Bosphorus Dinner Cruise Prices
What a Bosphorus dinner cruise costs in October 2026, from US$29 to US$38 a person, and what the alcohol, hotel pickup, window table and VIP options add.
A Bosphorus dinner cruise with a Turkish night show costs from US$29 to US$38 a person on GetYourGuide (October 2026), and in late October all three of the big boats were selling below that, from about US$24. The base ticket buys a table, dinner, unlimited soft drinks and the show. Alcohol, hotel pickup and the better tables are options, priced per person when you choose a date. The most reviewed, Mega Lüfer Yachts’ dinner cruise with a private table, is from $31 a person in current promotion (usually $38), checked October 2026.
The price ladder
Starting prices for one adult, as listed on GetYourGuide in October 2026. The late-October column is what GetYourGuide was charging on the dates we checked; promotions come and go, and the calendar always shows the price for your date.
| Cruise | Usual price | Late October | What the base ticket includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-hour sightseeing cruise (Mega Lüfer) | US$11 | US$8 | Day, sunset or night cruise, audio guide, soft drinks, tea and coffee; no dinner |
| Golden Horn dinner cruise and show (Mega Lüfer-3) | US$29 | US$24 | Mezes, hot starter, main course, fruit, unlimited soft drinks, the show |
| Turkish night dinner cruise (Turyol) | US$37 | US$29 | Dinner, unlimited soft drinks, 1.5-hour show and DJ |
| Dinner cruise and show, private table (Mega Lüfer) | US$38 | US$31 | Mezes, hot starter, main course, fruit, unlimited soft drinks, the show |
| Dinner cruise with drinks (Istanbul Clue) | US$34 | US$34 | Dinner, unlimited local soft drinks, folk-dance programme, DJ |
| Private yacht with guide (Efe Yat) | US$280 a boat | US$280 a boat | Two hours for up to 13 people, snacks, tea and coffee; no dinner |
On a phone, swipe the table sideways for what each ticket includes.
What the options add
Unlimited alcohol. None of the big dinner cruises includes alcohol in the base price. Mega Lüfer and Turyol sell an unlimited-alcohol option; Turyol’s leaves out imported drinks, and on Istanbul Clue’s dinner cruise with drinks the option is two alcoholic drinks rather than unlimited. Outside your package, drinks are sold on board, and some guests call them expensive: “Drinks overpriced,” as one review on 16 October 2026 put it.
Hotel pickup and drop-off. Mega Lüfer’s private-table cruise and Turyol’s both sell a transfer option. On Mega Lüfer’s, you wait at the hotel from 19:00 and the van comes between 19:00 and 20:00; its listing names 19 drop-off areas, from Sultanahmet, Sirkeci and Laleli to Taksim, Beşiktaş and Şişli. If you are staying beyond the tram line, it is worth the extra: the boat comes back late.
A better table. On the private-table cruise, a window table, a stage-side table and a VIP lounge table on the upper deck are add-ons priced per person, and the VIP lounge is a seat only: the VIP menu is a separate choice. On the Golden Horn cruise the window table is its own ticket option, and the standard ticket says a window seat is not guaranteed. Guests’ own figures give a sense of the cost: one couple wrote on 16 October 2026 that they paid €188 for two with the transfer and a window table in the VIP area, and judged the standard saloon just as good.
Photos. A photographer comes to the tables and sells prints and a photo book at the end of the night. It is not in any package and you can say no.
Which package is worth paying for
Book the version that fits your evening:
Private Table, Soft Drinks
The base ticket on the most reviewed cruise; add the pickup if your hotel is off the tram line.
Check dates →Golden Horn, Window Table
The cheapest dinner and show, and the window table is a ticket option you can see before you pay.
See the cruise →Private Yacht, up to 13
Two hours with a guide, snacks and tea; shared by eight it is about the price of a dinner-cruise ticket each.
See the yacht →Prices, ratings and review counts from our October 2026 data check; operators use seasonal pricing, so treat them as the shape of the market, not a quote.
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How the price compares with the alternatives
The cheapest way onto the strait is not a cruise at all. Şehir Hatları, the city ferry company, charges foreign passengers ₺340 for its Short Bosphorus Tour and ₺640 for the Long Bosphorus Tour return trip (sehirhatlari.istanbul, checked October 2026), and an ordinary commuter ferry across to Üsküdar or Kadıköy costs a single transit-card fare. None of them serves dinner or sails in the evening in winter, so the comparison is with the sightseeing cruise rather than the dinner boats. Dinner cruise, yacht or ferry sets them side by side, and is it worth it weighs what the extra money buys.
The Most Reviewed Dinner Cruise, Options Your Way
Mega Lüfer Yachts' dinner cruise gives you a private table, mezes, a hot starter, a main course and fruit, unlimited soft drinks and the Turkish night show, from Kabataş or with hotel pickup. Rated 4.8 from 75,889 reviews and listed from US$38 a person (October 2026), with free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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