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

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

Terrace tucked below Rumeli Hisarı's ramparts, shadow of the fortress on one side, the Bosphorus narrowing on the other.