Venues similar to Mandalya

The Akyarlar harbour fish house run by the same family since 1986, with Kos a sunset away across the strait

Gündoğan's seaside fish house, run by Chef Ali Akbalık and the village's first reference for two decades

Erhan Usta's fish house on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1983, still the chef's name on the door

A quieter alternative on the Gümüşlük iskele, run by a fishing family

An understated Bitez seafront fish house that runs to the proper meyhane register

A long-running fish house at the western Bodrum harbour, with a serious raki sofrası

Torba's classic family fish house, on the Kilise bay since 1987 and open through the off-season

A direct-on-the-water Gümüşlük fish room with the boats and Rabbit Island a metre from the table

A Gümüşlük classic since 1990, fish-grill room on the Yalı Mevkii with the same logic three decades on

An intimate Türkbükü beachfront kitchen with a small chef-led menu that turns over with the season

Türkbükü pier institution since 1970, the bay's longest-running family-run fish house, candlelit dinner over the sea.

Gümüşlük's defining seafood house, where Istanbul tables run two seatings on August nights

The first table on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1962, still run by the family