Sofra at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum

Sofra is the all-day Turkish dining room at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum on Cennet Koyu, running the resort's breakfast service from 07:00 to 11:00 and reopening for dinner from 18:30 to 23:00 between April and October. The kitchen reads consciously Anatolian rather than fine-dining: a long breakfast spread of freshly baked breads and pastries, the property's house-made yoğurts, regional cheeses, Aegean olives, eggs cooked to order; the dinner card moves through season-driven Turkish dishes built on a Mediterranean structure. The room sits surrounded by greenery with floor-to-ceiling sea views, opening to outside seating that joins tables together for larger gatherings. The reader uses Sofra as the resort's grounded Turkish counterweight to the Hakkasan-and-ROKA brand-driven Asian rooms — the breakfast for the family, the dinner for a quieter evening between bigger nights.