Venues similar to Le Bar

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

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

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

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

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

Palazzo Corpi ground-floor lounge, the only Soho House bar open to the public, meze-and-cocktail anchor of Meşrutiyet.

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

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

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

Panoramic CVK lounge with live performers and a proper bar program

A rooftop terrace overlooking Sultanahmet and the Marmara Sea

Lobby brasserie and terrace at Hilton Bosphorus, all jewel-box finishes and crafted drinks

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

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

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

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

27-storey Ataşehir tower with a proper lobby-bar cocktail hour

After-work cocktail room on Büyükdere for the Levent towers

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