Venues similar to Upperist

9th-floor 360° Bosphorus terrace at the JW

House-music rooftop facing Galata Tower

Marina-side rooftop with a bartender-led cocktail program

İskele-side brasserie with proper cocktail list under the bridge

Open-air terrace with private Bosphorus-front cabanas

270° rooftop terrace above Gümüşsuyu, Bosphorus and peninsula at once

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

Waterside mansion cocktails for the Yeniköy yalı row.

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

The Stay's small rooftop above Bebek Hotel, intimate, signature cocktails, fairy-tale Bosphorus straight onto the bay.

Fatih Akerdem's Hemingway room inside the old American Consulate, 150 Negroni twists and Turkey's only Rakı Cocktails book.

Chef Fatih Tutak's Silk-Road cocktail room above GALLADA, designed like a vintage grand yacht on the Bosphorus.

Hagia Sophia-and-Marmara cocktail terrace at Four Seasons Sultanahmet

Athinagoras Kostakos kitchen, three bars by Alex Kostenyuk, Belenko design

Red-velvet audiophile bar with craft cocktails and vinyl, beneath the Listening Room.

Wood-fire rooftop with peninsula view, Michelin-recommended

Summer-only rooftop above Maçka Palas with skyline-and-Bosphorus sweeps

Velvet-curtained rooftop over Galata with French bistro kitchen

Top-floor terrace bar with arguably the best Bosphorus Bridge + Ortaköy Mosque view in the city

Fifty-year-old Bebek Hotel bar where dressed-up locals watch the Bosphorus