june Bar Bar Compare Music Forward Intimate june Teşvikiye $$$ Neighbourhood listening bar on Ahmet Fetgeri with vinyl-only program Same category
The Listening Room at Arkestra Bar Bar Compare Music Forward Intimate High End The Listening Room at Arkestra Kadıköy $$$$ Hi-fi listening room above Michelin-star Arkestra; rotating record collectors, low-lit cocktails. Same category
Ioki Nau Bar Bar Compare Music Forward Intimate High End Ioki Nau Yeniköy $$$$ Upper-floor vinyl room above a Bosphorus nikkei kitchen Same category
Dama Nişantaşı Bar Bar Compare Music Forward Intimate Dama Nişantaşı Teşvikiye $$$ Cafe by day, hi-fi cocktail bar by night on Şakayık Same category
FLOCK Nişantaşı Bar Bar Compare Music Forward Intimate FLOCK Nişantaşı Teşvikiye $$$ Day-to-night high-fidelity bar and bakery on Hüsrev Gerede Same category
Paraliaki Bebek Bar Bar Compare Music Forward Intimate High End Paraliaki Bebek Bebek $$$$ Bodrum-born seafood room with a serious Hi-Fi bar inside Same category
Taproomx Bar Bar Compare Casual Craft Music Forward Taproomx Beyoğlu $$ Ten-tap Somx microbrewery with a vinyl wall and DJ booth on Jurnal Sokak Same category
Nayah Bar Bar Compare Music Forward Intimate Nayah Beyoğlu $ Turkey's only rooftop dedicated to reggae, dub and dancehall Same category
Touché by N Kolay Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate Late Night Touché by N Kolay Beşiktaş $$$ Zorlu PSM's 120-seat jazz box, live programme, intimate room, cocktails with the set Same category
Pera 77 Jazz & Blues Club Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate Late Night Pera 77 Jazz & Blues Club Beyoğlu $$$ Lobby-floor jazz room at The Marmara Pera, four nights a week of local and international sets. Same category
Babylon Bomonti Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate Babylon Bomonti Bomonti $$$ Istanbul's most prestigious live-music stage, jazz, funk, electronic, indie in an ex-brewery, the Robert-College-kids' institution Same category
Hayal Kahvesi Çubuklu Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate Hayal Kahvesi Çubuklu Beykoz $$$ Bosphorus-side live-rock institution out at Burunbahçe Same category
Rakkas Bar & Restaurant Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate Rakkas Bar & Restaurant Caddebostan $$$ Cemil Topuzlu'da 30 yıllık kurumsal-canlı müzik adresi, soliste kadeh kaldırılan yer. Same category
Galata Meyhanesi Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate Traditional Galata Meyhanesi Beyoğlu $$$ Microphone-free fasıl ensemble in a restored 20-year house, the real version of what Sultanahmet sells tourists Same category
Foxy Karaköy Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Foxy Karaköy Karaköy $$$ Maksut Askar and Levon Bagis pair Anatolian grapes with endangered regional plates. Same category
Vigneron DeCamondo Wine House Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Vigneron DeCamondo Wine House Karaköy $$$ Restored Camondo vault with local-producer wine list and nightly saxophone. Same category
Bej Karaköy Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Bej Karaköy Karaköy $$$ Lal Dedeoğlu's French Passage hideout, kitchen counter, candlelight Same category
Writers Bar Bar Bar Compare Quiet Intimate Late Night Writers Bar Beşiktaş $$$$ Quiet oasis in leather armchairs with book-jacket shelves Same category
Happily Ever After Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Happily Ever After Bebek $$$ Small Bebek room with 20+ wines by the glass, Bosphorus-edge tables, and the early-evening crowd that owns the neighborhood. Same category
Atlas Mühürdar 78 Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Atlas Mühürdar 78 Moda $$$ Seasonal kitchen and an opinionated Turkish wine cellar on the quiet Mühürdar slope, adults-only, no menus in seven languages Same category