Waterfront in Ilıca

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

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

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