Places in Istanbul

Chef with Ramsay & Robuchon pedigree meets Istanbul wine cellar

Three-story culinary destination with Bosphorus views and art gallery

Pre-revolution Havana glamour in Istanbul's upscale Nişantaşı

Sultan's palace on the Bosphorus

World's Leading City Hotel 2024 with panoramic Bosphorus views

Homemade liqueurs and inventive cocktails in Beyoğlu

Rooftop cocktails with panoramic Marmara views

Berlin-inspired industrial techno temple

Sushi, Mediterranean and cocktails transitioning to legendary nightlife on the Bosphorus

World-class spa and dining on the waterfront

Kadıköy's beloved neighborhood cocktail gem

Panoramic Princes Islands views with sunset cocktails

Authentic Greek taverna with Bosphorus views and Thessaloniki flavors

Turkey's premier whiskey bar with 435+ labels

Sophisticated rooftop meyhane in the heart of Galata

19th-century Ottoman waterfront mansions reimagined

Creative hub in classic-elegant Palazzo Corpi

Glamorous open-air Bosphorus entertainment complex

Gault & Millau awarded modern cuisine destination

Electronic music festivals on the Black Sea

Former Ottoman bank transformed into boutique luxury

Private yacht arrival at Galataport's newest luxury address

London pub ambiance with craft cocktails

Epitome of Istanbul meyhane culture

Legendary cultural hub and live music venue since 1999

Waterfront palace with legendary spa and gardens

Former Ottoman prison transformed into cozy luxury

MediterrAsian fusion and nightlife at Galataport's waterfront

Sophisticated cocktails from the Paolina creators

60s-70s beach glamour meets Mediterranean fine dining

Exclusive Nikkei cuisine with no exterior signage

Modern meyhane reviving classic tavern culture with stone oven mezes

360-degree panoramic views from Marmara Pera rooftop

TV chef Arda Turkmen's rooftop meyhane with Golden Horn views

Michelin Bib Gourmand seafood on the Asian side

Preserving endangered Turkish recipes in SALT Galata

Premier Bosphorus nightclub with fine dining and 2,000 capacity

Art Deco heritage hotel in Giulio Mongeri's 1922 masterpiece

Orient Express heritage since 1892

Flagship all-inclusive resort on the Golden Horn

Michelin & Gault Millau recognized bar-restaurant-club on the Bosphorus

Istanbul's original wine bar championing Turkish wines

Wolfgang Puck's Beverly Hills legend arrives in Istanbul

19th-century raki distillery on the Asian shore

Global fusion brasserie by Happy Group on Bağdat Caddesi

City views, infinity pool, and legendary service

The original yeni nesil meyhane with Golden Horn views

Sustainability-focused cocktail bar with vertical farming and workshops

Morgans Original in a restored warehouse

Craft cocktails in Caferağa's creative heart

All-day venue that flips into a cocktail bar with workshops and guest DJs after sunset.

Swissotel's see-and-be-seen rooftop with DJ sets

Upper-tier fish house on Operatör Cemil Topuzlu

Restored 1924 White-Russian salon where Atatürk had a permanent table

Boutique hotel at the marina gate with a chef's kitchen

Retro-boutique hotel bar at the marina entrance, seasonal cocktails

Fixed-menu meyhane with live musicians between tables, winters Kalamis summers Yalikavak

Late-2025 waterfront bar with a beachfront terrace

Cihangir rooftop institution since 1993 with a real Bosphorus view

1800s Rasim Pasa Yali turned boutique hotel with Five Star Diamond award

Brick-lined snug pub with live blues, rock and jazz seven nights a week

50 varieties of mezze in a 120-year-old building facing Sureyya Opera

World cuisines meets Antakya aromatic culture in Akaretler row house

1890 Greek-captain meyhane on the Golden Horn shore

Michelin Bib Gourmand Italian in a three-story historic Moda house

Traditional Ottoman craftsmanship in the classic-elegant heart

Gile chef's tribute to Marmaris roots, Gault & Millau 2026 Best Street Food

Michelin recommended, Gault & Millau: Japanese-Korean fusion at the highest level

Boğaz-narrowest fish house with full bar program since 1967

Karaköy's benchmark grill, Suadiye rooftop edition

Café by day, a loose Arnavutköy bar with DJ nights by dark, the most informal room on the strip.

