Classic in Bodrum

The original Sait Yılmaz seafood room on Neyzen Tevfik; the Bodrum kitchen that built the Galataport and Yalıkavak branches

The original Türkbükü beach hotel that defined Aegean restraint for two generations

Gümüşlük's defining seafood house, where Istanbul tables run two seatings on August nights

Mandarin Oriental Paradise Bay's casual Turkish seafood room, fresh-catch counter, mezes and rakı above Blue Beach.

Divan Bodrum Palmira's signature dinner room on Göltürkbükü, Executive Chef Adnan Öztürk's Aegean kitchen with a zero-waste programme.

Mandarin Oriental's all-day Turkish room, the resort's renowned breakfast service plus a season-driven Anatolian dinner card.

Türkbükü's oldest fish house, on the iskele since 1997 and still in family hands

The Cipriani family's first Aegean room, on the Palmarina pier with the Harry's Bar carbonara intact

A long-running Türkbükü waterfront classic that runs serious seafood by night

The Yalıkavak marina's reference fish house, Aegean classics, ice-displayed catch, Michelin Guide listed

Türkbükü's Armenian-Aegean table, family-run and quietly precise

A long-running Türkbükü waterfront table reached by private boat from the iskele