Mekane in İzmir

Gastronomy-led cocktail bar off Kıbrıs Şehitleri

Urla town's Bib Gourmand meyhane in a courtyard stone house

Bostanlı's serious seafood table by the tram line

Waterfront fresh-fish kitchen on the Foça promenade

Alsancak meyhane prized for flauntingly-fresh seafood

Bostanlı's special-occasion steakhouse

Foça harbour fish house locals defend over the strip

Eski Foça's harbourside fish house since 1984

Bornova meyhane institution since 1966

Forest-to-fork 'New Urla cuisine' in the old town

New Urla cuisine from olive forest to table, in a stone Greek theatre

An 1881 neoclassical merchant's house on Foça harbour

İzmir's serious wine room with ~100 labels in Karşıyaka

Garden-gate bistro with a real wine list

Stone-courtyard meyhane with fine-dining touches

Convivial chalkboard Aegean cooking next to the vines

Sığacık harbour's oldest fish house, serving since 1993

Tucked-away bistro on a quiet Alsancak side street

Owner-run Alsancak wine bar with Turkish and grilled small plates

The first meyhane of the Sığacık kale, Greek-taverna soul

Levantine-Italian dining in the Mistral tower

Aegean-Cretan seafood meyhane on the Pasaport waterfront since 1989

Michelin Bib Gourmand Anatolian grill on Atatürk Caddesi

Stone vineyard retreat the NYT put on the map

Organic boutique winery in a restored stone house

Kocadağ-slope winery with a tasting room and small inn