Arka Ristorante Pizzeria Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Family Friendly Casual Classic Arka Ristorante Pizzeria Bodrum $$$ The Cumhuriyet trattoria that has held the Michelin Bib Gourmand for Neapolitan pizza and seafood risotto since 2013 Same category
Almera Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Kitchen Led Modern Calm Almera Restaurant Bitez $$$ Bitez modern-Aegean kitchen, careful sourcing, calm room, the established middle of the bay. Same category
Köşebaşı Restaurant Restaurant Compare Garden Classic Year Round Köşebaşı Bitez $$$ Köşebaşı's Bitez branch since 2022, year-round Adana-Tarsus kebap programme with a real garden. Same category
Terzi Mustafa'nın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Iskele Family Run Terzi Mustafa'nın Yeri Gündoğan $$$ The Gündoğan iskele fish anchor, Mustafa's family, the day's catch, the cove's quiet evening. 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
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 $$$ Tilkicik Cove's original fish house, on its own jetty since 1993 and still family-run Same category
Kurul Bitez Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Kitchen Led Modern Kebab Kurul Bitez Bitez $$$ MICHELIN Guide modern kebab, the most ambitious kitchen in Bitez, kebab as fine-dining grammar. Same category
Midyeci Şehmus Usta'nın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Casual Family Friendly Midyeci Şehmus Usta'nın Yeri Gündoğan $$ Bodrum's reference for Belgian-style pot mussels, opposite the Gündoğan harbour. Same category
Newseason Restaurant & Beach Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Daytime Family Friendly Newseason Restaurant & Beach Bitez $$$ Bitez seafront daytime room, shallow-water bay, kitchen-led lunch, the right answer for a long midday. Same category
Reana Gündoğan Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Iskele Family Run Reana Gündoğan Gündoğan $$$ Gündoğan fish-and-meze room, the cove's second iskele address, smaller and lower-pressure than the anchor. Same category
Sarnıç Beach Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Established Family Friendly Sarnıç Beach Bitez $$$ Bitez seafront beach club since 1993, the bay's longest-running daytime room, residential rather than spectacle. Same category
Kefi Beach & Suites Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Family Friendly Casual Kefi Beach & Suites Yahşi $$$ Blue Flag beach and restaurant on Yahşi cove, stone-oven pizzas and a boutique room with a generous garden. Same category
Gadıoğlu Restaurant & Beach Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Gadıoğlu Restaurant & Beach Gündoğan $$$ Right on the water in Gündoğan, the village reference that runs fish and beach service together. 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