Arka Ristorante Pizzeria Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Family Friendly Casual Classic Arka Ristorante Pizzeria Bodrum $$$ The Cumhuriyet trattoria that has held the Michelin Bib Gourmand for Neapolitan pizza and seafood risotto since 2013
Arnavutköy Balıkçısı Türkbükü Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Kitchen Led Elegant Arnavutköy Balıkçısı Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$$ Gault&Millau Türkiye Best Seafood 2024-2025-2026, the Istanbul fish house's chef-driven summer outpost on Sess Türkbükü pier.
Assaggio at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Elegant Waterfront Assaggio at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Italian dining room at Mandarin Oriental's Paradise Bay — Chef Fabio De Paolis, Haute Grandeur 2018 Best Mediterranean and Italian Cuisine in Europe.
Birds Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Marina Dinner Show Birds Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Vasilchuk Brothers' Pan-Asian restaurant-and-show on the Yalıkavak Marina seafront, sister room of Birds Moscow.
Branco Beach Club Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Daytime Live Music Branco Beach Club Bitez $$$ Pomelan beach compound bundling beach club, brasserie, balıkçı and a jazz room under chef Cüneyt Kırsan.
Cliff Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Waterfront Modern Cliff Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Allium Bodrum Resort's signature room, modern Aegean over the Çökertme cliff with the Greek-islands horizon.
Cotto Sul Mare Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Elegant Waterfront Cotto Sul Mare Torba $$$$ Casa Dell'Arte's seaside Italian dining room — wood-fired fish, fresh pasta, art-hotel setting
Frankie Beach Club Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Beach Club Waterfront Elegant Frankie Beach Club Torba $$$$ Susona Bodrum's beachfront day club — Aegean and Mediterranean small plates on Torba Bay, day-to-dusk DJ programming
Greta Gümüşlük Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Romantic Modern Greta Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$$ A hillside fine-dining room above the village, live music after sunset, world-cuisine card
HYDE Beach Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Beach Club Waterfront See & Be Seen HYDE Beach Torba $$$$ HYDE Bodrum's beach club — Mediterranean and Japanese plates, daily DJ programming, adults-only
Jadem Gümüşlük Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Modern Romantic Jadem Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$$ Chef Uğur Filiz's open-fire fish room with the panoramic seat and the underwater lights at the tables
Karafaki Erhan Usta Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Romantic Karafaki Erhan Usta Gümüşlük $$$ Erhan Usta's fish house on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1983, still the chef's name on the door
Kısmet Lokantası Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Family Friendly Casual Kısmet Lokantası Konacık $$ Konacık's MICHELIN-recommended esnaf lokantası since 1999, the tray-line everyone from the marina mechanic to İstanbullu second-home owners works through.
Laura Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Kitchen Led Modern Laura Bodrum Yahşi $$$$ Yahşi's new-generation beach-restaurant room, bohemian-chic evening kitchen signed by chef Melisa Yördem.
Lika Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Terrace Modern Lika Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$ Birdcage 33 Hotel's terrace restaurant, karma mutfak (assorted cuisine) over Yalıkavak Bay.
Lucca by the Sea Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Destination Kitchen Led Lucca by the Sea Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Lucca Bebek's evening Türkbükü dinner room on Cennet Koyu — fire-baked pizzas, wood-grilled seafood and an award-winning bar.
Memedof Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Run Memedof Bodrum $$$ Mehmet and Tülin Çuhadar's seafood room at Milta Marina; Bodrum's reference fish house since the early 2000s
Novikov Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Marina International Novikov Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Novikov Group's first Türkiye outpost at Yalıkavak Marina, Asian-Mediterranean seafood with the brand's display-case grammar.
OPA Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Marina Shared Plate OPA Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ OPA's Yalıkavak Marina outpost, chef Tim Newton's shared-plate Greek room with a sunset music programme.
Opaque by the Sea Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Intimate Kitchen Led Modern Opaque by the Sea Yahşi $$$$ Chef Nilay Lale's Khai Hotel signature room on the Yahşi pier, modern Aegean meets Asian technique.
Papara Köy Sofrası Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Garden Family Friendly Rustic Papara Köy Sofrası Çiftlik $$ The Kızılağaç köy kahvaltısı address on the Yalıçiftlik road since 2015, with eggs from the garden coop and a kitchen run by the family that owns the land.
Şahin Motel & Restaurant Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Family Friendly Rustic Şahin Motel & Restaurant Çiftlik $$ The 1987 family pansiyon on the Yalıçiftlik strand, with a sea-front dining room the chapter reads as Çiftlik's straight-line meze house.
Sait Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant Waterfront Sait Bodrum $$$$ The original Sait Yılmaz seafood room on Neyzen Tevfik; the Bodrum kitchen that built the Galataport and Yalıkavak branches
Sakhalin Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Marina Raw Bar Sakhalin Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ White Rabbit Family's Mediterrasian seafood room at Yalıkavak Marina, brand-chef Vladimir Mukhin's Türkiye outpost.
Suyah Pool Club Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Pool Club Fusion Elegant Suyah Pool Club Torba $$$$ Susona's pool-side Italian-Japanese kitchen under Kaan Yıldırım — sashimi, hand-rolled pasta, golden-hour DJ sets
The Lemon Tree Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront All Day Classic The Lemon Tree Bitez $$$ Bitez seafront kitchen next to the Yalı mosque, the bay's long-running all-day room.
