Locali affini a Mellow Cihangir

Alleyway bar run by Turkey and world bartending champion Onurcan Gençer

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

Kadife Sokak classic with a downstairs stage and a different band every night

Yeldeğirmeni corner spot with house-recipe cocktails and craft beers

Second chapter from the Urban/Boden team, classic and signature cocktails

Moda side-street all-day bar, proper cocktails at kind prices

Jigger Istanbul's flagship, signature cocktails with Turkish bitters

Reimagined '5 Cocktails & More', craft cocktails with sushi pairing

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

Velvet-curtained rooftop over Galata with French bistro kitchen

Moda's most arty cocktail bar with mixology that takes itself seriously without being precious

Gault & Millau-awarded mixology in a minimal, modern Kadıköy room

Three-story Kadife Sokak townhouse with a garden pool and a stone lion

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

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

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

Infinity pool and panoramic bar at Istanbul's Ritz

Sophisticated cocktails from the Paolina creators

Cihangir rooftop institution since 1993 with a real Bosphorus view

Bosphorus rooftop cocktails atop Vakkorama at Galataport