Venues similar to Yakup 2 (Asmalımescit)

Nevizade's 1941 original, no singing, just rakı

A hidden meyhane under a 70-year fig tree, Vedat Milor's pick

Thirty-five years of fasıl evenings by Bostancı station

1920s meyhane where Yahya Kemal drank rakı

Old-style neighbourhood meyhane near Akaretler

Late-1800s building, seasonal mezes, Greek-Turkish soul

Compact meze-first meyhane steps from the marina

130 years of rakı-table ritual in Yedikule

Turkey's first female-run meyhane, Tatavla's living memory since 1946

A quiet Aegean-air meyhane behind Beşiktaş fish market

A Kadıköy balcony meyhane rotating with the market

1951 iskele-side meyhane, Can Yücel and Nazım Hikmet's haunt

Burgazada's Rum meyhane legacy lands in Bostancı

Bahariye's beloved meyhane in a French-bistro-style room

Modern lokanta named for Turkey's first female lawyer

Chef Alp Çekici's reinterpretation of meyhane culture

Epitome of Istanbul meyhane culture

Warm hospitality and live music in historic Asmalimescit

Foraged mushrooms and Golden Horn sunsets since 1939