Places in Istanbul

The corridor's literary meyhane, keeping a guest-book tradition since 1967.

The turquoise-tiled Karaköy institution, lokanta by day, meyhane by night, Bib Gourmand 2026.

12-seat counter dining with open fire - Michelin Star 2026

Vegetable-forward contemporary cuisine

Chef with Ramsay & Robuchon pedigree meets Istanbul wine cellar

Chic seafood destination with panoramic Bosphorus views

Michelin Guide recommended Pan-Asian with Bosphorus views

Heritage seafood since 1952

Legendary 1945 institution, inventor of the Beyti kebab

Elegant French brasserie with retractable roof and live music

Last great Ottoman hammam, built 1741

Three-story culinary destination with Bosphorus views and art gallery

Sultan's palace on the Bosphorus

World's Leading City Hotel 2024 with panoramic Bosphorus views

Ottoman palace cuisine with 425 ancient recipes in opulent Sultanahmet setting

Homemade liqueurs and inventive cocktails in Beyoğlu

Legendary profiteroles since 1944

Rooftop cocktails with panoramic Marmara views

Chef Ali Isik's refined seafood from acclaimed Manzara Sogut

Legendary Bosphorus seafood since 1966

Berlin-inspired industrial techno temple

Sushi, Mediterranean and cocktails transitioning to legendary nightlife on the Bosphorus

360° panorama of Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia and Golden Horn

