Locali affini a Ney'le Mey'le

Ferit Sarper's anthracite-walled modern meyhane with a proper bar

Nevizade's 1941 original, no singing, just rakı

Asmalımescit's ever-new classic since 1977

A hidden meyhane under a 70-year fig tree, Vedat Milor's pick

Thirty-five years of fasıl evenings by Bostancı station

1920s meyhane where Yahya Kemal drank rakı

Old-style neighbourhood meyhane near Akaretler

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

Armenian mezes on Nevizade, topik, midye dolma, patlıcanlı pilav

Compact meze-first meyhane steps from the marina

130 years of rakı-table ritual in Yedikule

Turkey's first female-run meyhane, Tatavla's living memory since 1946

A quiet Aegean-air meyhane behind Beşiktaş fish market

A Kadıköy balcony meyhane rotating with the market

Three floors of Anatolian wine in a candlelit Asmalımescit townhouse

Turkey's pioneering natural wine bar by Maksut Askar

1951 iskele-side meyhane, Can Yücel and Nazım Hikmet's haunt

Burgazada's Rum meyhane legacy lands in Bostancı

Bahariye's beloved meyhane in a French-bistro-style room

Modern lokanta named for Turkey's first female lawyer