Venues similar to Galata Meyhanesi

Lobby-floor jazz room at The Marmara Pera, four nights a week of local and international sets.

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.

Zorlu PSM's 120-seat jazz box, live programme, intimate room, cocktails with the set

Watergarden havuz katında meyhane-pub melezi; küratörlü şarap, ekspert kokteyl.

Square-side Ortaköy classic since 1988, meze, rakı and a renovated upper terrace under the bridge

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.

Sarıyer Çarşı fish-meyhane known for kalkan and meze depth.

Over-water fish-meyhane on the Baltalimanı seam.

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

New-generation Teşvikiye meyhane – contemporary meze, raki, serious pours.

Gault & Millau-listed yalı for marinated lüfer and rakı

Bosphorus-side live-rock institution out at Burunbahçe

1890 Greek-captain meyhane on the Golden Horn shore

Modern Anatolian meyhane with a strong drinks program

Sea-view rooftop meyhane reworking Greek, Sephardic and Turkish meze with a real bar.

White-tablecloth modern meyhane on a Kurtuluş back street, run by veteran Bülent Bey