Diba Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet Craft Cocktails Diba Bar Tarabya $$$$ Grand Tarabya's second-floor bar, a Bosphorus-bay cocktail terrace. Same category
Gold Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet Craft Cocktails Gold Bar Levent $$$ After-work cocktail room on Büyükdere for the Levent towers Same category
İnci Bosphorus Bar Bar Compare View Refined Craft Cocktails İnci Bosphorus Çengelköy $$$$ İskele-side brasserie with proper cocktail list under the bridge Same category
YALI Lounge Bar Bar Compare View Refined Quiet YALI Lounge Beşiktaş $$$$ Four Seasons Bosphorus lounge on one of the best terraces on the water Same category
C Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet C Bar Beşiktaş $$$$ Kempinski's waterfront aperitivo terrace, Italian spritz ritual over the Bosphorus Same category
Çırağan Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet Çırağan Bar Beşiktaş $$$$ Wood-panelled clubby signature bar at the Ottoman palace, elite spirits library Same category
Le Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet Le Bar Beşiktaş $$$$ Shangri-La's lobby bar, jewel-box interior, sharing plates, signature cocktails until 1am Same category
AQUA Bar Bar Bar Compare Modern Refined AQUA Bar Beşiktaş $$$$ Bar side of Four Seasons' Bosphorus seafood room, terrace to the water, Mediterranean pours Same category
The Bar Bar Bar Compare View Refined Quiet The Bar Kuruçeşme $$$$ Sipping bubbles at the water's edge as the call to prayer echoes Same category
Gazebo Bar Bar Compare Craft Cocktails Modern Gazebo Yeniköy $$$$ Waterside mansion cocktails for the Yeniköy yalı row. Same category
Bebek Roof Bar Bar Bar Compare View Elegant Refined Bebek Roof Bar Bebek $$$$ The Stay's small rooftop above Bebek Hotel, intimate, signature cocktails, fairy-tale Bosphorus straight onto the bay. Same category
The Library Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet High End The Library Bar Harbiye $$$$ English gentlemen's-club style bar with whiskey, cognac and live music six nights. Same category
Ernest's Bar by Çok Çok Pera Bar Bar Compare Craft Cocktails Modern Ernest's Bar by Çok Çok Pera Beyoğlu $$$$ Fatih Akerdem's Hemingway room inside the old American Consulate, 150 Negroni twists and Turkey's only Rakı Cocktails book. Same category
Orient Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet Orient Bar Beyoğlu $$$$ Belle-Époque hotel bar where Agatha Christie drank, literature nights, Friday live jazz, Istanbul-narrative cocktails. Same category
Topside Bar Bar Bar Compare Craft Cocktails Modern Topside Bar Galataport $$$$ Chef Fatih Tutak's Silk-Road cocktail room above GALLADA, designed like a vintage grand yacht on the Bosphorus. Same category
Upperist Bar Bar Compare View Elegant Craft Cocktails Upperist Gümüşsuyu $$$$ 20th-floor Marmara rooftop, 360-degree Bosphorus panorama with house-infused mixology for Taksim-edge cosmopolitans Same category
Stella Lounge & Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet Chill Stella Lounge & Bar Gümüşsuyu $$$$ Panoramic CVK lounge with live performers and a proper bar program Same category
A'YA Rooftop Bar Bar Compare View Elegant Refined A'YA Rooftop Sultanahmet $$$$ Hagia Sophia-and-Marmara cocktail terrace at Four Seasons Sultanahmet Same category
Pixi Bar Bar Compare Craft Cocktails Modern High End Pixi Etiler $$$$ Athinagoras Kostakos kitchen, three bars by Alex Kostenyuk, Belenko design Same category
Ritmo at Arkestra Bar Bar Compare Craft Cocktails Modern High End Ritmo at Arkestra Kadıköy $$$$ Red-velvet audiophile bar with craft cocktails and vinyl, beneath the Listening Room. Same category