Locali affini a Cheerz Caddebostan

Kadıköy-spirit bistro-bar that happens to sit on the avenue

Ten-tap Somx microbrewery with a vinyl wall and DJ booth on Jurnal Sokak

Two-floor bistro-bar a few steps off Ortaköy pier, Bosphorus view, locals over tourists

Barrel-room entrance, 100+ craft beers, garden in back, serious since 2012

Street-level micro-bar on Esat Işık, creative cocktails, vinyl-leaning music, no-frills Kadıköy at its best

Low-ceilinged Kadife Sokak room with a downstairs fireplace, the quiet, cozy counterweight to Barlar Sokağı

Tight Moda Caddesi bar with a deep beer fridge and a surprisingly serious cocktail menu, distinct from the Şaşkınbakkal Fil

Multi-level gastropub with the strongest Turkish craft tap list in Moda, plus serious Belgian and German bottles

Selamiçeşme-end pub from the team that helped define modern Moda, long bar, dim lighting, genuine delicatessen kitchen

Nişantaşı sibling of the legendary Beşiktaş gastro-pub with craft beer and whiskey.

Home-party-style Topağacı bar with assertive cocktails and a real neighborhood crowd.

Cold War–era Soviet space-program aesthetic on Topağacı Meydanı.

Living-room cocktail den on a Cihangir side-street, foreign correspondents, local hipsters, the Egeli Mojito.

Akarsu brick-walled third-wave roastery by day, standing-room cocktail hang by night.

Şemsettin Günaltay's after-work gastro-pub with a cocktail menu that actually tries

Pool-deck pub at Watergarden's show-fountain edge, noon-to-2am

Paris-bistro-in-Bomonti, Kojo Hospitality's French-Turkish fusion with a kitchen that gives the bar a reason to exist

Long-running Italian-influenced bar tucked behind Bebek Hamamı

Sofyalı Sokak gastropub crossing serious cocktails with a tight Turkish wine list

Tiny Karakolhane corner pub run by Koray and Elif; deep beer list, zero pretense.