Venues similar to Gowden Club

Glass-domed rooftop cigar room over the historical peninsula

Brasserie-attached cigar room on the Vadistanbul side

Forbes 2025 Star Bar set in the palace gardens

Late-night jazz bar with live trios and curated vinyl at the renovated Hilton Bosphorus

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

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

Bosphorus-side live-rock institution out at Burunbahçe

Microphone-free fasıl ensemble in a restored 20-year house, the real version of what Sultanahmet sells tourists

Tower-foot jazz bar in a former mosaic workshop

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

Istanbul twist on Raffles Singapore's original Long Bar, nightly live music

Quiet oasis in leather armchairs with book-jacket shelves

Sipping bubbles at the water's edge as the call to prayer echoes

Grand Tarabya's second-floor bar, a Bosphorus-bay cocktail terrace.

Rooftop cocktails and a Bosphorus view at Bebek Hotel by The Stay

Kempinski's waterfront aperitivo terrace, Italian spritz ritual over the Bosphorus

Wood-panelled clubby signature bar at the Ottoman palace, elite spirits library

Shangri-La's lobby bar, jewel-box interior, sharing plates, signature cocktails until 1am

English gentlemen's-club style bar with whiskey, cognac and live music six nights.

Belle-Époque hotel bar where Agatha Christie drank, literature nights, Friday live jazz, Istanbul-narrative cocktails.