Bar in Istanbul

Pre-revolution Havana glamour in Istanbul's upscale Nişantaşı

Bosphorus rooftop cocktails atop Vakkorama at Galataport

Infinity pool and panoramic bar at Istanbul's Ritz

360-degree panoramic views from Marmara Pera rooftop

Michelin & Gault Millau recognized bar-restaurant-club on the Bosphorus

Four Seasons rooftop with Hagia Sophia views

Bar side of Four Seasons' Bosphorus seafood room, terrace to the water, Mediterranean pours

Top-floor terrace bar with arguably the best Bosphorus Bridge + Ortaköy Mosque view in the city

Brasserie-attached cigar room on the Vadistanbul side

The Stay's small rooftop above Bebek Hotel, intimate, signature cocktails, fairy-tale Bosphorus straight onto the bay.

Open-air terrace with private Bosphorus-front cabanas

Kempinski's waterfront aperitivo terrace, Italian spritz ritual over the Bosphorus

Wood-panelled clubby signature bar at the Ottoman palace, elite spirits library

Grand Tarabya's second-floor bar, a Bosphorus-bay cocktail terrace.

Fatih Akerdem's Hemingway room inside the old American Consulate, 150 Negroni twists and Turkey's only Rakı Cocktails book.

MediterrAsian club-restaurant with DJ Aksak's nu-jazz program

Waterside mansion cocktails for the Yeniköy yalı row.

Wide Bosphorus terrace lounge for sundown cigars and the city's best afternoon tea

Cognac, cigar and Friday-night jazz inside the Ottoman shipyard

İskele-side brasserie with proper cocktail list under the bridge

Upper-floor vinyl room above a Bosphorus nikkei kitchen

Pier-tip bar-lounge with live music surrounded by sea on three sides

Glass-domed rooftop cigar room over the historical peninsula

Yalı bar literally under the FSM bridge, Med kitchen, serious wine list

Lobby brasserie and terrace at Hilton Bosphorus, all jewel-box finishes and crafted drinks

Shangri-La's lobby bar, jewel-box interior, sharing plates, signature cocktails until 1am

Velvet-curtained rooftop over Galata with French bistro kitchen

Forbes 2025 Star Bar set in the palace gardens

2024 World Class Turkey champion's sustainability-led cocktail room

Istanbul twist on Raffles Singapore's original Long Bar, nightly live music

Old-guard yalı seafood and rakı bar, salt-baked levrek, Bosphorus directly underfoot

Wood-fire rooftop with peninsula view, Michelin-recommended

Belle-Époque hotel bar where Agatha Christie drank, literature nights, Friday live jazz, Istanbul-narrative cocktails.

Bodrum-born seafood room with a serious Hi-Fi bar inside

Michelin-listed seafood institution whose sunset cocktail bar is a genuine Bosphorus ritual

Pink yalı next to the fortress with a quiet pier-side bar

Athinagoras Kostakos kitchen, three bars by Alex Kostenyuk, Belenko design

Red-velvet audiophile bar with craft cocktails and vinyl, beneath the Listening Room.

Late-night jazz bar with live trios and curated vinyl at the renovated Hilton Bosphorus

9th-floor 360° Bosphorus terrace at the JW

Panoramic CVK lounge with live performers and a proper bar program

Sipping bubbles at the water's edge as the call to prayer echoes

English gentlemen's-club style bar with whiskey, cognac and live music six nights.

Hi-fi listening room above Michelin-star Arkestra; rotating record collectors, low-lit cocktails.

Chef Fatih Tutak's Silk-Road cocktail room above GALLADA, designed like a vintage grand yacht on the Bosphorus.

Marble columns, Bosphorus terrace, Ottoman cocktails by the sultan's harem hall

20th-floor Marmara rooftop, 360-degree Bosphorus panorama with house-infused mixology for Taksim-edge cosmopolitans

Gault & Millau-listed yalı for marinated lüfer and rakı

Quiet oasis in leather armchairs with book-jacket shelves

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

Private island entertainment complex on the Bosphorus

Hagia Sophia-and-Marmara cocktail terrace at Four Seasons Sultanahmet

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

Glass jewel-box of vintage champagne with sommelier service

Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi terrace bar under century-old plane trees

The Nişantaşı 1980s power-lunch institution moved Bosphorus-side, 30-plus crowd, private pier, classic cocktails

St. Regis lobby bar where the Misty Mary is poured under dry ice

Summer-only rooftop above Maçka Palas with skyline-and-Bosphorus sweeps

Seventy-bottle wine bar tucked into Giulio Mongeri's 1922 Art Deco palas

Gault & Millau-awarded Italian with a refined Bosphorus-side bar

Rixos Tersane's wine cellar, Turkish boutique producers on the Haliç.

Small plates and cocktails from a Michelin-starred kitchen in a 1960s Etiler villa