Barbary Cigar Lounge Bar Bar Compare Cigar Friendly Refined Chill Barbary Cigar Lounge Sarıyer $$$$ Brasserie-attached cigar room on the Vadistanbul side Same category
Mer Balık Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Mer Balık Sarıyer $$$ Kireçburnu waterline fish house — rakı nights the neighborhood still uses. Same category
Stella Lounge & Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet Chill Stella Lounge & Bar Gümüşsuyu $$$$ Panoramic CVK lounge with live performers and a proper bar program Same category
Tuğra Restaurant & Lounge Bar Bar Compare View Refined Chill Tuğra Restaurant & Lounge Beşiktaş $$$$ Marble columns, Bosphorus terrace, Ottoman cocktails by the sultan's harem hall Same category
Gazebo Lounge Bar Bar Compare View Refined Chill Gazebo Lounge Beşiktaş $$$$ Wide Bosphorus terrace lounge for sundown cigars and the city's best afternoon tea Same category
Filika Sarıyer Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Filika Sarıyer Sarıyer $$$ Sarıyer Çarşı fish-meyhane known for kalkan and meze depth. Same category
Angel Blue Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Angel Blue Sarıyer $$$ Over-water fish-meyhane on the Baltalimanı seam. Same category
Kuppel Lounge (Orientbank) Bar Bar Compare Cigar Friendly Refined Chill Kuppel Lounge (Orientbank) Sirkeci $$$$ Glass-domed rooftop cigar room over the historical peninsula Same category
Summit Bar & Terrace Bar Bar Compare View Elegant Refined Summit Bar & Terrace Beşiktaş $$$ 14th-floor sushi-and-cocktails bar overlooking both continents Same category
Yeniköy Balıkçısı Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Yeniköy Balıkçısı Yeniköy $$$ Chef Kaan Kayhan's waterfront meyhane on the Yeniköy pier. Same category
Set Balık Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Set Balık Tarabya $$$ The Tarabya fish crescent local without the tourist markup. Same category
W Lounge Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet W Lounge Akaretler $$$ Ottoman-motif velvet lobby bar inside the Akaretler row-house W, late DJ sets Same category
The Allis at Soho House Istanbul Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet The Allis at Soho House Istanbul Beyoğlu $$$ Palazzo Corpi ground-floor lounge — the only Soho House bar open to the public, meze-and-cocktail anchor of Meşrutiyet. Same category
39 Kalamış Marina Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet 39 Kalamış Marina Bar Kalamış $$$ Retro-boutique hotel bar at the marina entrance, seasonal cocktails Same category
The Lobby Bar — Sheraton Grand Ataşehir Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet The Lobby Bar — Sheraton Grand Ataşehir Ataşehir $$$ 27-storey Ataşehir tower with a proper lobby-bar cocktail hour Same category
Gold Bar Bar Bar Compare Refined Quiet Craft Cocktails Gold Bar Levent $$$ After-work cocktail room on Büyükdere for the Levent towers Same category
Akıntıburnu Balık Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Akıntıburnu Balık Arnavutköy $$$ Boğaz-narrowest fish house with full bar program since 1967 Same category
Marina Balık Bar Bar Compare Classic Refined Marina Balık Kuruçeşme $$$ A park-keeper's hut built over the water — windows on three sides, classic mezes and full rakı/wine bar Same category
Yeniköy İskele Restaurant Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Yeniköy İskele Restaurant Yeniköy $$$ Bosphorus-pier classic since 1949 under century-old plane trees. Same category
Therapia Boğaz Balık Bar Bar Compare Traditional Lively Classic Therapia Boğaz Balık Tarabya $$$ Bosphorus-mouth fish-house where the strait opens to the Black Sea. Same category