Arnavutköy Balıkçısı Türkbükü Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Kitchen Led Elegant Arnavutköy Balıkçısı Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$$ Gault&Millau Türkiye Best Seafood 2024-2025-2026, the Istanbul fish house's chef-driven summer outpost on Sess Türkbükü pier.
Assaggio at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Elegant Waterfront Assaggio at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Italian dining room at Mandarin Oriental's Paradise Bay — Chef Fabio De Paolis, Haute Grandeur 2018 Best Mediterranean and Italian Cuisine in Europe.
Aura Beach Bodrum Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Waterfront Marina Daytime Aura Beach Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Sunset Hospitality's Yalıkavak Marina Hotel beach club, Mediterranean-Japanese kitchen with a sundeck programme.
Avantgarde Refined Yalıkavak Hotel Editor's Pick Hotel Compare Boutique Hotel Design Waterfront Avantgarde Refined Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ MICHELIN Guide-listed boutique resort over Küdür Bay, 32 rooms, three restaurants, The Red Balloon and Hodan on the gastronomy side.
Birds Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Marina Dinner Show Birds Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Vasilchuk Brothers' Pan-Asian restaurant-and-show on the Yalıkavak Marina seafront, sister room of Birds Moscow.
Cotto Sul Mare Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Elegant Waterfront Cotto Sul Mare Torba $$$$ Casa Dell'Arte's seaside Italian dining room — wood-fired fish, fresh pasta, art-hotel setting
Greta Gümüşlük Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Romantic Modern Greta Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$$ A hillside fine-dining room above the village, live music after sunset, world-cuisine card
Jadem Gümüşlük Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Modern Romantic Jadem Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$$ Chef Uğur Filiz's open-fire fish room with the panoramic seat and the underwater lights at the tables
Laura Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Kitchen Led Modern Laura Bodrum Yahşi $$$$ Yahşi's new-generation beach-restaurant room, bohemian-chic evening kitchen signed by chef Melisa Yördem.
Lucca by the Sea Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Destination Kitchen Led Lucca by the Sea Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Lucca Bebek's evening Türkbükü dinner room on Cennet Koyu — fire-baked pizzas, wood-grilled seafood and an award-winning bar.
Mandarin Bar at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Waterfront Sunset Elegant Mandarin Bar at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Cennet Koyu sunset cocktail terrace — the bay's most decorated bar with Haute Grandeur cocktail-menu wins across three consecutive seasons.
Novikov Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Marina International Novikov Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Novikov Group's first Türkiye outpost at Yalıkavak Marina, Asian-Mediterranean seafood with the brand's display-case grammar.
OPA Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Marina Shared Plate OPA Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ OPA's Yalıkavak Marina outpost, chef Tim Newton's shared-plate Greek room with a sunset music programme.
Sakhalin Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Marina Raw Bar Sakhalin Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ White Rabbit Family's Mediterrasian seafood room at Yalıkavak Marina, brand-chef Vladimir Mukhin's Türkiye outpost.
The Red Balloon Yalıkavak Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Kitchen Led Michelin Recommended The Red Balloon Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ Chef Ulaş Durmaz's North Aegean seafood room at Avantgarde Refined, MICHELIN Guide 2025 and Gault&Millau Modern Cuisine 2025.
Yirmibir Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Modern New Yirmibir Bodrum Bitez $$$$ Çökertme Caddesi steak-and-beach room since 2025, dry-age beef and lamb sourced from Afyon and Balıkesir producers.
Zai Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Artistic Garden Modern Zai Bodrum Konacık $$$ Konacık's culture-and-gastronomy compound — library, kitchen, garden and a 400-capacity outdoor stage running jazz, theatre and author nights.
Bohemy Yalıkavak Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Kitchen Led Modern Bohemy Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ MGallery Yalıkavak signature room — modern Aegean-Anatolian under Kemal Can Yurttaş, Gault&Millau Young Chef of the Year 2024.
Buddha-Bar Beach Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Pan Asian Dj Late Buddha-Bar Beach Bodrum Asarlık $$$$ The Asarlık franchise of the global Buddha-Bar Beach brand — pan-Asian-Mediterranean beach club inside Caresse Marriott.
Kurul Bitez Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Kitchen Led Modern Kebab Kurul Bitez Bitez $$$ MICHELIN Guide modern kebab — the most ambitious kitchen in Bitez, kebab as fine-dining grammar.
Lucca Beach Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Daytime Dj Program Lucca Beach Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Cennet Koyu daytime beach club — strict 10:00–19:00 calendar, international house and melodic-techno residencies.
