6 cocktail bar places in Istanbul we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Istanbul | Cocktail Bar across every city.
Istanbul's cocktail rooms favour rooftops and terraces that trade on the skyline as much as the drink. Mikla Bar sits high over Beyoğlu with one of the city's best-known views, and 360 Istanbul shares that elevated, panoramic register nearby. Down at street level the mood is looser, from the late-night MiniMüzikhol and Geyik Cocktail Bar in Cihangir to Kavanoz across the water in Beşiktaş.
Mikla Bar ★ 4.5
beyoğlu · Meşrutiyet Caddesi No:15, 34430 Beyoğlu, İstanbul
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.
Kavanoz İstanbul ★ 4.3
beşiktaş · Arnavutköy Mah., Tekkeci Sokak No:1/A, 34345 Beşiktaş, İstanbul
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.
Tarihi Cumhuriyet Meyhanesi ★ 4.2
beyoğlu · Balık Pazarı, Sahne Sokak No:47, 34435 Beyoğlu, İstanbul
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.
360 Istanbul ★ 4.0
beyoglu · İstiklal Caddesi No:163, Mısır Apartmanı Kat:8, 34433 Beyoğlu, Istanbul
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.
MiniMüzikhol ★ 4.2
cihangir · Soğancı Sokak No:3, 34433 Cihangir, Beyoğlu, Istanbul
MiniMüzikhol in Cihangir, an apartment-floor club opened in 2009, hosting Istanbul DJ residencies and the occasional Anatolian psych-rock set into the early.
Geyik Cocktail Bar ★ 4.3
cihangir · Kılıçali Paşa Mah., Akarsu Yokuşu No:22/A, 34433 Beyoğlu, İstanbul
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.