Places in Beyoğlu

Creative hub in classic-elegant Palazzo Corpi

Orient Express heritage since 1892

Beyoğlu's serious 400-cap live room, international bookings (Sextile, Hugo Kant), no tribute bands

Intimate nightly jazz, blues and soul off İstiklal

Living-room-sized wine bar with charcuterie that punches above the General Yazgan address

Quiet Jurnal Sokak şaraphanesi pouring small Anatolian producers and Georgian qvevri

1871 Pera wine house in the Hazzopulo Pasajı arcade, intellectuals' canteen, not a museum

Tepebaşı rooftop with Golden Horn view and ethno-house program

Nevizade's 1941 original, no singing, just rakı

Beyoğlu's long-running blues dive run by Mehmet the Blues

Hidden 350m² walled garden of lemon and linden trees

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

23-year Nevizade meyhane named for a Can Yücel poem

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

Tiny Tünel wine room famous among regulars for its mulled wine and queer-friendly door

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

Faux-supermarket-fronted late room running consistent house and disco edits till 04:00

Istanbul's only genuine Irish pub since 1996, off Nevizade

1901 former Franciscan nuns' residence transformed into cozy suites

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

Corner pub off İstiklal where free live music spills into the street

Turkey's only rooftop dedicated to reggae, dub and dancehall

Tomtom side-street cocktail lab with bartender-led menu

Sloped-alley rooftop on Kumbaracı, once on World's 15 Best Bars, Bosphorus-to-Historic-Peninsula panorama.