Aura Beach Bodrum Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Waterfront Marina Daytime Aura Beach Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Sunset Hospitality's Yalıkavak Marina Hotel beach club, Mediterranean-Japanese kitchen with a sundeck programme.
Kornél Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Garden Modern Dj Program Kornél Bitez $$$ Naru and Dereköy Lokantası team's all-day bistro-bar on Adliye Caddesi, DJ programme on weekends.
Mandarin Bar at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Waterfront Sunset Elegant Mandarin Bar at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Cennet Koyu sunset cocktail terrace — the bay's most decorated bar with Haute Grandeur cocktail-menu wins across three consecutive seasons.
OctoZen Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Sunset Waterfront Elegant OctoZen Torba $$$$ Susona's sunset seafood and sushi bar with Tipsy Crab — golden-hour deck on Torba Bay, DJ programme
Sips Bodrum Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Rooftop Cocktail Program Destination Sips Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Ruins Hotel rooftop — Sips Barcelona (World's 50 Best #3) partnership, the most credentialed cocktail program in the chapter.
Bungalow Bar Bar Compare Pool Bar Waterfront Casual Bungalow Torba $$$ HYDE Bodrum's poolside Aegean bar — small-plate tapas, cocktails, weekend DJ residents
El Fuego Bar Bar Compare Modern Dj Program Trendy El Fuego Bitez $$$ Bitez village Mexican cantina from İrem Gürses, fire-grilled meats and handmade tortillas with a DJ programme.
Körfez Bar Bar Bar Compare Historic Rock Vinyl Körfez Bar Bodrum $$ The 1992 bar street original, vinyl rock from the sixties through the nineties, run by the Subaşıoğlu family
Kule Rock City Bar Bar Compare Live Music Rock Late Night Kule Rock City Bodrum $$ The Barlar Sokağı rock bar that has held the same stage and the same rotating live band line-up since 2006
Isola Manzara Bar Bar Compare Sunset Hillside Cocktail Program Isola Manzara Bodrum Town $$$$ Haremtan hillside above Bodrum-merkez — MICHELIN-listed kitchen with a sunset cocktail program that runs its own shift.
İxir Bodrum Bar Bar Compare Cocktail Program Marina Side Bartender Led İxir Bodrum Bodrum Town $$$ Neyzen Tevfik cocktail room run by two ex-Lucca Bebek bartenders — the chapter's working answer west of the castle.
Kavanoz Yalıkavak Bar Bar Compare Cocktail Program Village Sunset Kavanoz Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$ Summer outpost of the Arnavutköy bartender-led original — Yalıkavak village side, sunset-anchored, serious cocktails.
The Agency Palmarina Bar Bar Compare Live Music Marina Kitchen Led The Agency Palmarina Yalıkavak (Palmarina) $$$$ Yalıkavak Palmarina bistro that flips to a live-music room on Friday and Saturday — curated bookings, kitchen-anchored.
Yula Yalıkavak Bar Bar Compare Village Waterfront Cocktail Program Yula Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$ The Yalıkavak village-waterfront cousin of the Bodrum-merkez bar — smaller room, harbour-facing, late-shift cocktails.
Adamik Bar Bar Compare Dive Bar Music Forward Speakeasy Adamik Bodrum $$ An old-Bodrum back-alley bar on Banka Sokak — rock and 80s, signature mandarin Sandoz
DAZE Türkbükü Bar Bar Compare Waterfront Music Forward Elegant DAZE Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$ No:81 Hotel's beach deck — a Türkbükü bay restaurant that turns into a proper night room
Galia Bar Bar Compare Waterfront See & Be Seen Music Forward Galia Türkbükü $$$$ Kuum Hotel's beach restaurant on the Türkbükü deck — sunset table, late-night dance floor
Kâtip Bar Bar Compare Intimate Garden Speakeasy Kâtip Bodrum $$$ A speakeasy cocktail bar set inside a 500-year-old stone house behind the marina, lemon tree in the garden
Mavi Bar Bar Bar Compare Historic Live Music Intimate Mavi Bar Bodrum $$ The 1983 stone-house jazz bar where Yeni Türkü and Erkan Oğur played before anyone had heard of them
Sail Loft Surf Shack Bar Bar Compare Waterfront Music Forward Casual Sail Loft Surf Shack Gündoğan $$ Gündoğan's salt-and-sand original since 2000 — windsurf school by day, neighbourhood bar with live jazz at night
Yağhane Bodrum Bar Bar Compare Intimate Rustic Artistic Yağhane Bodrum Ortakent $$ A restored nineteenth-century olive-oil mill in Ortakent, run as a wine and coffee house with a working press
Yula Bodrum Bar Bar Compare Intimate Craft Cocktails Waterfront Yula Bodrum Bodrum $$$ A Çarşı-side cocktail bar with the castle in the frame and a list that takes itself seriously