Places in Istanbul

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

Over-water fish-meyhane on the Baltalimanı seam.

Villa dining in the old Tribeca space, homemade-syrup cocktails, open-kitchen ambition

Cem Mirap (Lucca) brasserie at İstinye Park, designed by Roman & Williams

Istanbul's first true Italian since 1993, on imported flour and stone-oven pizza

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

İstinye Bay fish lokantası in the old Süreyya Restaurant building since 2004

After-work cocktail room on Büyükdere for the Levent towers

Historic 200-year-old han with lokanta lunch and meyhane evenings

A park-keeper's hut built over the water, windows on three sides, classic mezes and full rakı/wine bar

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

D-ream's accessible-quality Italian since 1995, wood-oven pizza and signature pasta

The Tarabya fish crescent local without the tourist markup.

14th-floor sushi-and-cocktails bar overlooking both continents

Hilltop Baltalimanı panorama, bar open until 2am.

Palazzo Corpi ground-floor lounge, the only Soho House bar open to the public, meze-and-cocktail anchor of Meşrutiyet.

27-storey Ataşehir tower with a proper lobby-bar cocktail hour

Ottoman-motif velvet lobby bar inside the Akaretler row-house W, late DJ sets

Wabi-sabi sushi room with chef Rodel Javier off the İstinye coast road

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

Bosphorus-pier classic since 1949 under century-old plane trees.

Tarabya marina fish-house with a working bar program.