Michelin-noted bistro where even the inspectors mentioned the young hip crowd

Bar side of Four Seasons' Bosphorus seafood room, terrace to the water, Mediterranean pours

Creative fine dining with theatrical presentation

Ex-Periferi chef's own kitchen: bold menu, intimate room

Live jazz, refined cocktails and dining inside Khai Hotel Karaköy

Where 90s Turkish pop meets creative fusion mezes in Bebek

Seasonal kitchen and an opinionated Turkish wine cellar on the quiet Mühürdar slope, adults-only, no menus in seven languages

Tower-foot jazz bar in a former mosaic workshop

Istanbul's most prestigious live-music stage, jazz, funk, electronic, indie in an ex-brewery, the Robert-College-kids' institution

Neighborhood şarküteri where you point and they plate

Asmalımescit sixth-floor terrace with Golden Horn sunsets

Dry-aged specialty with dryage cabinets on display

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

Compact neighborhood cocktail bar behind the avenue

Burgazada's Rum meyhane legacy lands in Bostancı

Beymen's new fine-dining icon, Roman & Williams design, Michelin-starred consulting chef

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

Istanbul's legendary patisserie since 1923, home of Kup Griye

A pilot-and-stewardess couple's quiet corner off Bağdat

Neighborhood bistro that turns into a late cocktail room, the kind of address Bebek residents list when asked for 'somewhere normal'.

Villa dining in the old Tribeca space, homemade-syrup cocktails, open-kitchen ambition

Right across from the Bostancı ferry, where locals wait for the Prens Adaları boat

Cocktails + rakı/meze + live music on the Akaretler row-house strip

German-style beer garden with Weihenstephaner on tap and a real backyard

Panoramic rooftop dining between Laleli and Sultanahmet with Bosphorus views

Gül Sultan mansion, Bosphorus, rakı, fish

Where meyhane meets nightclub on Istiklal's rooftop

Cult burger joint with the Jetlag Buster triple-cheddar

Three-story Kadife Sokak townhouse with a garden pool and a stone lion

Asian side's most serious craft beer list, deep Gara Guzu shelf

Chef Marcello Micci's Tuscan kitchen on Bağdat Caddesi with 120-person garden

Michelin Guide 2026 new entry inside the Ataturk Cultural Center

Beyoğlu's serious 400-cap live room, international bookings (Sextile, Hugo Kant), no tribute bands

Moda side-street all-day bar, proper cocktails at kind prices

Chef-driven fine-casual seafood with daily catch and creative small plates

Tucked-in Sakız Gülü wine bar with a tight, evolving Turkish-focused list.

Adile Sultan Palace dining in the Michelin Guide

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

Open-air terrace with private Bosphorus-front cabanas

Neighborhood coffee-and-butter bakeshop

Intimate nightly jazz, blues and soul off İstiklal

Kadife Sokak classic with a downstairs stage and a different band every night

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

Thirty-five years of fasıl evenings by Bostancı station

Cem Mirap (Lucca) brasserie at İstinye Park, designed by Roman & Williams

500+ bottle local-focused wine room next to Göztepe Park

Long-running Italian-influenced bar tucked behind Bebek Hamamı

Warm hospitality and live music in historic Asmalimescit

Historic ferry pier dining with unobstructed Bosphorus Bridge views

800-year plane tree tea garden, the village living room

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

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

Etiler's new neighborhood gastropub

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

34th-floor rooftop: Japanese bites, creative cocktails, jazz nights

Emre Şen / Morini team's all-day Mediterranean at İstinye Park

Balat roaster with a Probatino in the center of the shop

Third-wave roaster's 2025 landing on the Anatolian avenue

Living-room-sized wine bar with charcuterie that punches above the General Yazgan address

Twenty-year-old Asmalı cocktail room with Tuesday Turkish-music nights and a regulars-only feel

Restored building opposite Beymen with refined Italian cuisine

Amalfi-influenced Italian with everything made in-house

40-year-old Etiler villa reborn as cocktail-led comfort kitchen by chef Hüseyin Kılıç

Barrel-room entrance, 100+ craft beers, garden in back, serious since 2012

French-inflected kitchen with seasonal local producers capturing Moda's bohemian spirit

