Arnavutköy Balıkçısı Türkbükü Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Kitchen Led Elegant Arnavutköy Balıkçısı Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$$ Gault&Millau Türkiye Best Seafood 2024-2025-2026, the Istanbul fish house's chef-driven summer outpost on Sess Türkbükü pier.
Assaggio at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Elegant Waterfront Assaggio at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Italian dining room at Mandarin Oriental's Paradise Bay — Chef Fabio De Paolis, Haute Grandeur 2018 Best Mediterranean and Italian Cuisine in Europe.
Cliff Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Waterfront Modern Cliff Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Allium Bodrum Resort's signature room, modern Aegean over the Çökertme cliff with the Greek-islands horizon.
Cotto Sul Mare Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Elegant Waterfront Cotto Sul Mare Torba $$$$ Casa Dell'Arte's seaside Italian dining room — wood-fired fish, fresh pasta, art-hotel setting
Laura Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Kitchen Led Modern Laura Bodrum Yahşi $$$$ Yahşi's new-generation beach-restaurant room, bohemian-chic evening kitchen signed by chef Melisa Yördem.
Lucca by the Sea Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Destination Kitchen Led Lucca by the Sea Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Lucca Bebek's evening Türkbükü dinner room on Cennet Koyu — fire-baked pizzas, wood-grilled seafood and an award-winning bar.
Novikov Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Marina International Novikov Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Novikov Group's first Türkiye outpost at Yalıkavak Marina, Asian-Mediterranean seafood with the brand's display-case grammar.
OPA Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Marina Shared Plate OPA Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ OPA's Yalıkavak Marina outpost, chef Tim Newton's shared-plate Greek room with a sunset music programme.
Opaque by the Sea Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Intimate Kitchen Led Modern Opaque by the Sea Yahşi $$$$ Chef Nilay Lale's Khai Hotel signature room on the Yahşi pier, modern Aegean meets Asian technique.
The Red Balloon Yalıkavak Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Kitchen Led Michelin Recommended The Red Balloon Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ Chef Ulaş Durmaz's North Aegean seafood room at Avantgarde Refined, MICHELIN Guide 2025 and Gault&Millau Modern Cuisine 2025.
Bohemy Yalıkavak Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Kitchen Led Modern Bohemy Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ MGallery Yalıkavak signature room — modern Aegean-Anatolian under Kemal Can Yurttaş, Gault&Millau Young Chef of the Year 2024.
Mükellef Gümüşlük Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Boutique Hotel Wine Program Mükellef Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$$ All-day Gümüşlük operation — small hotel, kitchen-led seafood, a wine list the cove was missing.
Orfoz Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Intimate Elegant Waterfront Orfoz Bodrum $$$$ The Kumbahçe seafood room with a Michelin Green Star and one menu for the whole house each night
Barbarossa Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Destination Waterfront Elegant Barbarossa Bodrum $$$$ Paros's iconic Greek seafood house, transplanted to Caresse's private beach by Athenian chef Dimitrios Nikolis
Gigi Rigolatto Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare See & Be Seen Long Lunch Elegant Gigi Rigolatto Bodrum Türkbükü $$$$ The Saint-Tropez and Paris Italian, now permanently at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum from summer 2026
Kitchen by Osman Sezener Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Michelin Starred Intimate Kitchen by Osman Sezener Yalıkavak $$$$ Osman Sezener's one-Michelin-star Aegean kitchen at The Bodrum EDITION, the peninsula's most serious tasting menu
Malva Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Elegant Michelin Recognized Malva Torba $$$$ Susona's Michelin Guide-listed dining room — Gürkan Tümsek's micro-local Aegean kitchen, zero-waste, vegetable-forward
Mimoza Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Elegant Classic Mimoza Bodrum Gümüşlük $$$$ Gümüşlük's defining seafood house, where Istanbul tables run two seatings on August nights
Lokanta by Divan Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Kitchen Led Elegant Lokanta by Divan Bodrum Göltürkbükü $$$$ Divan Bodrum Palmira's signature dinner room on Göltürkbükü — Executive Chef Adnan Öztürk's Aegean kitchen with a zero-waste programme.
Atılay Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Elegant Atılay Balık Türkbükü $$$$ Türkbükü's oldest fish house, on the iskele since 1997 and still in family hands
Cipriani Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront See & Be Seen Cipriani Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ The Cipriani family's first Aegean room, on the Palmarina pier with the Harry's Bar carbonara intact
Miam Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Elegant Miam Türkbükü $$$$ A long-running Türkbükü waterfront classic that runs serious seafood by night
Sait Yalıkavak Marina Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Marina See & Be Seen Sait Yalıkavak Marina Yalıkavak $$$$ The Yalıkavak marina's reference fish house — Aegean classics, ice-displayed catch, Michelin Guide listed
Tuti Restaurant Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Elegant Waterfront Tuti Bodrum $$$$ The Marmara's hilltop terrace — Hakan Süve's Mediterranean kitchen, Michelin Guide listed, four İncili pearls, and the city's best castle view
Lacivert Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront Classic Lacivert Türkbükü $$$$ A long-running Türkbükü waterfront table reached by private boat from the iskele