Merlot Şarap Evi Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Merlot Şarap Evi Bağdat Caddesi $$ Kapadokya-rooted wine bar bringing cellared bottles to the avenue Same category
Susam Bebek Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Susam Bebek Bebek $$ Cevdet Paşa cafe-bar with Bebek-old-guard regulars Same category
Zeyta Emirgan Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Zeyta Emirgan Emirgan $$$ Boutique wine and olive house on Emirgan's prettiest backstreet Same category
Bağ Pera Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Bağ Pera Beyoğlu $$$ Turkish viticulture by the glass at the Tünel mouth, 85 boutique producers, no foreign-name flex Same category
Comedus Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Comedus Beyoğlu $$$ Living-room-sized wine bar with charcuterie that punches above the General Yazgan address Same category
Galata Şaraphanesi Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Galata Şaraphanesi Beyoğlu $$ Quiet Jurnal Sokak şaraphanesi pouring small Anatolian producers and Georgian qvevri Same category
Bordo Şaraphane Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Bordo Şaraphane Kadıköy $$$ Tucked-in Sakız Gülü wine bar with a tight, evolving Turkish-focused list. Same category
Bej Karaköy Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Bej Karaköy Karaköy $$$ Lal Dedeoğlu's French Passage hideout, kitchen counter, candlelight Same category
Hera Şarap Evi Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Hera Şarap Evi Kadıköy $$ Three-storey 19th-century Greek house turned wine room Same category
Vinose Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Vinose Kasımpaşa $$$$ Rixos Tersane's wine cellar, Turkish boutique producers on the Haliç. Same category
Happily Ever After Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Happily Ever After Bebek $$$ Small Bebek room with 20+ wines by the glass, Bosphorus-edge tables, and the early-evening crowd that owns the neighborhood. Same category
Atlas Mühürdar 78 Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Atlas Mühürdar 78 Moda $$$ Seasonal kitchen and an opinionated Turkish wine cellar on the quiet Mühürdar slope, adults-only, no menus in seven languages Same category
Foxy Karaköy Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Foxy Karaköy Karaköy $$$ Maksut Askar and Levon Bagis pair Anatolian grapes with endangered regional plates. Same category
Paraliaki Bebek Bar Bar Compare Music Forward Intimate High End Paraliaki Bebek Bebek $$$$ Bodrum-born seafood room with a serious Hi-Fi bar inside Same category
Hazzo Pulo Şarap Evi Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Hazzo Pulo Şarap Evi Beyoğlu $$$ 1871 Pera wine house in the Hazzopulo Pasajı arcade, intellectuals' canteen, not a museum Same category
Parantez Bistro Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Casual Parantez Bistro Beyoğlu $$ Tiny Tünel wine room famous among regulars for its mulled wine and queer-friendly door Same category
La Cave Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate La Cave Cihangir $$$ 1980 Sıraselviler wine cellar, Cihangir's reference for natural pours and serious staff advice Same category
The Listening Room at Arkestra Bar Bar Compare Music Forward Intimate High End The Listening Room at Arkestra Kadıköy $$$$ Hi-fi listening room above Michelin-star Arkestra; rotating record collectors, low-lit cocktails. Same category
Sazzou Bar Bar Compare Live Music Intimate High End Sazzou Harbiye $$$$ Late-night jazz bar with live trios and curated vinyl at the renovated Hilton Bosphorus Same category
Mensis Mahzen Bar Bar Compare Wine Forward Intimate Mensis Mahzen Osmanbey $$ Tekel-fronted natural wine cellar on a Halaskargazi side street Same category