Touché by N Kolay Bar Bar Confronta Live Music Intimate Late Night Touché by N Kolay Beşiktaş $$$ Zorlu PSM's 120-seat jazz box, live programme, intimate room, cocktails with the set Stessa categoria
Blind Nightclub Nightclub Confronta Live Music Intimate Late Night Blind Beyoğlu $$$ Beyoğlu's serious 400-cap live room, international bookings (Sextile, Hugo Kant), no tribute bands Atmosfera affine
Writers Bar Bar Bar Confronta Quiet Intimate Late Night Writers Bar Beşiktaş $$$$ Quiet oasis in leather armchairs with book-jacket shelves Stessa categoria
Galata Meyhanesi Bar Bar Confronta Live Music Intimate Traditional Galata Meyhanesi Beyoğlu $$$ Microphone-free fasıl ensemble in a restored 20-year house, the real version of what Sultanahmet sells tourists Stessa categoria
Bosphorus Lounge Bar Bar Confronta View Elegant Late Night Bosphorus Lounge Kuruçeşme $$$$ Open-air terrace with private Bosphorus-front cabanas Stessa categoria
Solar Beach Bar Bar Confronta Late Night See & Be Seen Solar Beach Kilyos $$$ The Black Sea's original beach-club institution, open June–September. Stessa categoria
Milyon Beach Bar Bar Confronta Late Night See & Be Seen Milyon Beach Kilyos $$$ The former Babylon Kilyos, now curated music festival beach. Stessa categoria
Babylon Bomonti Bar Bar Confronta Live Music Intimate Babylon Bomonti Bomonti $$$ Istanbul's most prestigious live-music stage, jazz, funk, electronic, indie in an ex-brewery, the Robert-College-kids' institution Stessa categoria
Hayal Kahvesi Çubuklu Bar Bar Confronta Live Music Intimate Hayal Kahvesi Çubuklu Beykoz $$$ Bosphorus-side live-rock institution out at Burunbahçe Stessa categoria
Rakkas Bar & Restaurant Bar Bar Confronta Live Music Intimate Rakkas Bar & Restaurant Caddebostan $$$ Cemil Topuzlu'da 30 yıllık kurumsal-canlı müzik adresi, soliste kadeh kaldırılan yer. Stessa categoria
Kütüphane Nightclub Nightclub Confronta Hidden Intimate Late Night Kütüphane Etiler $$$$ Library-fronted speakeasy, no sign, no social media, referral entry only Atmosfera affine
360 Istanbul Bar Partner Bar Confronta Trendy See & Be Seen Rooftop 360 Istanbul Beyoğlu $$$ Iconic club-restaurant hybrid with wraparound views Stessa categoria
Dalia Beach Club Bar Bar Confronta Late Night See & Be Seen Dalia Beach Club Kilyos $$ The quieter Kilyos alternative, surfing, kiteboarding, sand bar. Stessa categoria
Gowden Club Bar Bar Confronta Cigar Friendly Refined Live Music Gowden Club Kasimpasa $$$$ Cognac, cigar and Friday-night jazz inside the Ottoman shipyard Stessa categoria
Bağ Pera Bar Bar Confronta Wine Forward Intimate Bağ Pera Beyoğlu $$$ Turkish viticulture by the glass at the Tünel mouth, 85 boutique producers, no foreign-name flex Stessa categoria
Comedus Bar Bar Confronta Wine Forward Intimate Comedus Beyoğlu $$$ Living-room-sized wine bar with charcuterie that punches above the General Yazgan address Stessa categoria
Hazzo Pulo Şarap Evi Bar Bar Confronta Wine Forward Intimate Hazzo Pulo Şarap Evi Beyoğlu $$$ 1871 Pera wine house in the Hazzopulo Pasajı arcade, intellectuals' canteen, not a museum Stessa categoria
Taproomx Bar Bar Confronta Casual Craft Music Forward Taproomx Beyoğlu $$ Ten-tap Somx microbrewery with a vinyl wall and DJ booth on Jurnal Sokak Stessa categoria
Atölye Kuledibi Bar Bar Confronta Live Music Intimate Atölye Kuledibi Galata $$ Tower-foot jazz bar in a former mosaic workshop Stessa categoria
Sazzou Bar Bar Confronta Live Music Intimate High End Sazzou Harbiye $$$$ Late-night jazz bar with live trios and curated vinyl at the renovated Hilton Bosphorus Stessa categoria