Authentic in Istanbul

Authentic Greek taverna with Bosphorus views and Thessaloniki flavors

A three-storey mansion off Kadıköy's beaten track, meze-first, with a garden of old Turkish records.

50 varieties of mezze in a 120-year-old building facing Sureyya Opera

Burgazada's Rum meyhane legacy lands in Bostancı

Thirty-five years of fasıl evenings by Bostancı station

A quiet Aegean-air meyhane behind Beşiktaş fish market

Chef Alp Çekici's reinterpretation of meyhane culture

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

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

Compact meze-first meyhane steps from the marina

Nevizade's 1941 original, no singing, just rakı

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

Old-style neighbourhood meyhane near Akaretler

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

A Kadıköy balcony meyhane rotating with the market

23-year Nevizade meyhane named for a Can Yücel poem

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

Modern lokanta named for Turkey's first female lawyer

130 years of rakı-table ritual in Yedikule

1920s meyhane where Yahya Kemal drank rakı

Asmalımescit's ever-new classic since 1977

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

Gourmet seafood delicacies with spectacular Bosphorus views

Turkish-Greek meze heritage in a historic 1896 Pera landmark

Old Style New Generation Meyhane with chef-driven seasonal menus