Trendy Brunch Spots

Tilkicik Bay aperitivo room — Mediterranean wood-deck format that opened 2022 and immediately found its register.

Small-plates and sushi room in Türkbükü — the modern street-food-meets-cocktail format the bay was missing.

Bitez village Mexican cantina from İrem Gürses, fire-grilled meats and handmade tortillas with a DJ programme.

A hillside fine-dining room above the village, live music after sunset, world-cuisine card

Chef Uğur Filiz's open-fire fish room with the panoramic seat and the underwater lights at the tables

Hilal Tayfun's Le Cordon Bleu kitchen above the village — brasserie, artisan bakery, French patisserie under one roof

The morning corner of Gümüşlük, where coffee arrives before the boats unload

A smartly run, design-led beach club tucked between Yalıkavak and Gümüşlük

The most controlled, design-led beach club operation on the Yalıkavak side

The old D-Marin Bodrum members' room, open to non-members for lunch on the western harbour

Serhat Doğramacı's farm-to-table tasting room — Türkiye's newest Michelin star and a Green Star for sustainability

The Knightsbridge izakaya's summer pier at the far end of Palmarina, robata and sashimi in the same register as London

A French-trained patisserie on Yalıkavak's Atatürk Caddesi, with the peninsula's most serious viennoiserie

The Mykonos institution's first international outpost — sunset ritual, beach house kitchen, real programme

Palmarina's pan-Asian sushi bar that turns into a 600-cap dance floor after midnight