Sake Wa

Sake Wa works the Anthaven complex on Atatürk Caddesi, the same Aspat-side enclave Hadi Balık operates from, and runs the southern peninsula's only Japanese kitchen at a price ceiling that sits firmly above the village's fish-house tradition. The card is sushi-and-wok rather than tasting-format: nigiri and maki, sashimi, tempura, beef carpaccio and rib eye on the steak side, an extensive sake list with the eponymous program-anchor. The room reads as the Anthaven enclave's chef-led answer to Yalıkavak's Zuma — closer by half an hour from the south coast, a quieter house, the Akyarlar second-house family's alternative to the half-peninsula drive for serious Japanese. Ranked sixth of eighteen rooms in Akyarlar; closed Tuesday, otherwise eleven into the evening through the season.