Touché by N Kolay Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate Late Night Touché by N Kolay Beşiktaş $$$ Zorlu PSM's 120-seat jazz box, live programme, intimate room, cocktails with the set Same category
Blind Nightclub Nightclub Compare Live Music Intimate Late Night Blind Beyoğlu $$$ Beyoğlu's serious 400-cap live room, international bookings (Sextile, Hugo Kant), no tribute bands Similar vibe
Writers Bar Bar Bar Compare Quiet Intimate Late Night Writers Bar Beşiktaş $$$$ Quiet oasis in leather armchairs with book-jacket shelves Same category
Galata Meyhanesi Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate Traditional Galata Meyhanesi Beyoğlu $$$ Microphone-free fasıl ensemble in a restored 20-year house, the real version of what Sultanahmet sells tourists Same category
Bosphorus Lounge Bar Bar Compare View Elegant Late Night Bosphorus Lounge Kuruçeşme $$$$ Open-air terrace with private Bosphorus-front cabanas Same category
Solar Beach Bar Bar Compare Late Night See & Be Seen Solar Beach Kilyos $$$ The Black Sea's original beach-club institution, open June–September. Same category
Milyon Beach Bar Bar Compare Late Night See & Be Seen Milyon Beach Kilyos $$$ The former Babylon Kilyos, now curated music festival beach. Same category
Babylon Bomonti Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate Babylon Bomonti Bomonti $$$ Istanbul's most prestigious live-music stage, jazz, funk, electronic, indie in an ex-brewery, the Robert-College-kids' institution Same category
Hayal Kahvesi Çubuklu Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate Hayal Kahvesi Çubuklu Beykoz $$$ Bosphorus-side live-rock institution out at Burunbahçe Same category
Rakkas Bar & Restaurant Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate Rakkas Bar & Restaurant Caddebostan $$$ Cemil Topuzlu'da 30 yıllık kurumsal-canlı müzik adresi, soliste kadeh kaldırılan yer. Same category
Kütüphane Nightclub Nightclub Compare Hidden Intimate Late Night Kütüphane Etiler $$$$ Library-fronted speakeasy, no sign, no social media, referral entry only Similar vibe
360 Istanbul Bar Partner Bar Compare Trendy See & Be Seen Rooftop 360 Istanbul Beyoğlu $$$ Iconic club-restaurant hybrid with wraparound views Same category
Gowden Club Bar Bar Compare Cigar Friendly Refined Live Music Gowden Club Kasimpasa $$$$ Cognac, cigar and Friday-night jazz inside the Ottoman shipyard Same category
Bağ Pera Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Bağ Pera Beyoğlu $$$ Turkish viticulture by the glass at the Tünel mouth, 85 boutique producers, no foreign-name flex Same category
Comedus Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Comedus Beyoğlu $$$ Living-room-sized wine bar with charcuterie that punches above the General Yazgan address Same category
Hazzo Pulo Şarap Evi Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Hazzo Pulo Şarap Evi Beyoğlu $$$ 1871 Pera wine house in the Hazzopulo Pasajı arcade, intellectuals' canteen, not a museum Same category
Taproomx Bar Bar Compare Casual Craft Music Forward Taproomx Beyoğlu $$ Ten-tap Somx microbrewery with a vinyl wall and DJ booth on Jurnal Sokak Same category
Atölye Kuledibi Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate Atölye Kuledibi Galata $$ Tower-foot jazz bar in a former mosaic workshop Same category
Sazzou Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate High End Sazzou Harbiye $$$$ Late-night jazz bar with live trios and curated vinyl at the renovated Hilton Bosphorus Same category
Tırmata Beach & Restaurant Bar Bar Compare Late Night See & Be Seen Tırmata Beach & Restaurant Kilyos $$ Kilyos kite-school beach club, family-leaning, summer only. Same category