Locali affini a Marlen Teras Bar

Restored 1924 White-Russian salon where Atatürk had a permanent table

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

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

Gül Sultan mansion, Bosphorus, rakı, fish

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

Istanbul's pre-eminent 1980 classic bar – stained glass, live music, real regulars.

Sunset terrace at the marina's edge, classic cocktails and white sails

İskele-side brasserie with proper cocktail list under the bridge

After-work cocktail room on Büyükdere for the Levent towers

Pigalle ve MiniBar ekibinden izakaya esintili Japon tapas barı, vinil geceleri.

Haydarpaşa-station-themed cafe-bar that turns into a wine and beer hangout after dark.

Bosphorus garden classic since 1997, brunch by day, full bar and cocktails after dark

Inside Zuma's old Bosphorus mansion, slow-cooked baby octopus, oysters on ice, real cocktail program

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

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

Twenty-year-old Asmalı cocktail room with Tuesday Turkish-music nights and a regulars-only feel

Hidden 350m² walled garden of lemon and linden trees

Tomtom side-street cocktail lab with bartender-led menu

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

Expertly crafted cocktail menu refreshed every ten days