Laura Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Chef Led Modern Laura Bodrum Yahşi $$$ Yahşi seafront chef-led beach-and-fine-dining room — Melisa Yördem, Paul Moisson-trained, daytime beach into evening restaurant. Same category
Almera Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Kitchen Led Modern Calm Almera Restaurant Bitez $$$ Bitez modern-Aegean kitchen — careful sourcing, calm room, the established middle of the bay. Same category
Lucca by the Sea Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Destination Kitchen Led Lucca by the Sea Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Lucca Bebek's evening Türkbükü dinner room on Cennet Koyu — fire-baked pizzas, wood-grilled seafood and an award-winning bar. Same category
Assaggio at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Elegant Waterfront Assaggio at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Italian dining room at Mandarin Oriental's Paradise Bay — Chef Fabio De Paolis, Haute Grandeur 2018 Best Mediterranean and Italian Cuisine in Europe. Same category
Opaque by the Sea Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Intimate Kitchen Led Modern Opaque by the Sea Yahşi $$$$ Chef Nilay Lale's Khai Hotel signature room on the Yahşi pier, modern Aegean meets Asian technique. Same category
Laura Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Kitchen Led Modern Laura Bodrum Yahşi $$$$ Yahşi's new-generation beach-restaurant room, bohemian-chic evening kitchen signed by chef Melisa Yördem. Same category
Kurul Bitez Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Kitchen Led Modern Kebab Kurul Bitez Bitez $$$ MICHELIN Guide modern kebab — the most ambitious kitchen in Bitez, kebab as fine-dining grammar. Same category
Bohemy Yalıkavak Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Kitchen Led Modern Bohemy Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ MGallery Yalıkavak signature room — modern Aegean-Anatolian under Kemal Can Yurttaş, Gault&Millau Young Chef of the Year 2024. Same category
Vira's Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Hotel Restaurant Live Music Vira's Restaurant Yahşi $$$ Yahşi seafront hotel restaurant — Tripadvisor #2 in Ortakent, Travelers' Choice, steak-and-meze on the sand with Friday-night live music. Same category
The Red Balloon Yalıkavak Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Kitchen Led Michelin Recommended The Red Balloon Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ Chef Ulaş Durmaz's North Aegean seafood room at Avantgarde Refined, MICHELIN Guide 2025 and Gault&Millau Modern Cuisine 2025. Same category
Fener Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Fener Restaurant Akyarlar $$$ A third-generation Akyarlar fish house since 1978, on a wooded cape fifteen metres above the strait to Kos Same category
Kurochan by IOKI Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Destination Elegant Kurochan by IOKI Türkbükü $$$$ Mandarin Oriental's Japanese-Peruvian room — sushi, robata and sake on the resort's main beach, run by the IOKI Istanbul team Same category
Tuti Restaurant Restaurant Compare Fine Dining Elegant Waterfront Tuti Bodrum $$$$ The Marmara's hilltop terrace — Hakan Süve's Mediterranean kitchen, Michelin Guide listed, four İncili pearls, and the city's best castle view Same category
Aman Garden Restaurant Restaurant Compare Garden Sunset Meze Aman Garden Gümüşlük $$$ Garden table overlooking Rabbit Island — Aegean meze and grilled meat, sunset choreography. Same category
Arnavutköy Balıkçısı Türkbükü Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Kitchen Led Elegant Arnavutköy Balıkçısı Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$$ Gault&Millau Türkiye Best Seafood 2024-2025-2026, the Istanbul fish house's chef-driven summer outpost on Sess Türkbükü pier. Same category
Bodrum Balıkçısı at Mandarin Oriental Restaurant Restaurant Compare Hotel Restaurant Waterfront Classic Bodrum Balıkçısı at Mandarin Oriental Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Mandarin Oriental Paradise Bay's casual Turkish seafood room — fresh-catch counter, mezes and rakı above Blue Beach. Same category
Yirmibir Bodrum Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Modern New Yirmibir Bodrum Bitez $$$$ Çökertme Caddesi steak-and-beach room since 2025, dry-age beef and lamb sourced from Afyon and Balıkesir producers. Same category
Terzi Mustafa'nın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Iskele Family Run Terzi Mustafa'nın Yeri Gündoğan $$$ The Gündoğan iskele fish anchor — Mustafa's family, the day's catch, the cove's quiet evening. Same category
Reana Gündoğan Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Iskele Family Run Reana Gündoğan Gündoğan $$$ Gündoğan fish-and-meze room — the cove's second iskele address, smaller and lower-pressure than the anchor. Same category
Hadi Balık Bistro Restaurant Restaurant Compare Modern Bistro Cocktail Bar Hadi Balık Bistro Akyarlar $$$ Aspat Anthaven seafood bistro — the southern-bay alternative to the harbour fish rooms, garlic shrimp and shrimp bruschetta on a Google 4.9. Same category