Kuppel Lounge (Orientbank) Bar Bar Compare Cigar Friendly Refined Chill Kuppel Lounge (Orientbank) Sirkeci $$$$ Glass-domed rooftop cigar room over the historical peninsula Same category
Barbary Cigar Lounge Bar Bar Compare Cigar Friendly Refined Chill Barbary Cigar Lounge Sarıyer $$$$ Brasserie-attached cigar room on the Vadistanbul side Same category
Le Fumoir Çırağan Bar Bar Compare Cigar Friendly Refined View Le Fumoir Çırağan Beşiktaş $$$$ Forbes 2025 Star Bar set in the palace gardens Same category
Sazzou Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate High End Sazzou Harbiye $$$$ Late-night jazz bar with live trios and curated vinyl at the renovated Hilton Bosphorus Same category
Touché by N Kolay Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate Late Night Touché by N Kolay Beşiktaş $$$ 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 $$$ Microphone-free fasıl ensemble in a restored 20-year house, the real version of what Sultanahmet sells tourists Same category
Atölye Kuledibi Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate Atölye Kuledibi Galata $$ Tower-foot jazz bar in a former mosaic workshop Same category
YALI Lounge Bar Bar Compare View Refined Quiet YALI Lounge Beşiktaş $$$$ Four Seasons Bosphorus lounge on one of the best terraces on the water Same category
Long Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet Craft Cocktails Long Bar Beşiktaş $$$$ Istanbul twist on Raffles Singapore's original Long Bar, nightly live music Same category
Writers Bar Bar Bar Compare Quiet Intimate Late Night Writers Bar Beşiktaş $$$$ Quiet oasis in leather armchairs with book-jacket shelves Same category
The Bar Bar Bar Compare View Refined Quiet The Bar Kuruçeşme $$$$ Sipping bubbles at the water's edge as the call to prayer echoes Same category
Diba Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet Craft Cocktails Diba Bar Tarabya $$$$ Grand Tarabya's second-floor bar, a Bosphorus-bay cocktail terrace. Same category
Bebek Roof Bar Bar Bar Compare View Elegant Refined Bebek Roof Bar Bebek $$$$ The Stay's small rooftop above Bebek Hotel, intimate, signature cocktails, fairy-tale Bosphorus straight onto the bay. Same category
C Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet C Bar Beşiktaş $$$$ Kempinski's waterfront aperitivo terrace, Italian spritz ritual over the Bosphorus Same category
Çırağan Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet Çırağan Bar Beşiktaş $$$$ Wood-panelled clubby signature bar at the Ottoman palace, elite spirits library Same category
Le Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet Le Bar Beşiktaş $$$$ Shangri-La's lobby bar, jewel-box interior, sharing plates, signature cocktails until 1am Same category