Akıntıburnu Balık Bar Bar Confronta Traditional Lively Classic Akıntıburnu Balık Arnavutköy $$$ Boğaz-narrowest fish house with full bar program since 1967
Buselik Moda Teras Bar Bar Confronta Traditional Lively Buselik Moda Teras Moda $$$ Sea-view rooftop meyhane reworking Greek, Sephardic and Turkish meze with a real bar.
DuDu Restaurant Bar Bar Confronta Craft Cocktails Modern Traditional DuDu Restaurant Ataşehir $$$ Watergarden havuz katında meyhane-pub melezi; küratörlü şarap, ekspert kokteyl.
Filika Sarıyer Bar Bar Confronta Traditional Lively Classic Filika Sarıyer Sarıyer $$$ Sarıyer Çarşı fish-meyhane known for kalkan and meze depth.
Kireçburnu Balıkçısı Bar Bar Confronta Traditional Lively Classic Kireçburnu Balıkçısı Sarıyer $$ Late-night Kireçburnu fish-meyhane open until 02:00.
Mavi Balık Bar Bar Confronta Traditional Lively High End Mavi Balık Kuruçeşme $$$$ Old-guard yalı seafood and rakı bar, salt-baked levrek, Bosphorus directly underfoot
Mer Balık Bar Bar Confronta Traditional Lively Classic Mer Balık Sarıyer $$$ Kireçburnu waterline fish house, rakı nights the neighborhood still uses.
Nuran Meyhane Bar Bar Confronta Traditional Lively Nuran Meyhane Nişantaşı $$$ New-generation Teşvikiye meyhane – contemporary meze, raki, serious pours.
Set Balık Bar Bar Confronta Traditional Lively Classic Set Balık Tarabya $$$ The Tarabya fish crescent local without the tourist markup.
Suadiye Meyhanesi by Vintro Bar Bar Confronta Wine Forward Intimate Traditional Suadiye Meyhanesi by Vintro Suadiye $$ Bağdat Avenue branch of historic Beyoğlu Pano; fasıl music, straight rakı, serious wine cellar
Therapia Boğaz Balık Bar Bar Confronta Traditional Lively Classic Therapia Boğaz Balık Tarabya $$$ Bosphorus-mouth fish-house where the strait opens to the Black Sea.
Uskumru Restaurant Bar Bar Confronta Traditional Lively Classic Uskumru Restaurant Beykoz $$$$ Gault & Millau-listed yalı for marinated lüfer and rakı
Yeniköy Balıkçısı Bar Bar Confronta Traditional Lively Classic Yeniköy Balıkçısı Yeniköy $$$ Chef Kaan Kayhan's waterfront meyhane on the Yeniköy pier.
Yeniköy Eski Adet Bar Bar Confronta Traditional Lively Yeniköy Eski Adet Yeniköy $$$ Candle-lit meyhane in a stone building beside the Armenian church.
Yosun Restaurant Bar Bar Confronta Traditional Lively Classic Yosun Restaurant Beykoz $$ 33 years of rakı-sunset at the mouth of the Bosphorus
Yüksel Balık Tarabya Bar Bar Confronta Traditional Lively Classic Yüksel Balık Tarabya Tarabya $$$ Tarabya marina fish-house with a working bar program.
Fettan Meze & Ocakbaşı Bar Bar Confronta Traditional Lively Fettan Meze & Ocakbaşı Yeniköy $$ Aegean meze and charcoal grill on Yeniköy's Köybaşı strip.