Trattoria il Mandarino Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Garden Intimate Family Trattoria il Mandarino Bitez $$$ Melina Kırmacı's family-recipe Italian kitchen, set inside a mandarin and lemon orchard in inland Bitez. Same category
Almera Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Kitchen Led Modern Calm Almera Restaurant Bitez $$$ Bitez modern-Aegean kitchen — careful sourcing, calm room, the established middle of the bay. Same category
Arka Ristorante Pizzeria Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Family Friendly Casual Classic Arka Ristorante Pizzeria Bodrum $$$ The Cumhuriyet trattoria that has held the Michelin Bib Gourmand for Neapolitan pizza and seafood risotto since 2013 Same category
Köşebaşı Gündoğan Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Kebab Institutional Köşebaşı Gündoğan Gündoğan $$$ The Adana / Tarsus kebab institution's Gündoğan summer outpost — the cove's reliable meat night. Same category
Sofra at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Family Friendly Kitchen Led Sofra at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Mandarin Oriental's all-day Turkish room — the resort's renowned breakfast service plus a season-driven Anatolian dinner card. Same category
The Lemon Tree Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront All Day Classic The Lemon Tree Bitez $$$ 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 $$$ Bitez Yalısı beachfront kitchen and beach club, kitchen-led seafood from morning to late. Same category
Vamos Bodrum Cafe Cafe Compare Garden Year Round Classic Vamos Bodrum Bitez $$ Year-round Bitez village brasserie with a mandarin-tree garden, breakfast through dinner. Similar vibe
Bitz Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Compare Kitchen Led Modern Minimalist Bitz Bodrum Bitez $$$ Year-round Mediterranean room in Bitez — minimalist, kitchen-first, the off-season anchor the bay needed. Same category
Aquarium Balık Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Romantic Aquarium Balık Restaurant Gümüşlük $$$ İlknur and Cengiz Özbaşaran's family fish house on the Gümüşlük beach since 1992, recommended in New York Times Same category
Myndos Restaurant — Cumhur'un Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Friendly Myndos Restaurant — Cumhur'un Yeri Gümüşlük $$$ One of Gümüşlük's oldest tables, 160 seats with a direct sightline to Tavşan Adası and the sunset Same category
Şahin Motel & Restaurant Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Family Friendly Rustic Şahin Motel & Restaurant Çiftlik $$ The 1987 family pansiyon on the Yalıçiftlik strand, with a sea-front dining room the chapter reads as Çiftlik's straight-line meze house. Same category
Miços Yalıkavak Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Rustic Classic Miços Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$ Tilkicik Cove's original fish house, on its own jetty since 1993 and still family-run Same category
Hasan'ın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Rustic Cozy Hasan'ın Yeri Yalıkavak $$$ Yalıkavak's original family fish kitchen, opened in the early 1980s and still on the same corner Same category
Müdavim Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Intimate Live Music Müdavim Bodrum $$$ A meyhane built into Sadun Boro's old Bodrum house, with kanun on the terrace and the castle in view Same category
Dükkan No 10 Restaurant Restaurant Compare Intimate Family Run Neighbourhood Dükkan No 10 Bodrum $$$ A small Adliye Sokak family kitchen, a meze tray and a chalkboard fish list — and a returning crowd that knows the names Same category
Bodrum Makarnacı by Koko Restaurant Restaurant Compare Family Classic Intimate Bodrum Makarnacı by Koko Bitez $$ Rita and Koko Fesçi's handmade-pasta room on Adliye Caddesi, the Bitez village pasta address since 2012. Same category
Daş Mutfak Restaurant Restaurant Compare Family Friendly Casual Classic Daş Mutfak Konacık $$ The Bayazhan family's Antep kitchen brought to Konacık in 2021, with a stone-oven katmer line that runs year-round. Same category
Palavra Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Intimate Classic Rustic Palavra Balık Yahşi $$$ Small rakı-balık room on Müskebi Caddesi, grilled octopus and prawn casserole as house signatures. Same category
Memedof Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Intimate Memedof Bitez $$$ An understated Bitez seafront fish house that runs to the proper meyhane register Same category