Authentic in Istanbul

The çarşı's oldest working meyhane, pouring since 1974, topik in the case and fasıl kept upstairs.

Burgazada's Rum meyhane legacy lands in Bostancı

A quiet Aegean-air meyhane behind Beşiktaş fish market

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

Compact meze-first meyhane steps from the marina

Nevizade's 1941 original, no singing, just rakı

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

Old-style neighbourhood meyhane near Akaretler

Fifth-floor Taksim meyhane where Tatavla Keyfi plays rebetiko Fri-Sat

23-year Nevizade meyhane named for a Can Yücel poem

Late-1800s building, seasonal mezes, Greek-Turkish soul

1920s meyhane where Yahya Kemal drank rakı

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