Locali in Bodrum

The Cumhuriyet trattoria that has held the Michelin Bib Gourmand for Neapolitan pizza and seafood risotto since 2013

Naru and Dereköy Lokantası team's all-day bistro-bar on Adliye Caddesi, DJ programme on weekends.

Bib Gourmand 2026 — a chic all-day meze room on D-Marin Göcek with the yachts in the foreground and the Reşadiye mountains behind

A 5,000-bottle boutique winery rooted in the ancient Myndos terroir — Şiraz, Chardonnay, Öküzgözü

Köşebaşı's Bitez branch since 2022, year-round Adana-Tarsus kebap programme with a real garden.

The Eskiçeşme köfte counter the marina taxi drivers still queue for, three decades into the same recipe

A sourdough pizzeria with hand-crafted gin-tonic on homemade tonic, the village's alternative dinner

Chef Murat Deniz Temel and Kerem Tanel's 2025 Türkbükü opening — Aegean and Anatolian flavours with a sunset pier bar.

Bitez modern-Aegean kitchen — careful sourcing, calm room, the established middle of the bay.

Garden table overlooking Rabbit Island — Aegean meze and grilled meat, sunset choreography.

The Adana / Tarsus kebab institution's Gündoğan summer outpost — the cove's reliable meat night.

Yalıkavak Palmarina bistro that flips to a live-music room on Friday and Saturday — curated bookings, kitchen-anchored.

Yalıkavak's original family fish kitchen, opened in the early 1980s and still on the same corner

Tilkicik Cove's original fish house, on its own jetty since 1993 and still family-run

A smartly run, design-led beach club tucked between Yalıkavak and Gümüşlük

Bodrum's pre-Cumhuriyet-rush institution, on the Neyzen Tevfik harbour since 1979