Bar & Cocktails
46 places under Bar & Cocktails — all tried, all liked, all paid for ourselves.
16Osaka-Cocina Nikkei- Peru
One of Lima's best-known Nikkei restaurants, Osaka is among the most successful expressions of an approach that brings Japanese technique together wit…
13The Pelican
The gastropub concept has spread quickly in London in recent years, led by the Public House group. Unlike the simple, quick snacks we're used to in cl…
12Casa Mono
Casa Mono is a tapas restaurant serving Spanish food in New York. Tapas — a range of small hot and cold plates — is a Spanish classic. Casa Mono's suc…
10Sexy Fish Manchester
After its popular London location, Sexy Fish has opened its second UK branch in Manchester. The brand also has sites in Dubai and Miami. The menu lean…
10Atlas mühürdar 78
Atlas Mühürdar 78 had been on our list for a long time. It's on Mühürdar Caddesi in Kadıköy, in a charming two-storey building squeezed between apartm…
8Castel Monastero
If you're in Tuscany during truffle season (September to December for white truffle), don't leave without eating some. Cantina, inside Castel Monaster…
10Antica Macelleria Cecchini
Dario Cecchini has turned fifty years as a butcher into an accomplished meat restaurant, welcoming guests in the charming town of Panzano an hour sout…
9A Figueira Rubaiyat
A Figueira Rubaiyat must be the most famous restaurant in São Paulo, Brazil's largest city. Set in a garden where the branches of a hundred-year-old f…
9Cecconi's
Cecconi's is an Italian restaurant operating within Soho House in Beyoğlu. Housed in the old American consulate building, it is — unlike Soho House it…
5Mayan Cocktail & Food
Mayan, in Datça's Kairos marina, serves Mexican food and stands out for its cocktails. In terms of location, Kairos marina may be the best address in …
7Culinarium
Culinarium is a very pleasant place with a wonderful terrace, two minutes' walk from the centre of Datça. The terrace holds six or seven tables — smal…
10Manhatta Restaurant
Manhatta is a restaurant on the 60th floor of a skyscraper in Downtown New York, serving examples of American cooking. Being on the 60th floor, it has…
10STEAK & WINE BAR
Serbian cooking has a menu that mixes Italian and Turkish. That mix produces options very well suited to the Turkish palate. Burrata, cold cuts, börek…
10Nahita
Nahita, inside the Argos hotel in Uçhisar, Cappadocia, serves some of the finest examples of Turkish cooking. The menu, developed with the guidance of…
10Daniel et Denise
Daniel et Denise is a bouchon that has become one of Lyon's landmarks, operating across three sites. Chef Joseph Viola has appeared in the Michelin gu…
8შემომეჭამა - Shemomechama Old Tbilisi
Tbilisi is a very enjoyable city. Georgian cooking offers different versions of flavours we know well, along with a strong wine culture. Georgians cla…
10Istanbul Airport Turkish Airlines CIP Lounge
Turkish Airlines' CIP lounge at Istanbul Airport is a gourmet paradise. The mantı may be the best in Istanbul, and the pides are properly crisp. Diffe…
5Yükseltan Bağevi
Yükseltan Bağevi is a very enjoyable spot on the Gulf of Saros, with quality wines, an eighteen-room hotel and a restaurant. It sits at a point lookin…
10Ferida Cadde
Ferida, which began life at Fişekhane with a menu leaning Bosnian, opened its Bağdat Caddesi branch two weeks ago. The new place on Noter Sokak is air…
10L'Isola del Tesoro | Ristorante , Pizzeria, Grill
L'Isola del Tesora in Milan is a great local establishment serving Sardinian cuisine. The island cuisine is predominantly seafood. Both the shell prod…
8Sartorelli's Pizza
A tiny pizzeria Sartorelli's in the Covered Market in Oxford, England. They make great pizzas in Napoli style. Pizzas are Italian quality and taste. Y…
10Finnjävel
Finnsjavel is one of the 6 Michelin star restaurants in Helsinki. It brings a modern approach to the traditional Finnish cuisine. The 8 course tasting…
6Le Villaret
