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Sahra Bar

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Some visitors find Sahra Bar to be a unique and nice entertainment venue with good music and a relaxed atmosphere where people keep to themselves. However, a significant number of reviews warn of it being a tourist trap, with complaints about being overcharged, deceptive pricing, terrible service, and even unsafe conditions like wet bathrooms.

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Address

42 Sadri Alisik Sokak, Istiklal Caddesi, Istanbul

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Phone

+90 212 244 3306

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About this place Sahra Bar

Sahra (also spelled Sahara) is a small two-floor bar on Sadri Alışık Sokak, a side street off İstiklal Caddesi in Beyoğlu. Travel Gay lists it as a long-standing transgender and drag bar, and that is its crowd: trans women, their friends and admirers, mostly local. Google gives late hours, roughly 21:30 to 05:00, and a 3.2 average from about 100 reviews. Older reviews mention overcharging, so ask prices and pay per round. Police raided several gay venues around Taksim and Şişli on 12–13 September 2026, so check the venue's latest posts on the day, carry ID and take no photos inside.

Opening Hours

Open Now · closes 04:30

Monday 23:00-04:30

Tuesday 23:00-04:30

Wednesday 23:00-04:30

Thursday 23:00-04:30

Friday 23:00-04:30

Saturday 23:00-04:30

Sunday 23:00-04:30

Features

Gay LGBTQ+ Bar (alcohol) Drag scene Local favorite Late night (after midnight)

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3.2

★★★★★

103 reviews

Based on 103 Google reviews.

Ziad Abouelabbes Sep 2025

★★★★★

Tourist trap Do not ever go there!! You order in a price then after you get charged double I know that games so I did not fall on it! Be careful

Plec la Studii Jul 2025

★★★★★

Terrible experience, I fell because the bathroom was wet. Don't go...overpriced beer...also at the toilet they asked for cash even after I slipped terribly.

Taylan Gül Jul 2025

★★★★★

احمد عبدالخالق Feb 2025

★★★★★

Zafer Harmanbaşı Feb 2025

★★★★★

I went to the club and saw that it's packed on weekends, so it's normal for it to be empty during the week. It's a unique club; nobody bothers anyone inside, everyone is in their own world. You can find all kinds of people there, but it's very nice, the people are good, and there's parking available, so there's no problem. It's 5 minutes from Istiklal Street, and the hotels and everything else are great. I recommend it.