Venues similar to The Bar

Four Seasons Bosphorus lounge on one of the best terraces on the water

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

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

Marble columns, Bosphorus terrace, Ottoman cocktails by the sultan's harem hall

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

The Nişantaşı 1980s power-lunch institution moved Bosphorus-side — 30-plus crowd, private pier, classic cocktails

Forbes 2025 Star Bar set in the palace gardens

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

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

Panoramic CVK lounge with live performers and a proper bar program

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

St. Regis lobby bar where the Misty Mary is poured under dry ice

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

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

Kempinski's waterfront aperitivo terrace, Italian spritz ritual over the Bosphorus

Wood-panelled clubby signature bar at the Ottoman palace, elite spirits library

Shangri-La's lobby bar — jewel-box interior, sharing plates, signature cocktails until 1am

Belle-Époque hotel bar where Agatha Christie drank — literature nights, Friday live jazz, Istanbul-narrative cocktails.

Pier-tip bar-lounge with live music surrounded by sea on three sides

İskele-side brasserie with proper cocktail list under the bridge