Venues similar to Fil Şaşkınbakkal

Cocktail-gastropub from the Joker No:19 crew spilling onto the Avenue, garden, relaxed, serious drinks

Two-floor bistro-bar a few steps off Ortaköy pier, Bosphorus view, locals over tourists

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

Street-level micro-bar on Esat Işık, creative cocktails, vinyl-leaning music, no-frills Kadıköy at its best

Tight Moda Caddesi bar with a deep beer fridge and a surprisingly serious cocktail menu, distinct from the Şaşkınbakkal Fil

Home-party-style Topağacı bar with assertive cocktails and a real neighborhood crowd.

Living-room cocktail den on a Cihangir side-street, foreign correspondents, local hipsters, the Egeli Mojito.

Long-running Italian-influenced bar tucked behind Bebek Hamamı

Tiny Tünel wine room famous among regulars for its mulled wine and queer-friendly door

Hidden 350m² walled garden of lemon and linden trees

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

Expertly crafted cocktail menu refreshed every ten days

House Cafe's neighborhood-bar sibling, coffee by day, DJ nights Thu-Sat

Onur Balk's award-winning mixology with global street food

Compact neighborhood cocktail bar behind the avenue

Waterside mansion cocktails for the Yeniköy yalı row.

Grand Tarabya's second-floor bar, a Bosphorus-bay cocktail terrace.

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.

Narrative-driven cocktail room on Moda Caddesi where each drink is a paragraph, not a prop