The Red Balloon Yalıkavak Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Kitchen Led Michelin Recommended The Red Balloon Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ Chef Ulaş Durmaz's North Aegean seafood room at Avantgarde Refined, MICHELIN Guide 2025 and Gault&Millau Modern Cuisine 2025.
Trattoria il Mandarino Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Garden Intimate Family Trattoria il Mandarino Bitez $$$ Melina Kırmacı's family-recipe Italian kitchen, set inside a mandarin and lemon orchard in inland Bitez.
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.
Kuum Hotel & Spa Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Modern Minimalist Kuum Hotel & Spa Türkbükü $$$$ Modern-minimalist 52-room Türkbükü cove — quiet, food-forward, the not-Macakizi answer in the same bay.
Lucca Beach Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Daytime Dj Program Lucca Beach Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Cennet Koyu daytime beach club — strict 10:00–19:00 calendar, international house and melodic-techno residencies.
MOMO Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Trendy Cosmopolitan MOMO Bodrum Yalıkavak (Tilkicik Bay) $$$$ Tilkicik Bay aperitivo room — Mediterranean wood-deck format that opened 2022 and immediately found its register.
Mükellef Gümüşlük Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Boutique Hotel Wine Program Mükellef Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$$ All-day Gümüşlük operation — small hotel, kitchen-led seafood, a wine list the cove was missing.
Xuma Village Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Bohemian Calm Xuma Village Yalıkavak $$$ Twenty-eight-year-old Yalıkavak beach village — capped capacity, bohemian-mature, the anti-marina antidote.
Bağarası Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Garden Rustic Intimate Bağarası Bitez $$$ Bib Gourmand 2026 — Ümmühan Girgin's mandarin-garden meze house in the back lanes of Bitez
Mezegi Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Marina Chic Mezegi Göcek (Fethiye) $$$ Bib Gourmand 2026 — a chic all-day meze room on D-Marin Göcek with the yachts in the foreground and the Reşadiye mountains behind
Mezra Yalıkavak Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Intimate Modern Mezra Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ Serhat Doğramacı's farm-to-table tasting room — Türkiye's newest Michelin star and a Green Star for sustainability
Orfoz Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Intimate Elegant Waterfront Orfoz Bodrum $$$$ The Kumbahçe seafood room with a Michelin Green Star and one menu for the whole house each night
Yakamengen III Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Garden Intimate Rustic Yakamengen III Datça (Reşadiye Peninsula) $$$ MICHELIN Young Chef Award 2026 — Duru Akgül's restored olive-oil mill on the Reşadiye Peninsula
Ayla Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Elegant Intimate Ayla Türkbükü $$$$ Maçakızı's intimate eighteen-cover fine-dining counterpoint, by Aret Sahakyan — Turkish classics rewritten as memory and terroir
Barbarossa Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Destination Waterfront Elegant Barbarossa Bodrum $$$$ Paros's iconic Greek seafood house, transplanted to Caresse's private beach by Athenian chef Dimitrios Nikolis
Gigi Rigolatto Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare See & Be Seen Long Lunch Elegant Gigi Rigolatto Bodrum Türkbükü $$$$ The Saint-Tropez and Paris Italian, now permanently at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum from summer 2026
Hakkasan Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront See & Be Seen Hakkasan Bodrum Türkbükü $$$$ The London-Vegas Cantonese house running its tenth global outpost on Cennet Bay
Kitchen by Osman Sezener Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Michelin Starred Intimate Kitchen by Osman Sezener Yalıkavak $$$$ Osman Sezener's one-Michelin-star Aegean kitchen at The Bodrum EDITION, the peninsula's most serious tasting menu
Kurochan by IOKI Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Destination Elegant Kurochan by IOKI Türkbükü $$$$ Mandarin Oriental's Japanese-Peruvian room — sushi, robata and sake on the resort's main beach, run by the IOKI Istanbul team
Malva Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Elegant Michelin Recognized Malva Torba $$$$ Susona's Michelin Guide-listed dining room — Gürkan Tümsek's micro-local Aegean kitchen, zero-waste, vegetable-forward
ORO by Alfredo Russo Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Destination International Brand ORO by Alfredo Russo Bodrum $$$$ Michelin-starred Italian by Alfredo Russo at Maxx Royal — homemade pasta and restraint, in the resort's most serious room
ROKA Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Destination Waterfront ROKA Bodrum Türkbükü $$$$ Zuma's sibling brand at Mandarin Oriental — robatayaki, sushi and Aegean cliff views, returning May 2026
Limon Gümüşlük Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Romantic Elegant Classic Limon Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$ A bougainvillea-shaded hilltop terrace that has been the Gümüşlük sunset for two decades
Maçakızı Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront See & Be Seen Maçakızı Türkbükü $$$$ The original Türkbükü beach hotel that defined Aegean restraint for two generations
Mimoza Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Elegant Classic Mimoza Bodrum Gümüşlük $$$$ Gümüşlük's defining seafood house, where Istanbul tables run two seatings on August nights
The Beach Club at The Bodrum EDITION Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront Modern The Beach Club at The Bodrum EDITION Yalıkavak $$$$ The most controlled, design-led beach club operation on the Yalıkavak side