20+ years bringing Ayvalik-Cunda flavors: Aegean herbs, olive oil mezes, fresh catch

Istanbul's first true Italian since 1993, on imported flour and stone-oven pizza

Cafe by day, hi-fi cocktail bar by night on Şakayık

Shellfish-forward seafood in a 200-year-old Ottoman elephant warehouse

Legendary kebab institution with 1200-seat marina views since 1997

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

Onur Balk's award-winning mixology with global street food

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

Fifty-plus years on Bağdat, the Anatolian side's classic pub

Multi-level gastropub with the strongest Turkish craft tap list in Moda, plus serious Belgian and German bottles

New-generation meyhane with Golden Horn views and 80s vibes

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

Dancing and cocktails in fashionable Nişantaşı

A quiet Aegean-air meyhane behind Beşiktaş fish market

Charming Greek-style seafood tavern near the marina

Michelin-starred chef Emre Şen's new Istanbul canvas

Since 1979: cilek milfoy, Ibiza pastasi, Kadıköy classic holding the line

French-influenced coffee with signature orange cold espresso and unique cup service

Where fine dining meets nightclub energy

Berlin-feeling daylight cafe with Dutch babies and serious coffee

Tight Moda Caddesi bar with a deep beer fridge and a surprisingly serious cocktail menu, distinct from the Şaşkınbakkal Fil

Sarıyer Çarşı fish-meyhane known for kalkan and meze depth.

Artisan macarons and sourdough pastries above Istanbul's standard

Caddebostan all-day bakery with serious croissants and egg plates

Dimly lit Esat Işık room pairing classics-first cocktails with a short, serious kitchen

Day-to-night high-fidelity bar and bakery on Hüsrev Gerede

Reservation-only contemporary dining with cocktail focus

Stone-oven bakery with Balat's best croissants and weekend Turkish breakfast

Turkey's pioneering natural wine bar by Maksut Askar

Selectist's harbour-side hi-fi house with Funktion One sound

MediterrAsian club-restaurant with DJ Aksak's nu-jazz program

Expertly crafted cocktail menu refreshed every ten days

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

Quiet Jurnal Sokak şaraphanesi pouring small Anatolian producers and Georgian qvevri

Waterside mansion cocktails for the Yeniköy yalı row.

Akarsu brick-walled third-wave roastery by day, standing-room cocktail hang by night.

After-work cocktail room on Büyükdere for the Levent towers

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

Sunday jazz brunch and upper Bosphorus marina dining

Where creative design meets fantastic food in Topagaci

Topağacı neighborhood bar with a sharp cocktail list and a proper local crowd.

Historic waterfront yali next to Anadoluhisari fortress with fresh daily catch

Poetry-inspired meyhane in a century-old garden

Small Bebek room with 20+ wines by the glass, Bosphorus-edge tables, and the early-evening crowd that owns the neighborhood.

Bosphorus-side live-rock institution out at Burunbahçe

1871 Pera wine house in the Hazzopulo Pasajı arcade, intellectuals' canteen, not a museum

Three-storey 19th-century Greek house turned wine room

Sakız Gülü corner with a hidden garden and rooftop terrace; deep beer pour, neighborhood crowd.

Art Nouveau Ottoman pavilion in Cubuklu forest with Bosphorus views and garden dining

70-seat fish house at the Göksu estuary

Two-floor bistro-bar a few steps off Ortaköy pier, Bosphorus view, locals over tourists

Spanish tapas and curated DJ nights in the old Rua room

Beans scoring 90+ SCA, roasted by a 2025 Türkiye champion

Glass-enclosed rooftop at DoubleTree Moda

Small Teşvikiye cocktail room with a considered signature list.

Home-party-style Topağacı bar with assertive cocktails and a real neighborhood crowd.

The city's flagship Bosphorus-side shisha-and-cocktail lounge, a Kuruçeşme nightlife fixture

Small family trattoria with Michelin 3-pearl mention

The Asian side's oldest real Italian, since 1990

Chef Utku's southern Italian in a Caddebostan villa garden

İskele-side brasserie with proper cocktail list under the bridge

A hidden meyhane under a 70-year fig tree, Vedat Milor's pick