes the sushi seriously. It reads as the daytime-into-evening counterpart to Babylon at the other end of the cove, less music-festival, more curated lounge, and it is the address the Istanbul summer-house crowd defaults to when they want a daybed and a proper kitchen in the same booking.
Reserve the front-row daybeds a week ahead in August; on DJ nights the kitchen closes earlier than the bar, so order from Tayu before nine. The cove water is Aya Yorgi's draw, swim before the afternoon set lands.
At a Glance
View Type
Aegean Sea Partial, Marina View
View Quality
Good
Sunset
**** (4/5)
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