Venues similar to Madam Despina Meyhanesi

Compact meze-first meyhane steps from the marina

Late-1800s building, seasonal mezes, Greek-Turkish soul

130 years of rakı-table ritual in Yedikule

A quiet Aegean-air meyhane behind Beşiktaş fish market

A Kadıköy balcony meyhane rotating with the market

A hidden meyhane under a 70-year fig tree, Vedat Milor's pick

Thirty-five years of fasıl evenings by Bostancı station

1920s meyhane where Yahya Kemal drank rakı

Nevizade's 1941 original, no singing, just rakı

Asmalımescit's ever-new classic since 1977

Old-style neighbourhood meyhane near Akaretler

1951 iskele-side meyhane, Can Yücel and Nazım Hikmet's haunt

Burgazada's Rum meyhane legacy lands in Bostancı

Bahariye's beloved meyhane in a French-bistro-style room

Modern lokanta named for Turkey's first female lawyer

Chef Alp Çekici's reinterpretation of meyhane culture

Epitome of Istanbul meyhane culture

Third-generation family meyhane since 1938

Foraged mushrooms and Golden Horn sunsets since 1939

Warm hospitality and live music in historic Asmalimescit