Where Bebek's elite gather for Italian perfection

Legendary Turkish coffee since 1967

World-class spa and dining on the waterfront

Kadıköy's beloved neighborhood cocktail gem

Three-story bookstore-cafe with 45,000 books and terrace dining

Panoramic Princes Islands views with sunset cocktails

Asian side's specialty coffee destination since 2014

Istanbul's first live-fire restaurant with Historic Peninsula views

Expert-led carpet education and collection

Salt Bae's original flagship steakhouse

Authentic Greek taverna with Bosphorus views and Thessaloniki flavors

Anatolian traditions reimagined in a former tobacco warehouse

20th-floor contemporary Turkish with panoramic Bosphorus views

Turkey's premier whiskey bar with 435+ labels

Sophisticated rooftop meyhane in the heart of Galata

Contemporary Anatolian cuisine in the legendary Ciragan Palace

Bosphorus rooftop cocktails atop Vakkorama at Galataport

Authentic Japanese omakase with Michelin precision

19th-century Ottoman waterfront mansions reimagined

Creative hub in classic-elegant Palazzo Corpi

Glamorous open-air Bosphorus entertainment complex

Electronic music festivals on the Black Sea

Modern seafood with signature fish in dough

Former Ottoman bank transformed into boutique luxury

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

Private yacht arrival at Galataport's newest luxury address

Infinity pool and panoramic bar at Istanbul's Ritz

Ottoman-Mediterranean tasting menus 90 meters above Bosphorus

London pub ambiance with craft cocktails

Ottoman imperial cuisine in Ciragan Palace

Legendary Istanbul institution with panoramic Bosphorus views since 1983

408 wines from 72 producers on the Asian side

Global izakaya brand with robata grill excellence

Michelin Bib Gourmand Italian in Kadıköy

Epitome of Istanbul meyhane culture

Legendary cultural hub and live music venue since 1999

Historic 1945 waterfront cafe - the intellectual's haunt

Four-generation Italian legacy at Park Hyatt Macka Palas

Antakya flavors with Golden Horn sunsets in a 1920s Art Nouveau gem

Waterfront palace with legendary spa and gardens

Former Ottoman prison transformed into cozy luxury

MediterrAsian fusion and nightlife at Galataport's waterfront

Silk Road cuisine by Turkey's only 2 Michelin star chef

Sophisticated cocktails from the Paolina creators

Pioneer steakhouse with garden setting on the Asian side

Premium sushi experience since 2016

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

Five generations of baklava perfection

16th-century gem fully restored in Tophane

60s-70s beach glamour meets Mediterranean fine dining

Exclusive Nikkei cuisine with no exterior signage

All-day brunch haven with Bosphorus panoramas

Modern meyhane reviving classic tavern culture with stone oven mezes

New Anatolian cuisine with rooftop grandeur

360-degree panoramic views from Marmara Pera rooftop

TV chef Arda Turkmen's rooftop meyhane with Golden Horn views

Michelin Bib Gourmand seafood on the Asian side

Preserving endangered Turkish recipes in SALT Galata

French-Turkish fusion with feminine elegance

Michelin-listed Japanese-Peruvian fusion at the Ritz-Carlton

Premier Bosphorus nightclub with fine dining and 2,000 capacity

Art Deco heritage hotel in Giulio Mongeri's 1922 masterpiece

Orient Express heritage since 1892

Flagship all-inclusive resort on the Golden Horn

Michelin & Gault Millau recognized bar-restaurant-club on the Bosphorus

Istanbul's original wine bar championing Turkish wines

Wolfgang Puck's Beverly Hills legend arrives in Istanbul

19th-century raki distillery on the Asian shore

Four Seasons rooftop with Hagia Sophia views

Istanbul's first vegan fine dining - Michelin Green Star

Michelin Bib Gourmand rooftop with Golden Horn and historic skyline views

Global fusion brasserie by Happy Group on Bağdat Caddesi

City views, infinity pool, and legendary service

One of Turkey's 2 Michelin star restaurants

The original yeni nesil meyhane with Golden Horn views

1881 Camondo legacy in a restored stone cellar

Historic 1914 wine house with garden oasis

The çarşı's oldest working meyhane, pouring since 1974, topik in the case and fasıl kept upstairs.

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

Chef İsmail's Cunda-Greek fish house at the Kızıltoprak end of the Cadde, the corridor's rakı-balık default.

Koşuyolu's Aegean meyhane, a proper meze cabinet and a neighborhood that keeps it to itself.

Efkan Kara's Aegean taverna in a Şaşkınbakkal cul-de-sac, meze-first and unbothered by fashion.

Pouring under the Cumhuriyet name since 1923, a hundred mezes a day in the middle of Balık Pazarı.

Morgans Original in a restored warehouse

Craft cocktails in Caferağa's creative heart

All-day venue that flips into a cocktail bar with workshops and guest DJs after sunset.

Swissotel's see-and-be-seen rooftop with DJ sets

Upper-tier fish house on Operatör Cemil Topuzlu

Historic Russian restaurant where Ataturk and Agatha Christie dined

Boutique hotel at the marina gate with a chef's kitchen

Fixed-menu meyhane with live musicians between tables, winters Kalamis summers Yalikavak

Late-2025 waterfront bar with a beachfront terrace

Cihangir rooftop institution since 1993 with a real Bosphorus view

1800s Rasim Pasa Yali turned boutique hotel with Five Star Diamond award

Classic Bosphorus fish restaurant loved by locals

Brick-lined snug pub with live blues, rock and jazz seven nights a week

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

World cuisines meets Antakya aromatic culture in Akaretler row house

1890 Greek-captain meyhane on the Golden Horn shore

Slow food philosophy meets Middle Eastern meze in historic Beyoğlu

Industrial-chic grill house with Bib Gourmand recognition

Traditional Ottoman craftsmanship in the classic-elegant heart

Gile chef's tribute to Marmaris roots, Gault & Millau 2026 Best Street Food

Exclusive Bosphorus seafood with panoramic bridge views

Michelin recommended, Gault & Millau: Japanese-Korean fusion at the highest level

Karaköy's benchmark grill, Suadiye rooftop edition

Café by day, a loose Arnavutköy bar with DJ nights by dark, the most informal room on the strip.

Michelin-noted bistro where even the inspectors mentioned the young hip crowd

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

Nordic-minimalist side-street bar with a seasonal menu and serious cocktail list.

