Places in Istanbul

Vegetable-forward contemporary cuisine

Chic seafood destination with panoramic Bosphorus views

Three-story culinary destination with Bosphorus views and art gallery

Expert-led carpet education and collection

Salt Bae's original flagship steakhouse

Bosphorus rooftop cocktails atop Vakkorama at Galataport

Zero-waste farm-to-table dining in a working vineyard

Michelin Guide bistro with European-Turkish fusion

Turkey's premier luxury department store

Farm-to-table excellence in the countryside

Salt Bae's authentic Greek cuisine at Park Hyatt Macka Palas

Exclusive Nikkei cuisine with no exterior signage

Iconic Turkish luxury brand since 1934

Upper-tier fish house on Operatör Cemil Topuzlu

Historic Russian restaurant where Ataturk and Agatha Christie dined

Karaköy's benchmark grill, Suadiye rooftop edition

Bar side of Four Seasons' Bosphorus seafood room, terrace to the water, Mediterranean pours

Michelin-recognized chef kitchen and cocktail bar with rotating art

Beymen's new fine-dining icon, Roman & Williams design, Michelin-starred consulting chef

Adile Sultan Palace dining in the Michelin Guide

Open-air terrace with private Bosphorus-front cabanas

Historic ferry pier dining with unobstructed Bosphorus Bridge views

Shellfish-forward seafood in a 200-year-old Ottoman elephant warehouse

Michelin-starred chef Emre Şen's new Istanbul canvas

Waterside mansion cocktails for the Yeniköy yalı row.

İskele-side brasserie with proper cocktail list under the bridge

Grand Bazaar jewelry expertise since 1951

BigChefs founder's ambitious Levantine project, Aziz Doğrucu (ex-L'Atelier Robuchon London)

Italian fine dining honored by the Italian government since 2012

Velvet-curtained rooftop over Galata with French bistro kitchen

2024 World Class Turkey champion's sustainability-led cocktail room

45-seat Amalfi-inflected Italian room at The Ritz-Carlton

Istanbul twist on Raffles Singapore's original Long Bar, nightly live music

Old-guard yalı seafood and rakı bar, salt-baked levrek, Bosphorus directly underfoot

Antique carpet specialists in Grand Bazaar

Michelin-listed seafood institution whose sunset cocktail bar is a genuine Bosphorus ritual

Pink yalı next to the fortress with a quiet pier-side bar

Contemporary luxury at Zorlu Center

Red-velvet audiophile bar with craft cocktails and vinyl, beneath the Listening Room.

Asian hospitality excellence with stunning water views

Chef Fatih Tutak's Silk-Road cocktail room above GALLADA, designed like a vintage grand yacht on the Bosphorus.

20th-floor Marmara rooftop, 360-degree Bosphorus panorama with house-infused mixology for Taksim-edge cosmopolitans

Gault & Millau-listed yalı for marinated lüfer and rakı

Quiet oasis in leather armchairs with book-jacket shelves

Mediterranean-Asian fusion at Istinye Marina

Curated collection above an ancient cistern

Private island entertainment complex on the Bosphorus

Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi terrace bar under century-old plane trees

Seventy-bottle wine bar tucked into Giulio Mongeri's 1922 Art Deco palas

Three-floor Ottoman waterside mansion, a pre-Reina icon still hosting Istanbul's see-and-be-seen crowd

Gault & Millau-awarded Italian with a refined Bosphorus-side bar

Library-fronted speakeasy, no sign, no social media, referral entry only

Rixos Tersane's wine cellar, Turkish boutique producers on the Haliç.