Far and away Istanbul's finest live music venue, this modestly sized brick vault with a mezzanine is located in the backstreets near Tünel. There's a lot of jazz, but Babylon...

More of a live music venue than a club, the intimate Babylon hosts some of the best parties in town. Run by the prolific Pozitif group, it's one of the few places that offers...

Bar Bahçe has been a fixture on the gay nightlife scene for over a decade, but it stays fresh by reinventing itself every couple of years. In its latest incarnation, you have...

One of the few late clubs that is open all year. Cosmopolitan thirty-somethings get down to hardcore techno, then chill out in the enclosed garden bar. Besides a roster of...

One of the few clubs with room to wander and a crowd midweek, Déjà vu is inconspicuously tucked into a side street across from a 24-hour men's health club (and, handily for...

It may be in the heart of Beyoĸlu, but the decor at Dulcinea is straight out of SoHo. So it's no surprise that the downstairs space at this bar/restaurant is a good place for a...

Attracting a mix of local and foreign bands and DJs, Indigo is the definitive venue for fans of electronic music. Smack in the centre of Beyoĸlu, it is also jammed every...

The Nu Pera complex is known for great modern Turkish cuisine (Lokanta) and amazing views (Nu Teras). Come winter, the action moves downstairs to this intimate basement club,...

Roxy used to be a major live venue, but its weekend club nights became so successful that live music has been relegated to the odd midweeker or an addendum to city-wide...

Along with Balans, Studio Live is one of a new breed of venues that caters for both international acts and local cover bands, with the occasional DJ party thrown into the mix.