Creative fine dining with theatrical presentation

Ex-Periferi chef's own kitchen: bold menu, intimate room

Live jazz, refined cocktails and dining inside Khai Hotel Karaköy

Bosphorus garden classic since 1997, brunch by day, full bar and cocktails after dark

Where 90s Turkish pop meets creative fusion mezes in Bebek

Seasonal kitchen and an opinionated Turkish wine cellar on the quiet Mühürdar slope, adults-only, no menus in seven languages

Tower-foot jazz bar in a former mosaic workshop

Turkish viticulture by the glass at the Tünel mouth, 85 boutique producers, no foreign-name flex

Neighborhood şarküteri where you point and they plate

Classic Bosphorus seafood with refined mezes

Old City's finest fish restaurant since 1927

Asmalımescit sixth-floor terrace with Golden Horn sunsets

Dry-aged specialty with dryage cabinets on display

Compact neighborhood cocktail bar behind the avenue

Brasserie-attached cigar room on the Vadistanbul side

Burgazada's Rum meyhane legacy lands in Bostancı

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

Garden restaurant and rooftop bar with triple-vista views in Galata

Paris-bistro-in-Bomonti, Kojo Hospitality's French-Turkish fusion with a kitchen that gives the bar a reason to exist

A pilot-and-stewardess couple's quiet corner off Bağdat

Fifty-year-old Bebek Hotel bar where dressed-up locals watch the Bosphorus

Neighborhood bistro that turns into a late cocktail room, the kind of address Bebek residents list when asked for 'somewhere normal'.

The Stay's small rooftop above Bebek Hotel, intimate, signature cocktails, fairy-tale Bosphorus straight onto the bay.

Villa dining in the old Tribeca space, homemade-syrup cocktails, open-kitchen ambition

Right across from the Bostancı ferry, where locals wait for the Prens Adaları boat

Cocktails + rakı/meze + live music on the Akaretler row-house strip

German-style beer garden with Weihenstephaner on tap and a real backyard

Panoramic rooftop dining between Laleli and Sultanahmet with Bosphorus views

Gül Sultan mansion, Bosphorus, rakı, fish

Three floors of Anatolian wine in a candlelit Asmalımescit townhouse

Where meyhane meets nightclub on Istiklal's rooftop

Cult burger joint with the Jetlag Buster triple-cheddar

Three-story Kadife Sokak townhouse with a garden pool and a stone lion

Asian side's most serious craft beer list, deep Gara Guzu shelf

Chef Marcello Micci's Tuscan kitchen on Bağdat Caddesi with 120-person garden

Michelin Guide 2026 new entry inside the Ataturk Cultural Center

Beyoğlu's serious 400-cap live room, international bookings (Sextile, Hugo Kant), no tribute bands

Moda side-street all-day bar, proper cocktails at kind prices

Chef-driven fine-casual seafood with daily catch and creative small plates

Tucked-in Sakız Gülü wine bar with a tight, evolving Turkish-focused list.

Adile Sultan Palace dining in the Michelin Guide

Gayrettepe English-pub-style brewpub, 8 house taps of real ales and lagers, the craft-beer brewery for Levent's after-work crowd

Open-air terrace with private Bosphorus-front cabanas

Neighborhood coffee-and-butter bakeshop

Intimate nightly jazz, blues and soul off İstiklal

Kadife Sokak classic with a downstairs stage and a different band every night

Sea-view rooftop meyhane reworking Greek, Sephardic and Turkish meze with a real bar.

Bağdat Caddesi's 30-year award-winning institution

Best breakfast near Galata Tower

Thirty-five years of fasıl evenings by Bostancı station

Aegean seafood excellence on the Asian shore

Cem Mirap (Lucca) brasserie at İstinye Park, designed by Roman & Williams

500+ bottle local-focused wine room next to Göztepe Park

Authentic Antioch heritage cuisine in atmospheric Cihangir setting

Long-running Italian-influenced bar tucked behind Bebek Hamamı

Warm hospitality and live music in historic Asmalimescit

Historic ferry pier dining with unobstructed Bosphorus Bridge views

800-year plane tree tea garden, the village living room