Bar in Istanbul

Bosphorus rooftop cocktails atop Vakkorama at Galataport

360-degree panoramic views from Marmara Pera rooftop

Four Seasons rooftop with Hagia Sophia views

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

Top-floor terrace bar with arguably the best Bosphorus Bridge + Ortaköy Mosque view in the city

Open-air terrace with private Bosphorus-front cabanas

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.

MediterrAsian club-restaurant with DJ Aksak's nu-jazz program

Waterside mansion cocktails for the Yeniköy yalı row.

İskele-side brasserie with proper cocktail list under the bridge

Yalı bar literally under the FSM bridge, Med kitchen, serious wine list

Velvet-curtained rooftop over Galata with French bistro kitchen

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

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.

9th-floor 360° Bosphorus terrace at the JW

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

Private island entertainment complex on the Bosphorus

Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi terrace bar under century-old plane trees

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.