Le Villaret is aerving great examples of French couisine under chef Olivier Gaslain since 1992. A good option in the competitive Parisian restaurant s…
10Peat and Sherry
Peat and Sherry is a whisky bar that recently opened on Bağdat Caddesi in Erenköy. With leather armchairs, a fireplace and elegant decoration, it's ou…
10Arkestra
Arkestra is probably the most talked-about place in Istanbul at the moment. Opened in Etiler about two months ago, Arkestra has built a magnificent ki…
5Ysabel Istanbul
Ysabel stands out in the competition on Suadiye's popular Plajyolu Sokak. With a kitchen serving good examples of world cuisine and an ambitious bar, …
9Efendy İstanbul
Efendy, opened in Levent under the leadership of Soner Sivrioğlu, has a bold menu. The menu is ambitious, creative and delicious. We tried a range of …
9Cookshop. Etiler Arka Bahçe Villa
Etiler's Tepecik Yolu has become considerably livelier this summer with the back-to-back openings of Delicatessen and Cookshop Arka Bahçe Villa. With …
9Olea & Bar
Olea opened this summer inside the Mandarin hotel in Kuruçeşme. Right on the water, they serve wonderful examples of Italian cooking. With the experie…
10Neni Brasserie Istanbul
Neni is a charming brasserie with French echoes in Caddebostan. The menu is accomplished, the food good, the service team experienced and the decorati…
10Limon Gümüşlük
Limon Gümüşlük has probably been the hardest place to get a table in Bodrum for about twenty years. 🍋 Offering, in their own words, 'the most deliciou…
7Jale winecellar
Jale Winecellar is a lovely place in Datça Marina serving distinctive boutique wines. It has made a mission of offering quality wines from small viney…
9Lokanta 1741
It's been a year since we first wrote about Lokanta 1741, but revisiting felt like a good excuse for a reminder. Step inside the Cağaloğlu hamam and a…
8Brettos
Brettos is a bar in Athens' popular Plaka district. With origins going back to İzmir in 1909, you can taste and buy the ouzo they produce themselves. …
6Ken Sushi
Ken, Bağdat Caddesi's favourite sushi place, has opened its new site inside Vertical İstanbul. In Vertical's pleasant garden, with very accomplished a…
10Tribeca Cafe
Although it's only been open three weeks, Beca has quickly become Istanbul's most mysterious address. Opened in the old Tribeca site in Akatlar, it's …
7Bebek Hotel by The Stay
The Bebek Hotel, one of Istanbul's classic addresses, has taken on a different face after its transformation. The hotel — which also houses an Istanbu…
10Franck Bistro
Franck Bistro is one of Istanbul's best-kept secrets. A French chef hosts just one group each evening. Whether you're two or ten, he cooks a menu made…
8Barel Bag Evi
Barel Bağ Evi is an oasis an hour and a half from Istanbul. Serving wines from their own vineyards alongside a delicious menu, Barel is a very good op…
9Madam Niça
After Bozcaada, Madam Niça now also serves in Istanbul, on the terrace floor of the Artisan hotel in Gümüşsuyu. With a superb 270-degree view of the B…
6Güzelev Gümüşlük
Our Bodrum discovery this holiday was Güzelev. A hundred metres from Gümüşlük's famous Limon, this tiny garden holds a bar and just five or six tables…
8Kanyon Suvla
Suvla, which we know for its wines, has created an oasis for itself on the terrace floor of Levent's Kanyon mall. With a good Italian-leaning menu and…
2Turkish Airlines Star Alliance Lounge - Istanbul Turkey
One of the finest mantı you can eat in Istanbul awaits you in the Turkish Airlines international lounge. Freshly hand-rolled, it is well above standar…
9Afitap Meyhane Tunus
Ankara is quickly pulling ahead of Istanbul on food quality. Afitap opened about two years ago, serving classic meze with a new approach and flavours …
6Hancı Et
In Diyarbakır we started with bumbar dolması, then lost ourselves in içli köfte, stuffed ribs and tava.…
Akali
Is Akali the best burger place in Istanbul, in your view?…
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