Arka Ristorante Pizzeria Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Family Friendly Casual Classic Arka Ristorante Pizzeria Bodrum $$$ The Cumhuriyet trattoria that has held the Michelin Bib Gourmand for Neapolitan pizza and seafood risotto since 2013
Karafaki Erhan Usta Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Romantic Karafaki Erhan Usta Gümüşlük $$$ Erhan Usta's fish house on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1983, still the chef's name on the door
Memedof Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Run Memedof Bodrum $$$ Mehmet and Tülin Çuhadar's seafood room at Milta Marina; Bodrum's reference fish house since the early 2000s
Sait Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Classic Elegant Waterfront Sait Bodrum $$$$ The original Sait Yılmaz seafood room on Neyzen Tevfik; the Bodrum kitchen that built the Galataport and Yalıkavak branches
The Lemon Tree Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront All Day Classic The Lemon Tree Bitez $$$ Bitez seafront kitchen next to the Yalı mosque, the bay's long-running all-day room.
Limon Gümüşlük Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Romantic Elegant Classic Limon Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$ A bougainvillea-shaded hilltop terrace that has been the Gümüşlük sunset for two decades
Maçakızı Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront See & Be Seen Maçakızı Türkbükü $$$$ The original Türkbükü beach hotel that defined Aegean restraint for two generations
Mimoza Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Elegant Classic Mimoza Bodrum Gümüşlük $$$$ Gümüşlük's defining seafood house, where Istanbul tables run two seatings on August nights
Aqua Restaurant & Beach Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront All Day Classic Aqua Restaurant & Beach Bitez $$$ Bitez Yalısı beachfront kitchen and beach club, kitchen-led seafood from morning to late.
Aquarium Balık Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Romantic Aquarium Balık Restaurant Gümüşlük $$$ İlknur and Cengiz Özbaşaran's family fish house on the Gümüşlük beach since 1992, recommended in New York Times
Ayana Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Ayana Balık Yahşi $$$ Long-standing rakı and fish house on Yahşi shore, catch of the day on ice, large dining room.
Çakıltaşı Beach Cafe & Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Casual Family Friendly Çakıltaşı Beach Cafe & Restaurant Gündoğan $$ Built on Yalı Mevkii, a classic Gündoğan beach cafe known for its olive-oil dishes and homemade mezes.
Dayı Balık Sahil Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Casual Dayı Balık Sahil Yahşi $$$ Cafer Karakaya's fish counter and beachfront room on the Yahşi shore, TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice 2025.
Eda Balık Türkbükü Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Run Eda Balık Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$ Türkbükü pier institution since 1970 — the bay's longest-running family-run fish house, candlelit dinner over the sea.
Egenin İncisi Restaurant Restaurant Compare Casual Family Friendly Classic Egenin İncisi Konacık $$ Konacık's Atatürk Bulvarı pide-and-kebap room with a buffet kahvaltı for the residential weekend — stone-oven pide and Manisa köfte, open until three.
Gadıoğlu Restaurant & Beach Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Gadıoğlu Restaurant & Beach Gündoğan $$$ Right on the water in Gündoğan, the village reference that runs fish and beach service together.
Kardeşler Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Run Kardeşler Balık Akyarlar $$$ Akyarlar harbour fish house on Yalı Caddesi, the village's #2-ranked seafront room with live music nights and full meze counter.
Körfez Bar Bar Bar Compare Historic Rock Vinyl Körfez Bar Bodrum $$ The 1992 bar street original, vinyl rock from the sixties through the nineties, run by the Subaşıoğlu family
Köşebaşı Restaurant Restaurant Compare Garden Classic Year Round Köşebaşı Bitez $$$ Köşebaşı's Bitez branch since 2022, year-round Adana-Tarsus kebap programme with a real garden.
Liman Köftecisi Restaurant Restaurant Compare Local Favourite Casual Waterfront Liman Köftecisi Bodrum $$ The Eskiçeşme köfte counter the marina taxi drivers still queue for, three decades into the same recipe
Lokanta by Divan Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Kitchen Led Elegant Lokanta by Divan Bodrum Göltürkbükü $$$$ Divan Bodrum Palmira's signature dinner room on Göltürkbükü — Executive Chef Adnan Öztürk's Aegean kitchen with a zero-waste programme.
Mahmut Dede'nin Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Run Mahmut Dede'nin Yeri Akyarlar $$ Akyarlar seafront fish room on Yalı Caddesi, a six-meze rakı-balık table at a price ceiling well below the bay's named rooms.
Memedof Yalıkavak Restaurant Restaurant Compare Family Run Seafood Classic Memedof Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$ Mehmet Çuhadar's classic Aegean fish house, Gölköy 2001, Yalıkavak branch since 2007.
Myndos Restaurant — Cumhur'un Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Friendly Myndos Restaurant — Cumhur'un Yeri Gümüşlük $$$ One of Gümüşlük's oldest tables, 160 seats with a direct sightline to Tavşan Adası and the sunset
Okyanus Restaurant Gümüşlük Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Rustic Okyanus Restaurant Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$ A Gümüşlük classic since 1990, fish-grill room on the Yalı Mevkii with the same logic three decades on
Palavra Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Intimate Classic Rustic Palavra Balık Yahşi $$$ Small rakı-balık room on Müskebi Caddesi, grilled octopus and prawn casserole as house signatures.
