Kiff Bebek

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

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

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

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

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

Kadıköy-spirit bistro-bar that happens to sit on the avenue