Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Istanbul for grown-ups.

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Where to drink

6 places

Mikla Bar

Drink Anatolian-spirit cocktails, Turkish wine flights

Mikla Bar atop the Marmara Pera, Mehmet Gürs's rooftop terrace pouring a 450-label wine list and Anatolian-spirit cocktails over the Golden Horn from 18:00.

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Kavanoz İstanbul

Drink Seasonal-syrup cocktails and Turkish-spirit twists

Kavanoz on Tekkeci Sokak in Arnavutköy, a florist-fronted cocktail room with a tree-shaded back garden, the upper-Bosphorus answer to Beyoğlu craft bars.

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Tarihi Cumhuriyet Meyhanesi

Drink Rakı with mezze

Tarihi Cumhuriyet Meyhanesi in Beyoğlu's Balık Pazarı, a 130-year-old meyhane spread across three floors with fasıl music upstairs and the rakı table running.

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Eat your way around Beyoğlu

3 of the bars on this list are in Beyoğlu. So are these tours and tastings.

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360 Istanbul

  • ★ 4.0
  • Rooftop restaurant-club
  • ₺₺₺
  • Beyoğlu

Drink Cosmopolitan with Turkish berries

360 Istanbul atop Mısır Apartmanı, an eighth-floor wraparound-window space that flips from a mezze dinner to a club on weekends with city-wide views.

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MiniMüzikhol

  • ★ 4.2
  • Live music and DJ bar
  • ₺₺₺
  • Cihangir

Drink Whisky cocktails

MiniMüzikhol in Cihangir, an apartment-floor club opened in 2009, hosting Istanbul DJ residencies and the occasional Anatolian psych-rock set into the early.

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Geyik Cocktail Bar

Drink Barista-mixologist signature cocktails

Geyik on Akarsu Yokuşu flips from a third-wave roastery to a cocktail bar after dark, the work of Turkish barista champion Serkan İpekli and Yağmur Engin.

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