Locali affini a Summit Bar & Terrace

The Stay's small rooftop above Bebek Hotel, intimate, signature cocktails, fairy-tale Bosphorus straight onto the bay.

Hagia Sophia-and-Marmara cocktail terrace at Four Seasons Sultanahmet

Four Seasons Bosphorus lounge on one of the best terraces on the water

Sipping bubbles at the water's edge as the call to prayer echoes

Marble columns, Bosphorus terrace, Ottoman cocktails by the sultan's harem hall

Wide Bosphorus terrace lounge for sundown cigars and the city's best afternoon tea

Ottoman-motif velvet lobby bar inside the Akaretler row-house W, late DJ sets

Palazzo Corpi ground-floor lounge, the only Soho House bar open to the public, meze-and-cocktail anchor of Meşrutiyet.

Sloped-alley rooftop on Kumbaracı, once on World's 15 Best Bars, Bosphorus-to-Historic-Peninsula panorama.

Marina-side rooftop with a bartender-led cocktail program

Aegean meze terrace with live fasıl and a proper raki-ouzo program

Retro-boutique hotel bar at the marina entrance, seasonal cocktails

27-storey Ataşehir tower with a proper lobby-bar cocktail hour

After-work cocktail room on Büyükdere for the Levent towers

House-music rooftop facing Galata Tower

Square-side Ortaköy classic since 1988, meze, rakı and a renovated upper terrace under the bridge

Water-edge House Café flagship, two terraces, full bar, summer DJ weekends

Forbes 2025 Star Bar set in the palace gardens

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

Kempinski's waterfront aperitivo terrace, Italian spritz ritual over the Bosphorus