Rokka Beach & Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Rokka Beach & Restaurant Yahşi $$$ Long-running rakı-balık and beach room on the Ortakent-Yahşi waterfront, open from eight in the morning to midnight. Same category
Ayana Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Ayana Balık Yahşi $$$ Long-standing rakı and fish house on Yahşi shore, catch of the day on ice, large dining room. Same category
Köşem Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Köşem Balık Ortakent $$$ The mother-and-son Aegean fish house that has held the Yahşi-Ortakent waterfront since the marina was built Same category
Kardeşler Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Run Kardeşler Balık Akyarlar $$$ Akyarlar harbour fish house on Yalı Caddesi, the village's #2-ranked seafront room with live music nights and full meze counter. Same category
Dayı Balık Sahil Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Casual Dayı Balık Sahil Yahşi $$$ Cafer Karakaya's fish counter and beachfront room on the Yahşi shore, TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice 2025. Same category
Mehtap Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Mehtap Balık Akyarlar $$$ The Akyarlar harbour fish house run by the same family since 1986, with Kos a sunset away across the strait Same category
Fener Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Fener Restaurant Akyarlar $$$ A third-generation Akyarlar fish house since 1978, on a wooded cape fifteen metres above the strait to Kos Same category
Ali Rıza'nın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Rustic Waterfront Classic Ali Rıza'nın Yeri Gümüşlük $$$ The first table on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1962, still run by the family Same category
Fener Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Rustic Fener Restaurant Gümüşlük $$$ A quieter alternative on the Gümüşlük iskele, run by a fishing family Same category
Memedof Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Intimate Memedof Bitez $$$ An understated Bitez seafront fish house that runs to the proper meyhane register Same category
Kalamare Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Intimate Kalamare Bodrum $$$ A long-running fish house at the western Bodrum harbour, with a serious raki sofrası Same category
Miços Yalıkavak Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Rustic Classic Miços Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$ Tilkicik Cove's original fish house, on its own jetty since 1993 and still family-run Same category
Melengeç Türkbükü Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Intimate Melengeç Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$ The Gümüşlük meze house's Türkbükü sister, on Liman Caddesi with thirty cold and hot starters Same category
Gonca Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Intimate Gonca Balık Torba $$$ Torba's classic family fish house, on the Kilise bay since 1987 and open through the off-season Same category
Balıkçı Hasan Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Village Family Run Balıkçı Hasan Güvercinlik $$$ Güvercinlik's quieter waterside fish house, on the same Sahilyolu address since 1985 Same category
Arka Ristorante Pizzeria Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Family Friendly Casual Classic Arka Ristorante Pizzeria Bodrum $$$ The Cumhuriyet trattoria that has held the Michelin Bib Gourmand for Neapolitan pizza and seafood risotto since 2013 Same category
Vira's Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Hotel Restaurant Live Music Vira's Restaurant Yahşi $$$ Yahşi seafront hotel restaurant, Tripadvisor #2 in Ortakent, Travelers' Choice, steak-and-meze on the sand with Friday-night live music. Same category
The Lemon Tree Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront All Day Classic The Lemon Tree Bitez $$$ Bitez seafront kitchen next to the Yalı mosque, the bay's long-running all-day room. Same category
Aqua Restaurant & Beach Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront All Day Classic Aqua Restaurant & Beach Bitez $$$ Bitez Yalısı beachfront kitchen and beach club, kitchen-led seafood from morning to late. Same category
Aquarium Balık Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Romantic Aquarium Balık Restaurant Gümüşlük $$$ İlknur and Cengiz Özbaşaran's family fish house on the Gümüşlük beach since 1992, recommended in New York Times Same category