Venues similar to Sazzou

Tower-foot jazz bar in a former mosaic workshop

Cognac, cigar and Friday-night jazz inside the Ottoman shipyard

Bodrum-born seafood room with a serious Hi-Fi bar inside

Hi-fi listening room above Michelin-star Arkestra; rotating record collectors, low-lit cocktails.

Upper-floor vinyl room above a Bosphorus nikkei kitchen

Zorlu PSM's 120-seat jazz box, live programme, intimate room, cocktails with the set

Lobby-floor jazz room at The Marmara Pera, four nights a week of local and international sets.

Bosphorus-side live-rock institution out at Burunbahçe

Microphone-free fasıl ensemble in a restored 20-year house, the real version of what Sultanahmet sells tourists

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

Quiet oasis in leather armchairs with book-jacket shelves

English gentlemen's-club style bar with whiskey, cognac and live music six nights.

Lobby brasserie and terrace at Hilton Bosphorus, all jewel-box finishes and crafted drinks

Forbes 2025 Star Bar set in the palace gardens

Sipping bubbles at the water's edge as the call to prayer echoes

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

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

Panoramic CVK lounge with live performers and a proper bar program

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

Wide Bosphorus terrace lounge for sundown cigars and the city's best afternoon tea