Venues similar to The Lab

Dim, music-first Sofyalı cocktail room from the new wave — opens late, closes at 02:00

Twenty-year-old Asmalı cocktail room with Tuesday Turkish-music nights and a regulars-only feel

Compact neighborhood cocktail bar behind the avenue

Intimate Teşvikiye cocktail bar with a tight signature list and quiet confidence.

Small Teşvikiye cocktail room with a considered signature list.

Tapas-style plates and a tight cocktail menu on one of Karaköy's busiest lanes.

Late-2025 waterfront bar with a beachfront terrace

Nordic-minimalist side-street bar with a seasonal menu and serious cocktail list.

Bohemian backstreet cocktail den off Necatibey

Two-floor Karaköy bar-lounge with serious wine list

House Cafe stable's tiny day-to-night cocktail room on Atiye Sokak

Home-party-style Topağacı bar with assertive cocktails and a real neighborhood crowd.

Long-running Italian-influenced bar tucked behind Bebek Hamamı

Fifty-year-old Bebek Hotel bar where dressed-up locals watch the Bosphorus

Expertly crafted cocktail menu refreshed every ten days

House Cafe's neighborhood-bar sibling — coffee by day, DJ nights Thu-Sat

Onur Balk's award-winning mixology with global street food

Narrative-driven cocktail room on Moda Caddesi where each drink is a paragraph, not a prop

Dimly lit Esat Işık room pairing classics-first cocktails with a short, serious kitchen

Three-storey corner building on the Moda tram line — evening-favourite room with sharing plates and a confident cocktail list