Venues similar to AQUA 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

Gül Sultan mansion, Bosphorus, rakı, fish

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

After-work cocktail room on Büyükdere for the Levent towers

Pigalle ve MiniBar ekibinden izakaya esintili Japon tapas barı, vinil geceleri.

Haydarpaşa-station-themed cafe-bar that turns into a wine and beer hangout after dark.

Bosphorus garden classic since 1997, brunch by day, full bar and cocktails after dark

Fifth-floor warm dive defending old Beyoğlu's spirit

Waterside mansion cocktails for the Yeniköy yalı row.

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

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

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

Forbes 2025 Star Bar set in the palace gardens

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