Best Views in Çeşme

The original Şifne address of the Kabak fish dynasty, the quiet one, where the locals still go

Ilıca Hotel's open-deck Aegean room overlooking the thermal bay, the resort coast's most assured kitchen

A small Şifne fish house on the village side, for when even Ferdi Baba feels too crowded

Sertan's small seafood room on the Yıldızburnu cape, water-edge tables, sharp kitchen, prices that still make sense by Çeşme standards

Italian-leaning Mediterranean kitchen on the cape, pasta, wood-fired pizza and Aegean fish in a room engineered for long sea-view dinners

Türkiye's first lobster restaurant, Tuğrul Erol's Çiftlikköy room since 1974 and Vedat Milor's consistent Aegean pick

The Yılmaz family's Çiftlikköy seafront since 2009, the quietest Çeşme fish table looking across to Sakız