Locaties vergelijkbaar met Kütüphane

Beyoğlu's serious 400-cap live room, international bookings (Sextile, Hugo Kant), no tribute bands

Quiet oasis in leather armchairs with book-jacket shelves

Three-floor Ottoman waterside mansion, a pre-Reina icon still hosting Istanbul's see-and-be-seen crowd

Zorlu PSM's 120-seat jazz box, live programme, intimate room, cocktails with the set

Lobby-floor jazz room at The Marmara Pera, four nights a week of local and international sets.

Cihangir garden-club where DJs push funk, disco, chill house past midnight

Open-air terrace with private Bosphorus-front cabanas

Faux-supermarket-fronted late room running consistent house and disco edits till 04:00

Glamorous open-air Bosphorus entertainment complex

Premier Bosphorus nightclub with fine dining and 2,000 capacity

Premier afrohouse nightclub on the Kuruçeşme strip

Pre-revolution Havana glamour in Istanbul's upscale Nişantaşı

The Black Sea's original beach-club institution, open June–September.

The former Babylon Kilyos, now curated music festival beach.

Kilyos kite-school beach club, family-leaning, summer only.

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

Rixos Tersane's wine cellar, Turkish boutique producers on the Haliç.

Seventy-bottle wine bar tucked into Giulio Mongeri's 1922 Art Deco palas

Salt Bae's original flagship steakhouse

Berlin-inspired industrial techno temple