Lugares in Istanbul

Historic charm meets modern cocktails in Bebekoy

Paris-bistro-in-Bomonti, Kojo Hospitality's French-Turkish fusion with a kitchen that gives the bar a reason to exist

Gayrettepe English-pub-style brewpub, 8 house taps of real ales and lagers, the craft-beer brewery for Levent's after-work crowd

Cocktail-gastropub from the Joker No:19 crew spilling onto the Avenue, garden, relaxed, serious drinks

Divan Group's gastropub in a historic Akaretler row-house

Cognac, cigar and Friday-night jazz inside the Ottoman shipyard

Nişantaşı sibling of the legendary Beşiktaş gastro-pub with craft beer and whiskey.

Cold War–era Soviet space-program aesthetic on Topağacı Meydanı.

Glass-domed rooftop cigar room over the historical peninsula

Twenty-four-tap craft beer bar on Ferah Sokağı, the Sarıyer original's central outpost

Turkey's original craft brewery in a three-story seaside Bebek mansion, Kölsch, Smoked Lager, and a full kitchen.

Şemsettin Günaltay's after-work gastro-pub with a cocktail menu that actually tries

Three-floor 1960s gastropub on Bankalar corner

Selamiçeşme-end pub from the team that helped define modern Moda, long bar, dim lighting, genuine delicatessen kitchen

Tiny Karakolhane corner pub run by Koray and Elif; deep beer list, zero pretense.

138 whiskies, six guided malt tours, one chef-curated pairing