Arka Ristorante Pizzeria Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Family Friendly Casual Classic Arka Ristorante Pizzeria Bodrum $$$ The Cumhuriyet trattoria that has held the Michelin Bib Gourmand for Neapolitan pizza and seafood risotto since 2013
Arnavutköy Balıkçısı Türkbükü Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Kitchen Led Elegant Arnavutköy Balıkçısı Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$$ Gault&Millau Türkiye Best Seafood 2024-2025-2026, the Istanbul fish house's chef-driven summer outpost on Sess Türkbükü pier.
Birds Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Marina Dinner Show Birds Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Vasilchuk Brothers' Pan-Asian restaurant-and-show on the Yalıkavak Marina seafront, sister room of Birds Moscow.
Branco Beach Club Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Daytime Live Music Branco Beach Club Bitez $$$ Pomelan beach compound bundling beach club, brasserie, balıkçı and a jazz room under chef Cüneyt Kırsan.
Cliff Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Hotel Restaurant Waterfront Modern Cliff Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Allium Bodrum Resort's signature room, modern Aegean over the Çökertme cliff with the Greek-islands horizon.
Greta Gümüşlük Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Elegant Romantic Modern Greta Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$$ A hillside fine-dining room above the village, live music after sunset, world-cuisine card
Karafaki Erhan Usta Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Romantic Karafaki Erhan Usta Gümüşlük $$$ Erhan Usta's fish house on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1983, still the chef's name on the door
Lika Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Hotel Restaurant Terrace Modern Lika Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$ Birdcage 33 Hotel's terrace restaurant, karma mutfak (assorted cuisine) over Yalıkavak Bay.
Memedof Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Family Run Memedof Bodrum $$$ Mehmet and Tülin Çuhadar's seafood room at Milta Marina; Bodrum's reference fish house since the early 2000s
Novikov Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Marina International Novikov Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Novikov Group's first Türkiye outpost at Yalıkavak Marina, Asian-Mediterranean seafood with the brand's display-case grammar.
OPA Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Marina Shared Plate OPA Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ OPA's Yalıkavak Marina outpost, chef Tim Newton's shared-plate Greek room with a sunset music programme.
Opaque by the Sea Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Intimate Kitchen Led Modern Opaque by the Sea Yahşi $$$$ Chef Nilay Lale's Khai Hotel signature room on the Yahşi pier, modern Aegean meets Asian technique.
Papara Köy Sofrası Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Garden Family Friendly Rustic Papara Köy Sofrası Çiftlik $$ 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.
Sait Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Classic Elegant Waterfront Sait Bodrum $$$$ The original Sait Yılmaz seafood room on Neyzen Tevfik; the Bodrum kitchen that built the Galataport and Yalıkavak branches
Sakhalin Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Marina Raw Bar Sakhalin Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ White Rabbit Family's Mediterrasian seafood room at Yalıkavak Marina, brand-chef Vladimir Mukhin's Türkiye outpost.
The Lemon Tree Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront All Day Classic The Lemon Tree Bitez $$$ 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 $$$$ Çökertme Caddesi steak-and-beach room since 2025, dry-age beef and lamb sourced from Afyon and Balıkesir producers.
Bohemy Yalıkavak Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Hotel Restaurant Kitchen Led Modern Bohemy Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ MGallery Yalıkavak signature room — modern Aegean-Anatolian under Kemal Can Yurttaş, Gault&Millau Young Chef of the Year 2024.
Buddha-Bar Beach Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Pan Asian Dj Late Buddha-Bar Beach Bodrum Asarlık $$$$ The Asarlık franchise of the global Buddha-Bar Beach brand — pan-Asian-Mediterranean beach club inside Caresse Marriott.
Kuum Hotel & Spa Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Modern Minimalist Kuum Hotel & Spa Türkbükü $$$$ Modern-minimalist 52-room Türkbükü cove — quiet, food-forward, the not-Macakizi answer in the same bay.
MOMO Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Trendy Cosmopolitan MOMO Bodrum Yalıkavak (Tilkicik Bay) $$$$ Tilkicik Bay aperitivo room — Mediterranean wood-deck format that opened 2022 and immediately found its register.
Mükellef Gümüşlük Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Boutique Hotel Wine Program Mükellef Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$$ All-day Gümüşlük operation — small hotel, kitchen-led seafood, a wine list the cove was missing.
Xuma Village Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Bohemian Calm Xuma Village Yalıkavak $$$ Twenty-eight-year-old Yalıkavak beach village — capped capacity, bohemian-mature, the anti-marina antidote.
Bağarası Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Garden Rustic Intimate Bağarası Bitez $$$ Bib Gourmand 2026 — Ümmühan Girgin's mandarin-garden meze house in the back lanes of Bitez
Mezegi Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Marina Chic Mezegi Göcek (Fethiye) $$$ Bib Gourmand 2026 — a chic all-day meze room on D-Marin Göcek with the yachts in the foreground and the Reşadiye mountains behind
Orfoz Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Intimate Elegant Waterfront Orfoz Bodrum $$$$ The Kumbahçe seafood room with a Michelin Green Star and one menu for the whole house each night
Limon Gümüşlük Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Romantic Elegant Classic Limon Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$ A bougainvillea-shaded hilltop terrace that has been the Gümüşlük sunset for two decades
Maçakızı Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Elegant Waterfront See & Be Seen Maçakızı Türkbükü $$$$ The original Türkbükü beach hotel that defined Aegean restraint for two generations
Mimoza Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Elegant Classic Mimoza Bodrum Gümüşlük $$$$ Gümüşlük's defining seafood house, where Istanbul tables run two seatings on August nights
The Beach Club at The Bodrum EDITION Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Elegant Waterfront Modern The Beach Club at The Bodrum EDITION Yalıkavak $$$$ The most controlled, design-led beach club operation on the Yalıkavak side