Arka Ristorante Pizzeria Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Family Friendly Casual Classic Arka Ristorante Pizzeria Bodrum $$$ The Cumhuriyet trattoria that has held the Michelin Bib Gourmand for Neapolitan pizza and seafood risotto since 2013
Avantgarde Refined Yalıkavak Hotel Scelta della redazione Hotel Confronta Boutique Hotel Design Waterfront Avantgarde Refined Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ MICHELIN Guide-listed boutique resort over Küdür Bay, 32 rooms, three restaurants, The Red Balloon and Hodan on the gastronomy side.
Papara Köy Sofrası Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Garden Family Friendly Rustic Papara Köy Sofrası Çiftlik $$ The Kızılağaç köy kahvaltısı address on the Yalıçiftlik road since 2015, with eggs from the garden coop and a kitchen run by the family that owns the land.
The Lemon Tree Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront All Day Classic The Lemon Tree Bitez $$$ Bitez seafront kitchen next to the Yalı mosque, the bay's long-running all-day room.
Yirmibir Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Modern New Yirmibir Bodrum Bitez $$$$ Çökertme Caddesi steak-and-beach room since 2025, dry-age beef and lamb sourced from Afyon and Balıkesir producers.
Aqua Restaurant & Beach Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront All Day Classic Aqua Restaurant & Beach Bitez $$$ Bitez Yalısı beachfront kitchen and beach club, kitchen-led seafood from morning to late.
Aquarium Balık Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Romantic Aquarium Balık Restaurant Gümüşlük $$$ İlknur and Cengiz Özbaşaran's family fish house on the Gümüşlük beach since 1992, recommended in New York Times
Ayana Balık Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Family Ayana Balık Yahşi $$$ Long-standing rakı and fish house on Yahşi shore, catch of the day on ice, large dining room.
Çakıltaşı Beach Cafe & Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Casual Family Friendly Çakıltaşı Beach Cafe & Restaurant Gündoğan $$ Built on Yalı Mevkii, a classic Gündoğan beach cafe known for its olive-oil dishes and homemade mezes.
Dayı Balık Sahil Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Casual Dayı Balık Sahil Yahşi $$$ Cafer Karakaya's fish counter and beachfront room on the Yahşi shore, TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice 2025.
Egenin İncisi Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Casual Family Friendly Classic Egenin İncisi Konacık $$ Konacık's Atatürk Bulvarı pide-and-kebap room with a buffet kahvaltı for the residential weekend, stone-oven pide and Manisa köfte, open until three.
Gadıoğlu Restaurant & Beach Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Family Gadıoğlu Restaurant & Beach Gündoğan $$$ Right on the water in Gündoğan, the village reference that runs fish and beach service together.
Kardeşler Balık Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Family Run Kardeşler Balık Akyarlar $$$ Akyarlar harbour fish house on Yalı Caddesi, the village's #2-ranked seafront room with live music nights and full meze counter.
Kefi Beach & Suites Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Family Friendly Casual Kefi Beach & Suites Yahşi $$$ Blue Flag beach and restaurant on Yahşi cove, stone-oven pizzas and a boutique room with a generous garden.
Kefi Beach Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Boutique Aegean Kefi Beach Bodrum Yahşi $$$ Yahşi boutique beach-hotel restaurant on Asma Sokak, Aegean kitchen, blue-flag private beach, six-to-seven happy hour with DJ.
Köşebaşı Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Garden Classic Year Round Köşebaşı Bitez $$$ Köşebaşı's Bitez branch since 2022, year-round Adana-Tarsus kebap programme with a real garden.
Liman Köftecisi Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Local Favourite Casual Waterfront Liman Köftecisi Bodrum $$ The Eskiçeşme köfte counter the marina taxi drivers still queue for, three decades into the same recipe
Mahmut Dede'nin Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Family Run Mahmut Dede'nin Yeri Akyarlar $$ Akyarlar seafront fish room on Yalı Caddesi, a six-meze rakı-balık table at a price ceiling well below the bay's named rooms.
Midyeci Şehmus Usta'nın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Casual Family Friendly Midyeci Şehmus Usta'nın Yeri Gündoğan $$ Bodrum's reference for Belgian-style pot mussels, opposite the Gündoğan harbour.
Myndos Restaurant, Cumhur'un Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Family Friendly Myndos Restaurant, Cumhur'un Yeri Gümüşlük $$$ One of Gümüşlük's oldest tables, 160 seats with a direct sightline to Tavşan Adası and the sunset
Okyanus Restaurant Gümüşlük Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Rustic Okyanus Restaurant Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$ A Gümüşlük classic since 1990, fish-grill room on the Yalı Mevkii with the same logic three decades on
Palavra Balık Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Intimate Classic Rustic Palavra Balık Yahşi $$$ Small rakı-balık room on Müskebi Caddesi, grilled octopus and prawn casserole as house signatures.
