Cocktails, wine bars and dives: drinking in Istanbul for grown-ups.
Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Istanbul for grown-ups.
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.
Signature drink: Anatolian-spirit cocktails, Turkish wine flights
Food: Bar snacks from the Mikla kitchen
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.
Signature drink: Seasonal-syrup cocktails and Turkish-spirit twists
Food: Small plates and bar snacks
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.
Signature drink: Rakı with mezze
Food: Full meyhane mezze and grill menu
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.
Signature drink: Cosmopolitan with Turkish berries
Food: Modern Turkish-international fusion plates
MiniMüzikhol in Cihangir, an apartment-floor club opened in 2009, hosting Istanbul DJ residencies and the occasional Anatolian psych-rock set into the early.
Signature drink: Whisky cocktails
Food: Snacks
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.
Signature drink: Barista-mixologist signature cocktails
Food: Snacks and pastries