Venues similar to Sofyalı 9

Armenian mezes on Nevizade — topik, midye dolma, patlıcanlı pilav

Compact meze-first meyhane steps from the marina

130 years of rakı-table ritual in Yedikule

Turkey's first female-run meyhane — Tatavla's living memory since 1946

A quiet Aegean-air meyhane behind Beşiktaş fish market

A Kadıköy balcony meyhane rotating with the market

Nevizade's 1941 original — no singing, just rakı

Asmalımescit's ever-new classic since 1977

A hidden meyhane under a 70-year fig tree — Vedat Milor's pick

Thirty-five years of fasıl evenings by Bostancı station

1920s meyhane where Yahya Kemal drank rakı

Old-style neighbourhood meyhane near Akaretler

1951 iskele-side meyhane — Can Yücel and Nazım Hikmet's haunt

Burgazada's Rum meyhane legacy lands in Bostancı

Bahariye's beloved meyhane in a French-bistro-style room

Modern lokanta named for Turkey's first female lawyer

Chef Alp Çekici's reinterpretation of meyhane culture

Epitome of Istanbul meyhane culture

Legendary Beyoğlu meyhane (1954-2020) — now closed

Warm hospitality and live music in historic Asmalimescit