Rokka Beach & Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Rokka Beach & Restaurant Yahşi $$$ Long-running rakı-balık and beach room on the Ortakent-Yahşi waterfront, open from eight in the morning to midnight.
Siesta Restaurant Gümüşlük Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Romantic Siesta Restaurant Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$ A 1991-opened fish room on the iskele, navy-blue tables, white walls, the same family on the floor
Vamos Bodrum Cafe Cafe Compare Garden Year Round Classic Vamos Bodrum Bitez $$ Year-round Bitez village brasserie with a mandarin-tree garden, breakfast through dinner.
Yakamoz Restaurant Gümüşlük Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Intimate Yakamoz Restaurant Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$ A direct-on-the-water Gümüşlük fish room with the boats and Rabbit Island a metre from the table
Akbalık Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Family Run Village Akbalık Restaurant Gündoğan $$$ Gündoğan's seaside fish house, run by Chef Ali Akbalık and the village's first reference for two decades
Atılay Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Elegant Atılay Balık Türkbükü $$$$ Türkbükü's oldest fish house, on the iskele since 1997 and still in family hands
Balıkçı Hasan Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Village Family Run Balıkçı Hasan Güvercinlik $$$ Güvercinlik's quieter waterside fish house, on the same Sahilyolu address since 1985
Cipriani Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront See & Be Seen Cipriani Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ The Cipriani family's first Aegean room, on the Palmarina pier with the Harry's Bar carbonara intact
Fener Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Fener Restaurant Akyarlar $$$ A third-generation Akyarlar fish house since 1978, on a wooded cape fifteen metres above the strait to Kos
Gonca Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Intimate Gonca Balık Torba $$$ Torba's classic family fish house, on the Kilise bay since 1987 and open through the off-season
Hasan'ın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Rustic Cozy Hasan'ın Yeri Yalıkavak $$$ Yalıkavak's original family fish kitchen, opened in the early 1980s and still on the same corner
Köşem Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Köşem Balık Ortakent $$$ The mother-and-son Aegean fish house that has held the Yahşi-Ortakent waterfront since the marina was built
La Pasion Restaurant Restaurant Compare Intimate Classic Romantic La Pasion Bodrum $$$ Bodrum's only real Spanish house — Neco's San Sebastián tapas on a 300-year-old stone street
Mavi Bar Bar Bar Compare Historic Live Music Intimate Mavi Bar Bodrum $$ The 1983 stone-house jazz bar where Yeni Türkü and Erkan Oğur played before anyone had heard of them
Mehtap Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Mehtap Balık Akyarlar $$$ The Akyarlar harbour fish house run by the same family since 1986, with Kos a sunset away across the strait
Melengeç Türkbükü Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Intimate Melengeç Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$ The Gümüşlük meze house's Türkbükü sister, on Liman Caddesi with thirty cold and hot starters
Mertcan Kokoreç Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Casual Local Mertcan Kokoreç Yalıkavak $ An İzmir kokoreç ustası that opened in 1974 and brought the trade to Yalıkavak in 2013 — the peninsula's serious answer
Miam Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Elegant Miam Türkbükü $$$$ A long-running Türkbükü waterfront classic that runs serious seafood by night
Miços Yalıkavak Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Rustic Classic Miços Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$ Tilkicik Cove's original fish house, on its own jetty since 1993 and still family-run
Müdavim Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Intimate Live Music Müdavim Bodrum $$$ A meyhane built into Sadun Boro's old Bodrum house, with kanun on the terrace and the castle in view
Otantik Ocakbaşı Restaurant Restaurant Compare Traditional Fire Cooking Classic Otantik Ocakbaşı Bodrum $$$ The peninsula's serious grill — dry-aged steak, kebabs and a wood-fire ocakbaşı that has held the Bib Gourmand three years running
Sait Yalıkavak Marina Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Marina See & Be Seen Sait Yalıkavak Marina Yalıkavak $$$$ The Yalıkavak marina's reference fish house — Aegean classics, ice-displayed catch, Michelin Guide listed
Ali Rıza'nın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Rustic Waterfront Classic Ali Rıza'nın Yeri Gümüşlük $$$ The first table on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1962, still run by the family
Fener Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Rustic Fener Restaurant Gümüşlük $$$ A quieter alternative on the Gümüşlük iskele, run by a fishing family
Garo's Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Intimate Waterfront Garo's Türkbükü $$$$ Türkbükü's Armenian-Aegean table, family-run and quietly precise
Kalamare Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Intimate Kalamare Bodrum $$$ A long-running fish house at the western Bodrum harbour, with a serious raki sofrası
Lacivert Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront Classic Lacivert Türkbükü $$$$ A long-running Türkbükü waterfront table reached by private boat from the iskele
Marina Yacht Club Restaurant Restaurant Compare Elegant Waterfront Classic Marina Yacht Club Bodrum $$$ The old D-Marin Bodrum members' room, open to non-members for lunch on the western harbour
Memedof Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Intimate Memedof Bitez $$$ An understated Bitez seafront fish house that runs to the proper meyhane register
Sünger Pizza Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Lively Waterfront Sünger Pizza Bodrum $$ Bodrum's pre-Cumhuriyet-rush institution, on the Neyzen Tevfik harbour since 1979