Sips Bodrum Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Rooftop Cocktail Program Destination Sips Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Ruins Hotel rooftop — Sips Barcelona (World's 50 Best #3) partnership, the most credentialed cocktail program in the chapter.
Mezra Yalıkavak Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Intimate Modern Mezra Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ Serhat Doğramacı's farm-to-table tasting room — Türkiye's newest Michelin star and a Green Star for sustainability
Ayla Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Elegant Intimate Ayla Türkbükü $$$$ Maçakızı's intimate eighteen-cover fine-dining counterpoint, by Aret Sahakyan — Turkish classics rewritten as memory and terroir
Barbarossa Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Destination Waterfront Elegant Barbarossa Bodrum $$$$ Paros's iconic Greek seafood house, transplanted to Caresse's private beach by Athenian chef Dimitrios Nikolis
Gigi Rigolatto Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare See & Be Seen Long Lunch Elegant Gigi Rigolatto Bodrum Türkbükü $$$$ The Saint-Tropez and Paris Italian, now permanently at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum from summer 2026
Hakkasan Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront See & Be Seen Hakkasan Bodrum Türkbükü $$$$ The London-Vegas Cantonese house running its tenth global outpost on Cennet Bay
Kitchen by Osman Sezener Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Michelin Starred Intimate Kitchen by Osman Sezener Yalıkavak $$$$ Osman Sezener's one-Michelin-star Aegean kitchen at The Bodrum EDITION, the peninsula's most serious tasting menu
Kurochan by IOKI Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Destination Elegant Kurochan by IOKI Türkbükü $$$$ Mandarin Oriental's Japanese-Peruvian room — sushi, robata and sake on the resort's main beach, run by the IOKI Istanbul team
Malva Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Elegant Michelin Recognized Malva Torba $$$$ Susona's Michelin Guide-listed dining room — Gürkan Tümsek's micro-local Aegean kitchen, zero-waste, vegetable-forward
ORO by Alfredo Russo Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Destination International Brand ORO by Alfredo Russo Bodrum $$$$ Michelin-starred Italian by Alfredo Russo at Maxx Royal — homemade pasta and restraint, in the resort's most serious room
ROKA Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Destination Waterfront ROKA Bodrum Türkbükü $$$$ Zuma's sibling brand at Mandarin Oriental — robatayaki, sushi and Aegean cliff views, returning May 2026
Scorpios Bodrum Nightclub Editor's Pick Nightclub Compare See & Be Seen Music Forward Waterfront Scorpios Bodrum Türkbükü $$$$ The Mykonos institution's first international outpost — sunset ritual, beach house kitchen, real programme
Maçakızı Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront See & Be Seen Maçakızı Türkbükü $$$$ The original Türkbükü beach hotel that defined Aegean restraint for two generations
The Beach Club at The Bodrum EDITION Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront Modern The Beach Club at The Bodrum EDITION Yalıkavak $$$$ The most controlled, design-led beach club operation on the Yalıkavak side
Cio Beach Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Bohemian Daytime Cio Beach Bodrum Yahşi $$$ Müskebi Caddesi beach club opened 2023 — bohemian daytime room on the Yahşi sand with cabanas, long pier and a kitchen running into the evening.
Danış Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Modern Casual Danış Bodrum Gündoğan $$$ Beach-restaurant opened in Küçükbük by Danış Ulaş in 2021; Mediterranean cooking and a natural cove.
Fenix Bodrum Nightclub Nightclub Compare Waterfront Marina Dj Late Fenix Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ D-Ream Group's Yalıkavak Marina nightclub-restaurant, tropical-modern room running Asian and South American fusion.
Hadi Balık Bistro Restaurant Restaurant Compare Modern Bistro Cocktail Bar Hadi Balık Bistro Akyarlar $$$ Aspat Anthaven seafood bistro — the southern-bay alternative to the harbour fish rooms, garlic shrimp and shrimp bruschetta on a Google 4.9.
Lokanta by Divan Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Kitchen Led Elegant Lokanta by Divan Bodrum Göltürkbükü $$$$ Divan Bodrum Palmira's signature dinner room on Göltürkbükü — Executive Chef Adnan Öztürk's Aegean kitchen with a zero-waste programme.
Myndos Restaurant — Cumhur'un Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Friendly Myndos Restaurant — Cumhur'un Yeri Gümüşlük $$$ One of Gümüşlük's oldest tables, 160 seats with a direct sightline to Tavşan Adası and the sunset
Rokka Beach & Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Fine Dining Established Rokka Beach & Restaurant Yahşi $$$ Yahşi seafront fine-dining beach restaurant since 2014 — Aegean steakhouse-and-seafood with Travelers' Choice and a clear view of Kos.
