Nardis is tucked away in an old Genoese building in a side street close to the Galata Tower. It opened its doors in October 2002 and is Istanbul’s oldest venue of its kind. The ground-floor seating area and balcony have a maximum seating capacity of 120. Meals are served. The club was named after a composition by Miles Davis and is owned by the jazz musician Önder Focan and his wife Zuhal, publisher and editor of the city’s Jazz magazine.

Concerts start at 21.30 and are held every night of the week except Sunday. Seating is determined according to the order in which members of the audience arrive, starting at 20:30. Reservations are kept until 21:15 (i.e., 15 minutes before the music starts). Tables for two are limited. All other tables are shared. Bookings are now exclusively via email or by telephone: +90 (212) 244 63 27 Price: 800TL

The nearest metro station to the Nardis Jazz Club, Istanbul’s oldest-established venue of its kind, is the Şişhane stop on the M2 line. Take the Şişhane exit, walk down the hill to the crossroads and turn left along Büyük Hendek Caddesi towards the Galata Tower. Go round the right-hand side of the tower and turn right into Galata Kulesi Sokak. A short way down this street you will see the Nardis Jazz Club on your right. If coming from the İstiklal Caddesi exit – located close to the upper terminus of the Tünel funicular – or from the Tünel itself, walk down Galip Dede Caddesi to the Galata Tower. (Galip Dede Caddesi is the street that carries straight on where the long stretch of İstiklal Caddesi turns a corner towards the Tünel entrance.)