Yeniköy Balıkçısı Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Yeniköy Balıkçısı Yeniköy $$$ Chef Kaan Kayhan's waterfront meyhane on the Yeniköy pier. Same category
Set Balık Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Set Balık Tarabya $$$ The Tarabya fish crescent local without the tourist markup. Same category
Mer Balık Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Mer Balık Sarıyer $$$ Kireçburnu waterline fish house, rakı nights the neighborhood still uses. Same category
Akıntıburnu Balık Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Akıntıburnu Balık Arnavutköy $$$ Boğaz-narrowest fish house with full bar program since 1967 Same category
Yeniköy İskele Restaurant Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Yeniköy İskele Restaurant Yeniköy $$$ Bosphorus-pier classic since 1949 under century-old plane trees. Same category
Therapia Boğaz Balık Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Therapia Boğaz Balık Tarabya $$$ Bosphorus-mouth fish-house where the strait opens to the Black Sea. Same category
Yüksel Balık Tarabya Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Yüksel Balık Tarabya Tarabya $$$ Tarabya marina fish-house with a working bar program. Same category
Filika Sarıyer Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Filika Sarıyer Sarıyer $$$ Sarıyer Çarşı fish-meyhane known for kalkan and meze depth. Same category
Angel Blue Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Angel Blue Sarıyer $$$ Over-water fish-meyhane on the Baltalimanı seam. Same category
Yosun Restaurant Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Yosun Restaurant Beykoz $$ 33 years of rakı-sunset at the mouth of the Bosphorus Same category
Uskumru Restaurant Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Uskumru Restaurant Beykoz $$$$ Gault & Millau-listed yalı for marinated lüfer and rakı Same category
Kireçburnu Balıkçısı Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Kireçburnu Balıkçısı Sarıyer $$ Late-night Kireçburnu fish-meyhane open until 02:00. Same category
Summit Bar & Terrace Bar Bar Compare View Elegant Refined Summit Bar & Terrace Beşiktaş $$$ 14th-floor sushi-and-cocktails bar overlooking both continents Same category
Beca Istanbul Bar Bar Compare Classic Comfortable Modern Beca Istanbul Etiler $$$ Villa dining in the old Tribeca space, homemade-syrup cocktails, open-kitchen ambition Same category
Tepe Restaurant & Lounge Bar Bar Compare Refined Chill Tepe Restaurant & Lounge Sarıyer $$$ Hilltop Baltalimanı panorama, bar open until 2am. Same category
W Lounge Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet W Lounge Akaretler $$$ Ottoman-motif velvet lobby bar inside the Akaretler row-house W, late DJ sets Same category
The Allis at Soho House Istanbul Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet The Allis at Soho House Istanbul Beyoğlu $$$ Palazzo Corpi ground-floor lounge, the only Soho House bar open to the public, meze-and-cocktail anchor of Meşrutiyet. Same category
39 Kalamış Marina Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet 39 Kalamış Marina Bar Kalamış $$$ Retro-boutique hotel bar at the marina entrance, seasonal cocktails Same category
The Lobby Bar, Sheraton Grand Ataşehir Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet The Lobby Bar, Sheraton Grand Ataşehir Ataşehir $$$ 27-storey Ataşehir tower with a proper lobby-bar cocktail hour Same category
Gold Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet Craft Cocktails Gold Bar Levent $$$ After-work cocktail room on Büyükdere for the Levent towers Same category