Modern in Bodrum

Naru and Dereköy Lokantası team's all-day bistro-bar on Adliye Caddesi, DJ programme on weekends.

MICHELIN Guide modern kebab — the most ambitious kitchen in Bitez, kebab as fine-dining grammar.

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

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

A sourdough pizzeria with hand-crafted gin-tonic on homemade tonic, the village's alternative dinner

Chef Murat Deniz Temel and Kerem Tanel's 2025 Türkbükü opening — Aegean and Anatolian flavours with a sunset pier bar.

Bitez modern-Aegean kitchen — careful sourcing, calm room, the established middle of the bay.

Year-round Mediterranean room in Bitez — minimalist, kitchen-first, the off-season anchor the bay needed.

Yalıkavak all-day beach-to-cocktail arc — the accessible version of the chapter, without the marina markup.

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

Yalıkavak Palmarina bistro that flips to a live-music room on Friday and Saturday — curated bookings, kitchen-anchored.