Panorama Bar

As with many hotel bars, the décor here is rather nondescript and drinks are outrageously expensive at $8 a beer. However, tables and cha...

April 23rd is celebrated as National Sovereignty and Children's Day throughout Turkey. Hosted by the Turkish Radio and Television Corpora...

The Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day reigns as one of the most important events in the Turkish calendar. This holiday, cele...

Sound-proofed walls reaching all the way from the basement to the roof ensure that the nuns living in the church grounds next door don't...

Istanbul's only world music club is housed in a basement beneath the Shaman World Music Club right by Taksim Square. The unappealing inte...

Godet is an intimate café by day and, more unusually, also functions as a store for clubwear, such as T-shirts, trousers and accessories....

Cantina was originally meant to be a Spanish restaurant and bar, but when that idea didn't take off, the owners did some fast rethinking....

Kafika is a slick Cafe located in the heart of Taksim. The ambiance at the place is modern and sleek, and the place is usually frequented...

Located right in the center of the city's largest cinema complex, at first glance 35mm seems like one of those commonplace fancy sandwich...

If it is a party atmosphere you want - accompanied by fine beers, great food and wicked bar staff - then you will have found your Utopia...

This is the best place in town to get a glimpse of the future of Istanbul dining. It's sleek, sophisticated and well-aware that it is the...

This mellow restaurant offers excellent seafood dishes with a view of the Bosphorus from the Asian side. The Angel is a classy place, pat...

If you like to listen to rousing Greek music performed live while you dance the sirtaki and smash countless plates after dining on...

T Square was founded by a couple of young Turkish architects. It's a sleek, well-designed bar-cum-restaurant located right in the heart o...

Çiçek Pasajı ("Flower Passage"), a covered alley filled with lively restaurants, taverns (meyhanes) and music, is a picturesque di...

If you love sushi, you shouldn't miss a midday sojourn to Udonya. It's a stylish, uncluttered dining space spread out on three floors, ta...

Originally founded by a group of German ex-pats and specializing in traditional German fare, this restaurant has expanded its menu to inc...

The best seats are around the brass and copper Ocak, an open glowing coal grill where chunks of tender marinated lamb are grilled...