Venues similar to Upperist

9th-floor 360° Bosphorus terrace at the JW

House-music rooftop facing Galata Tower

İskele-side brasserie with proper cocktail list under the bridge

Open-air terrace with private Bosphorus-front cabanas

270° rooftop terrace above Gümüşsuyu, Bosphorus and peninsula at once

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

Waterside mansion cocktails for the Yeniköy yalı row.

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

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

Hagia Sophia-and-Marmara cocktail terrace at Four Seasons Sultanahmet

Athinagoras Kostakos kitchen, three bars by Alex Kostenyuk, Belenko design

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

Summer-only rooftop above Maçka Palas with skyline-and-Bosphorus sweeps

Velvet-curtained rooftop over Galata with French bistro kitchen

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

Expertly crafted cocktail menu refreshed every ten days

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