Upscale in Istanbul

Foxy Nişantaşı ★ 4.8

Foxy in Nişantaşı, Turkey's first natural-wine room from Neolokal's Maksut Aşkar and sommelier Levon Bağış, listing Anatolian growers nobody else pours.

Nicole ★ 4.6

Nicole atop Tomtom Suites in Çukurcuma, executive chef Serkan Aksoy's Michelin-starred tasting-menu room with a tight Turkish-growers wine list above Beyoğlu.

Mikla Bar ★ 4.5

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.

Sensus Wine Boutique Galata ★ 4.5

Sensus inside the stone vault below the Galata Tower, an all-Turkish wine cellar with the city's deepest by-the-glass selection paired with single-origin.

Lokanta 1741 ★ 4.3

Lokanta 1741 beside the 300-year-old Cağaloğlu Hammam, a Michelin-listed modern Turkish dining room with a terrace overlooking the hammam domes and seasonal.

OrderSlow-cooked lamb, Aegean mezze, Saffron rice pudding

Kavanoz İstanbul ★ 4.3

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.

Geyik Cocktail Bar ★ 4.3

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.

Solera Winery ★ 4.3

Solera Winery on Yeni Çarşı, a tight Beyoğlu wine shop-bar 300 feet off Istiklal where general manager Suleyman Er pours by-the-glass discounts to a regular.

Tarihi Cumhuriyet Meyhanesi ★ 4.2

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.

MiniMüzikhol ★ 4.2

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

Pano Şarap Evi ★ 4.2

Pano Şarap Evi on Hamalbaşı, the 1898 Greek-founded Beyoğlu wine bar still pouring Bozcaada bottles in a high-ceilinged room with marble counters.

360 Istanbul ★ 4.0

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.

Viktor Levi Moda ★ 4.0

Viktor Levi Moda, the 1914 Beyoğlu wine house revived on the Asian side in 2022, a wooden Ottoman-era room with a long garden and a Turkish list curated.