Locali affini a Cozy Etiler

Neighborhood bistro that turns into a late cocktail room, the kind of address Bebek residents list when asked for 'somewhere normal'.

Café by day, a loose Arnavutköy bar with DJ nights by dark, the most informal room on the strip.

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

All-day Mediterranean kitchen turning into a cocktail-led night spot

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

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

Terrace tucked below Rumeli Hisarı's ramparts, shadow of the fortress on one side, the Bosphorus narrowing on the other.

Right across from the Bostancı ferry, where locals wait for the Prens Adaları boat

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

Divan Group's gastropub in a historic Akaretler row-house

Onur Balk's award-winning mixology with global street food

Villa dining in the old Tribeca space, homemade-syrup cocktails, open-kitchen ambition

Turkey's original craft brewery in a three-story seaside Bebek mansion, Kölsch, Smoked Lager, and a full kitchen.

Gayrettepe English-pub-style brewpub, 8 house taps of real ales and lagers, the craft-beer brewery for Levent's after-work crowd

Cocktail-gastropub from the Joker No:19 crew spilling onto the Avenue, garden, relaxed, serious drinks

Gault&Millau Top 500 Bars list, bartender-driven Etiler outpost of the Alaçatı original

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

Fifty-year-old Bebek Hotel bar where dressed-up locals watch the Bosphorus

Expertly crafted cocktail menu refreshed every ten days

House Cafe's neighborhood-bar sibling, coffee by day, DJ nights Thu-Sat