The Lemon Tree
Bitez
Bitez seafront kitchen next to the Yalı mosque, the bay's long-running all-day room.
The Cumhuriyet trattoria that has held the Michelin Bib Gourmand for Neapolitan pizza and seafood risotto since 2013
Arka has run from a stone room on Cumhuriyet since 2013, with a small terrace facing the Kumbahçe pebble line and a kitchen built around two propositions: Neapolitan-style pizza from a wood oven and a creamy seafood risotto the regulars order without looking at the card. The room reads more village trattoria than waterfront tourist trap — red-and-white check, photographs from Italy on the walls, no reservations — and the Michelin Bib Gourmand has sat with the address every year since 2024.
No reservations; arrive at 19:30 for the second turn after the early Italian tourists clear. Order the seafood risotto and a Neapolitan pie, not the long Italian-American add-ons.
At a Glance
View Type
Aegean Sea Partial, Marina View
View Quality
Good
Sunset
*** (3/5)
Awards
Established 2013
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