Venues similar to The Bar

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

A rooftop terrace overlooking Sultanahmet and the Marmara Sea

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

Rooftop cocktails and a Bosphorus view at Bebek Hotel by The Stay

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

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