Sake Wa Restaurant Restaurant Compare Modern Japanese Kitchen Led Sake Wa Akyarlar $$$$ The Anthaven Japanese kitchen — the only sushi-and-wok room on the south side of the peninsula, two beats away from the Akyarlar harbour.
Bagatelle Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Compare Marina See & Be Seen Trendy Bagatelle Bodrum Yalıkavak (Palmarina) $$$$ Palmarina pontoon import of the New York / Saint-Tropez French-Mediterranean room — rosé and table-side theatre.
Blue Beach Club at Mandarin Oriental Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Institutional Luxury Blue Beach Club at Mandarin Oriental Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Cennet Koyu institutional-luxury beach — cabanas, low noise, the Mandarin standard on a private bay.
Folie at METT Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Hotel Restaurant Elegant Folie at METT Bodrum Yalıkavak (Haremtan Cove) $$$$ METT Hotel beach club above Haremtan Cove — sundeck cabanas, grilled fish, occasional live-music nights.
Isola Manzara Bar Bar Compare Sunset Hillside Cocktail Program Isola Manzara Bodrum Town $$$$ Haremtan hillside above Bodrum-merkez — MICHELIN-listed kitchen with a sunset cocktail program that runs its own shift.
Natsu Teppanyaki & Sushi Bar Restaurant Restaurant Compare Modern Japanese Counter Led Natsu Teppanyaki & Sushi Bar Türkbükü $$$$ Counter-led teppanyaki on the Türkbükü cove — the right answer for a serious Japanese dinner outside Yalıkavak.
The Agency Palmarina Bar Bar Compare Live Music Marina Kitchen Led The Agency Palmarina Yalıkavak (Palmarina) $$$$ Yalıkavak Palmarina bistro that flips to a live-music room on Friday and Saturday — curated bookings, kitchen-anchored.
Caviar Kaspia Restaurant Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Destination International Brand Caviar Kaspia Bodrum $$$$ Paris's caviar institution opens its first-ever resort outpost on the Aegean — Russian-French repertoire, a tin and a spoon
Cipriani Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront See & Be Seen Cipriani Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ The Cipriani family's first Aegean room, on the Palmarina pier with the Harry's Bar carbonara intact
DAHA by Mehmet Akdağ Restaurant Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Elegant International Brand DAHA by Mehmet Akdağ Yalıkavak $$$$ EDITION's new Anatolian room — third-generation 7Mehmet's Mehmet Akdağ brings six hundred years of Antalya's repertoire to Yalıkavak
Hodan Yalıkavak Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront Intimate Hodan Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ Çiğdem Seferoğlu's vegetable-led tasting room at the quiet Küdür Bay end of Yalıkavak
Miam Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Elegant Miam Türkbükü $$$$ A long-running Türkbükü waterfront classic that runs serious seafood by night
Sait Yalıkavak Marina Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Marina See & Be Seen Sait Yalıkavak Marina Yalıkavak $$$$ The Yalıkavak marina's reference fish house — Aegean classics, ice-displayed catch, Michelin Guide listed
Spago by Wolfgang Puck Restaurant Restaurant Compare Destination International Brand Elegant Spago by Wolfgang Puck Bodrum $$$$ Wolfgang Puck's Aegean outpost — the smoked salmon pizza and California-Italian playbook, recalibrated for Bodrum
THE MAINE Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Compare Destination International Brand See & Be Seen THE MAINE Bodrum Bodrum $$$$ Joey Ghazal's Dubai-born brasserie lands on a hilltop above Maxx Royal — raw bar, prime steak and a 360° view of the Aegean
The Trattoria by Stefano Ciotti Restaurant Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Elegant International Brand The Trattoria by Stefano Ciotti Yalıkavak $$$$ EDITION's upper-deck Italian, run by Pesaro's Michelin-starred Stefano Ciotti — Italian comfort food taken seriously
Tuti Restaurant Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Elegant Waterfront Tuti Bodrum $$$$ The Marmara's hilltop terrace — Hakan Süve's Mediterranean kitchen, Michelin Guide listed, four İncili pearls, and the city's best castle view
Wu Yalıkavak Nightclub Nightclub Compare See & Be Seen Music Forward Trendy Wu Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ Palmarina's pan-Asian sushi bar that turns into a 600-cap dance floor after midnight
Zuma Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront Trendy Zuma Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ The Knightsbridge izakaya's summer pier at the far end of Palmarina, robata and sashimi in the same register as London
Lacivert Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront Classic Lacivert Türkbükü $$$$ A long-running Türkbükü waterfront table reached by private boat from the iskele