Lively in Istanbul

Boğaz-narrowest fish house with full bar program since 1967

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

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

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

Late-night Kireçburnu fish-meyhane open until 02:00.

Old-guard yalı seafood and rakı bar, salt-baked levrek, Bosphorus directly underfoot

Kireçburnu waterline fish house, rakı nights the neighborhood still uses.

New-generation Teşvikiye meyhane – contemporary meze, raki, serious pours.

The Tarabya fish crescent local without the tourist markup.

Bağdat Avenue branch of historic Beyoğlu Pano; fasıl music, straight rakı, serious wine cellar

Bosphorus-mouth fish-house where the strait opens to the Black Sea.

Gault & Millau-listed yalı for marinated lüfer and rakı

Chef Kaan Kayhan's waterfront meyhane on the Yeniköy pier.

Candle-lit meyhane in a stone building beside the Armenian church.

33 years of rakı-sunset at the mouth of the Bosphorus

Tarabya marina fish-house with a working bar program.

New-gen meyhane inside 110-year-old Ragıp Paşa Mansion

Aegean meze and charcoal grill on Yeniköy's Köybaşı strip.