Venues similar to Lalou

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

St. Regis lobby bar where the Misty Mary is poured under dry ice

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

Panoramic CVK lounge with live performers and a proper bar program

The Nişantaşı 1980s power-lunch institution moved Bosphorus-side, 30-plus crowd, private pier, classic cocktails

Ground-floor hotel bar where the Foxy crowd spills over for DJs and late drinks.

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

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

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

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

A rooftop terrace overlooking Sultanahmet and the Marmara Sea

Wide Bosphorus terrace lounge for sundown cigars and the city's best afternoon tea

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

14th-floor sushi-and-cocktails bar overlooking both continents

Ottoman-motif velvet lobby bar inside the Akaretler row-house W, late DJ sets