Venues similar to Ritmo at Arkestra

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

Waterside mansion cocktails for the Yeniköy yalı row.

Grand Tarabya's second-floor bar, a Bosphorus-bay cocktail terrace.

Fatih Akerdem's Hemingway room inside the old American Consulate, 150 Negroni twists and Turkey's only Rakı Cocktails book.

Chef Fatih Tutak's Silk-Road cocktail room above GALLADA, designed like a vintage grand yacht on the Bosphorus.

20th-floor Marmara rooftop, 360-degree Bosphorus panorama with house-infused mixology for Taksim-edge cosmopolitans

İskele-side brasserie with proper cocktail list under the bridge

9th-floor 360° Bosphorus terrace at the JW

Dimly lit Esat Işık room pairing classics-first cocktails with a short, serious kitchen

Street-level micro-bar on Esat Işık, creative cocktails, vinyl-leaning music, no-frills Kadıköy at its best

Fifty-year-old Bebek Hotel bar where dressed-up locals watch the Bosphorus

Expertly crafted cocktail menu refreshed every ten days

House Cafe's neighborhood-bar sibling, coffee by day, DJ nights Thu-Sat

Onur Balk's award-winning mixology with global street food

Compact neighborhood cocktail bar behind the avenue

Narrative-driven cocktail room on Moda Caddesi where each drink is a paragraph, not a prop

Three-storey corner building on the Moda tram line, evening-favourite room with sharing plates and a confident cocktail list

Tight Moda Caddesi bar with a deep beer fridge and a surprisingly serious cocktail menu, distinct from the Şaşkınbakkal Fil