Autumn Meyhane Season in Istanbul

Nostalgic meyhane in Bostancı with honest mezes and late-night raki culture

Dead-end alley meyhane with vinyl records and cinema nostalgia

23-year Nevizade meyhane named for a Can Yücel poem

The turquoise-tiled Karaköy institution, lokanta by day, meyhane by night, Bib Gourmand 2026.

Pouring under the Cumhuriyet name since 1923, a hundred mezes a day in the middle of Balık Pazarı.

Modern meyhane in historic brewery walls with lentil 'ice cream' signature

Kalamis Marina views with creative cocktails and proper kitchen

Chef Kaan Kayhan's waterfront meyhane on the Yeniköy pier.

The Tarabya fish crescent local without the tourist markup.

Kireçburnu waterline fish house, rakı nights the neighborhood still uses.

33 years of rakı-sunset at the mouth of the Bosphorus

Gault & Millau-listed yalı for marinated lüfer and rakı

Bosphorus-pier classic since 1949 under century-old plane trees.

Bosphorus-mouth fish-house where the strait opens to the Black Sea.

Tarabya marina fish-house with a working bar program.