Venues similar to Summit Bar & Terrace

A rooftop terrace overlooking Sultanahmet and the Marmara Sea

Four Seasons Bosphorus lounge on one of the best terraces on the water

Sipping bubbles at the water's edge as the call to prayer echoes

Rooftop cocktails and a Bosphorus view at Bebek Hotel by The Stay

Wide Bosphorus terrace lounge for sundown cigars and the city's best afternoon tea

Ottoman-motif velvet lobby bar inside the Akaretler row-house W, late DJ sets

Palazzo Corpi ground-floor lounge, the only Soho House bar open to the public, meze-and-cocktail anchor of Meşrutiyet.

Sloped-alley rooftop on Kumbaracı, once on World's 15 Best Bars, Bosphorus-to-Historic-Peninsula panorama.

27-storey Ataşehir tower with a proper lobby-bar cocktail hour

After-work cocktail room on Büyükdere for the Levent towers

House-music rooftop facing Galata Tower

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

Water-edge House Café flagship, two terraces, full bar, summer DJ weekends

Forbes 2025 Star Bar set in the palace gardens

Istanbul twist on Raffles Singapore's original Long Bar, nightly live music

Kempinski's waterfront aperitivo terrace, Italian spritz ritual over the Bosphorus

Wood-panelled clubby signature bar at the Ottoman palace, elite spirits library

Shangri-La's lobby bar, jewel-box interior, sharing plates, signature cocktails until 1am

Open-air terrace with private Bosphorus-front cabanas

Grand Tarabya's second-floor bar, a Bosphorus-bay cocktail terrace.