Venues similar to Sofyalı 9

Compact meze-first meyhane steps from the marina

130 years of rakı-table ritual in Yedikule

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

A quiet Aegean-air meyhane behind Beşiktaş fish market

A Kadıköy balcony meyhane rotating with the market

Nevizade's 1941 original, no singing, just rakı

Asmalımescit's ever-new classic since 1977

A hidden meyhane under a 70-year fig tree, Vedat Milor's pick

Thirty-five years of fasıl evenings by Bostancı station

1920s meyhane where Yahya Kemal drank rakı

Old-style neighbourhood meyhane near Akaretler

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

Burgazada's Rum meyhane legacy lands in Bostancı

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

Modern lokanta named for Turkey's first female lawyer

Chef Alp Çekici's reinterpretation of meyhane culture

Epitome of Istanbul meyhane culture

Warm hospitality and live music in historic Asmalimescit

Third-generation family meyhane since 1938