Cocktail Bar in Istanbul

Pre-revolution Havana glamour in Istanbul's upscale Nişantaşı

Homemade liqueurs and inventive cocktails in Beyoğlu

Kadıköy's beloved neighborhood cocktail gem

London pub ambiance with craft cocktails

Sophisticated cocktails from the Paolina creators

Sustainability-focused cocktail bar with vertical farming and workshops

Craft cocktails in Caferağa's creative heart

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

Late-2025 waterfront bar with a beachfront terrace

Nordic-minimalist side-street bar with a seasonal menu and serious cocktail list.

Michelin-recognized chef kitchen and cocktail bar with rotating art

Historic charm meets modern cocktails in Bebekoy

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

Compact neighborhood cocktail bar behind the avenue

Fifty-year-old Bebek Hotel bar where dressed-up locals watch the Bosphorus

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

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

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

Long-running Italian-influenced bar tucked behind Bebek Hamamı

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

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

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

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

Dancing and cocktails in fashionable Nişantaşı

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

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

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

Expertly crafted cocktail menu refreshed every ten days

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

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

Spanish tapas and curated DJ nights in the old Rua room

Small Teşvikiye cocktail room with a considered signature list.

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

Marina-side rooftop with a bartender-led cocktail program

Street-level micro-bar on Esat Işık, creative cocktails, vinyl-leaning music, no-frills Kadıköy at its best

Bohemian backstreet cocktail den off Necatibey

Former antique shop turned speakeasy: billiards, vintage decor, theatrical cocktails

Second chapter from the Urban/Boden team, classic and signature cocktails

All-day craft beer, street food and cocktails in industrial Kadıköy

Velvet-curtained rooftop over Galata with French bistro kitchen

Narrative-driven cocktail room on Moda Caddesi where each drink is a paragraph, not a prop

2024 World Class Turkey champion's sustainability-led cocktail room

Hidden 350m² walled garden of lemon and linden trees

Istanbul twist on Raffles Singapore's original Long Bar, nightly live music

Gault & Millau-awarded mixology in a minimal, modern Kadıköy room

Gault&Millau Top 500 Bars list, bartender-driven Etiler outpost of the Alaçatı original

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

Intimate Fenerbahçe-park-side cocktail room tucked off Bağdat on Faruk Ayanoğlu, the quiet alternative to Suadiye

House Cafe stable's tiny day-to-night cocktail room on Atiye Sokak

House Cafe's neighborhood-bar sibling, coffee by day, DJ nights Thu-Sat

Moda's most arty cocktail bar with mixology that takes itself seriously without being precious

Michelin-listed seafood institution whose sunset cocktail bar is a genuine Bosphorus ritual

Athinagoras Kostakos kitchen, three bars by Alex Kostenyuk, Belenko design

Three-storey corner building on the Moda tram line, evening-favourite room with sharing plates and a confident cocktail list

Red-velvet audiophile bar with craft cocktails and vinyl, beneath the Listening Room.

House-music rooftop facing Galata Tower

Jigger Istanbul's flagship, signature cocktails with Turkish bitters

Tapas-style plates and a tight cocktail menu on one of Karaköy's busiest lanes.

9th-floor 360° Bosphorus terrace at the JW

Design-forward cocktail lounge by Cafe Cadde founders

Living-room cocktail den on a Cihangir side-street, foreign correspondents, local hipsters, the Egeli Mojito.

Day restaurant, night cocktail bar on Nişantaşı's liveliest street

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

Modern Anatolian kitchen with serious cocktail bar and hidden Teşvikiye garden

Hand-built tiny Şair Nedim cocktail room, speakeasy live music Fridays, smoke inside

Chef Fatih Tutak's Silk-Road cocktail room above GALLADA, designed like a vintage grand yacht on the Bosphorus.

Intimate Teşvikiye cocktail bar with a tight signature list and quiet confidence.

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

20th-floor Marmara rooftop, 360-degree Bosphorus panorama with house-infused mixology for Taksim-edge cosmopolitans

Food-hall with hydroponic farm and a hi-fi listening room

Signature pistachio cocktails in less-crowded Göztepe

40 signature cocktails in a garden oasis on Bağdat Caddesi

Turkish DJs, live-jazz, and funk in classic-elegant Beyoğlu

Local Turkish flavors meet creative mixology

Cihangir's day-to-night neighborhood favorite

Mythological-themed cocktails in a warm Suadiye setting

Hidden art-deco in a 1920s Cukurcuma apartment

Tomtom side-street cocktail lab with bartender-led menu

Alleyway bar run by Turkey and world bartending champion Onurcan Gençer

Library-fronted speakeasy, no sign, no social media, referral entry only

Michelin Bib Gourmand modern mezze with cocktails on Mesrutiyet Caddesi

Small plates and cocktails from a Michelin-starred kitchen in a 1960s Etiler villa

Sophisticated cocktail bar with Mediterranean kitchen