Venues similar to Mavi Balık

Gault & Millau-listed yalı for marinated lüfer and rakı

Chef Kaan Kayhan's waterfront meyhane on the Yeniköy pier.

The Tarabya fish crescent local without the tourist markup.

Kireçburnu waterline fish house, rakı nights the neighborhood still uses.

33 years of rakı-sunset at the mouth of the Bosphorus

New-generation Teşvikiye meyhane – contemporary meze, raki, serious pours.

1890 Greek-captain meyhane on the Golden Horn shore

Bağdat Avenue branch of historic Beyoğlu Pano; fasıl music, straight rakı, serious wine cellar

Watergarden havuz katında meyhane-pub melezi; küratörlü şarap, ekspert kokteyl.

Modern Anatolian meyhane with a strong drinks program

Boğaz-narrowest fish house with full bar program since 1967

Microphone-free fasıl ensemble in a restored 20-year house, the real version of what Sultanahmet sells tourists

Sea-view rooftop meyhane reworking Greek, Sephardic and Turkish meze with a real bar.

White-tablecloth modern meyhane on a Kurtuluş back street, run by veteran Bülent Bey

Square-side Ortaköy classic since 1988, meze, rakı and a renovated upper terrace under the bridge

Bosphorus-pier classic since 1949 under century-old plane trees.

Candle-lit meyhane in a stone building beside the Armenian church.

Aegean meze and charcoal grill on Yeniköy's Köybaşı strip.

Bosphorus-mouth fish-house where the strait opens to the Black Sea.

Tarabya marina fish-house with a working bar program.