Bar in Beyoğlu

Homemade liqueurs and inventive cocktails in Beyoğlu

360-degree panoramic views from Marmara Pera rooftop

Istanbul's original wine bar championing Turkish wines

Turkish viticulture by the glass at the Tünel mouth, 85 boutique producers, no foreign-name flex

Asmalımescit sixth-floor terrace with Golden Horn sunsets

Three floors of Anatolian wine in a candlelit Asmalımescit townhouse

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

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

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

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

Tepebaşı rooftop with Golden Horn view and ethno-house program

Hidden 350m² walled garden of lemon and linden trees

Sofyalı Sokak gastropub crossing serious cocktails with a tight Turkish wine list

Fifth-floor warm dive defending old Beyoğlu's spirit

Reimagined '5 Cocktails & More', craft cocktails with sushi pairing

23-year Nevizade meyhane named for a Can Yücel poem

Belle-Époque hotel bar where Agatha Christie drank, literature nights, Friday live jazz, Istanbul-narrative cocktails.

Istanbul's oldest wine house since 1898

Tiny Tünel wine room famous among regulars for its mulled wine and queer-friendly door

Lobby-floor jazz room at The Marmara Pera, four nights a week of local and international sets.

Ten-tap Somx microbrewery with a vinyl wall and DJ booth on Jurnal Sokak

Golden-age cocktail tribute: expert mixologists, dinner-to-dance-floor at 10pm

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

Istanbul's only genuine Irish pub since 1996, off Nevizade

Dim, music-first Sofyalı cocktail room from the new wave, opens late, closes at 02:00

Contemporary gastro-bar with seasonal plates in Firuzaga

Corner pub off İstiklal where free live music spills into the street

Iconic club-restaurant hybrid with wraparound views

Golden Horn views from Sishane's stylish rooftop

Hidden art-deco in a 1920s Cukurcuma apartment

Turkey's only rooftop dedicated to reggae, dub and dancehall

Tomtom side-street cocktail lab with bartender-led menu

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