Piri Piri Pizza Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Cozy Modern Artistic Piri Piri Pizza Gümüşlük $$ A sourdough pizzeria with hand-crafted gin-tonic on homemade tonic, the village's alternative dinner
Rokka Beach & Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Family Rokka Beach & Restaurant Yahşi $$$ Long-running rakı-balık and beach room on the Ortakent-Yahşi waterfront, open from eight in the morning to midnight.
Şahane Restorant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Boutique Family Run Şahane Restorant Akyarlar $$ Akyarlar harbour boutique-hotel kitchen on Liman Caddesi, Cretan-paste mussel rice and grilled fish at the village register, with rooms upstairs.
Siesta Restaurant Gümüşlük Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Romantic Siesta Restaurant Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$ A 1991-opened fish room on the iskele, navy-blue tables, white walls, the same family on the floor
Vamos Bodrum Cafe Cafe Confronta Garden Year Round Classic Vamos Bodrum Bitez $$ Year-round Bitez village brasserie with a mandarin-tree garden, breakfast through dinner.
Vira's Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Hotel Restaurant Live Music Vira's Restaurant Yahşi $$$ Yahşi seafront hotel restaurant, Tripadvisor #2 in Ortakent, Travelers' Choice, steak-and-meze on the sand with Friday-night live music.
Yakamoz Restaurant Gümüşlük Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Intimate Yakamoz Restaurant Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$ A direct-on-the-water Gümüşlük fish room with the boats and Rabbit Island a metre from the table
Almera Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Kitchen Led Modern Calm Almera Restaurant Bitez $$$ Bitez modern-Aegean kitchen, careful sourcing, calm room, the established middle of the bay.
Beyaz Beach Club Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Family Friendly Casual Beyaz Beach Club Bitez $$ The Aktur Tatil Sitesi residents' beach, daytime canteen, evening live music, the Bitez compound's working room.
Dayı Balık Sahil Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Iskele Value Dayı Balık Sahil Ortakent (Yahşi) $$ Yahşi-side display-on-ice fish counter, value, freshness, the working version of the Ortakent harbour template.
Köşebaşı Gündoğan Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Kebab Institutional Köşebaşı Gündoğan Gündoğan $$$ The Adana / Tarsus kebab institution's Gündoğan summer outpost, the cove's reliable meat night.
Sarnıç Beach Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Established Family Friendly Sarnıç Beach Bitez $$$ Bitez seafront beach club since 1993, the bay's longest-running daytime room, residential rather than spectacle.
Terzi Mustafa'nın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Iskele Family Run Terzi Mustafa'nın Yeri Gündoğan $$$ The Gündoğan iskele fish anchor, Mustafa's family, the day's catch, the cove's quiet evening.
Yahşice Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Village Meze Kitchen Led Yahşice Restaurant Ortakent (Yahşi) $$$ Yahşi-side Aegean kitchen, the meze counter the producer-market crowd circles back to for dinner.
Atılay Balık Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Elegant Atılay Balık Türkbükü $$$$ Türkbükü's oldest fish house, on the iskele since 1997 and still in family hands
Balıkçı Hasan Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Village Family Run Balıkçı Hasan Güvercinlik $$$ Güvercinlik's quieter waterside fish house, on the same Sahilyolu address since 1985
Bitez Dondurma Cafe Cafe Confronta Chill Rustic Family Friendly Bitez Dondurma Bitez $$ The İhtiyar brothers' 1995 ice-cream counter on Bitez square, before it was a national name
Gonca Balık Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Intimate Gonca Balık Torba $$$ Torba's classic family fish house, on the Kilise bay since 1987 and open through the off-season
Hasan'ın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Rustic Cozy Hasan'ın Yeri Yalıkavak $$$ Yalıkavak's original family fish kitchen, opened in the early 1980s and still on the same corner
Köşem Balık Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Family Köşem Balık Ortakent $$$ The mother-and-son Aegean fish house that has held the Yahşi-Ortakent waterfront since the marina was built
Melengeç Türkbükü Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Intimate Melengeç Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$ The Gümüşlük meze house's Türkbükü sister, on Liman Caddesi with thirty cold and hot starters
Miços Yalıkavak Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Rustic Classic Miços Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$ Tilkicik Cove's original fish house, on its own jetty since 1993 and still family-run
Ali Rıza'nın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Rustic Waterfront Classic Ali Rıza'nın Yeri Gümüşlük $$$ The first table on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1962, still run by the family
Fener Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Rustic Fener Restaurant Gümüşlük $$$ A quieter alternative on the Gümüşlük iskele, run by a fishing family
Garo's Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Intimate Waterfront Garo's Türkbükü $$$$ Türkbükü's Armenian-Aegean table, family-run and quietly precise
Kalamare Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Intimate Kalamare Bodrum $$$ A long-running fish house at the western Bodrum harbour, with a serious raki sofrası
Memedof Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Intimate Memedof Bitez $$$ An understated Bitez seafront fish house that runs to the proper meyhane register
Sünger Pizza Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Lively Waterfront Sünger Pizza Bodrum $$ Bodrum's pre-Cumhuriyet-rush institution, on the Neyzen Tevfik harbour since 1979