Classic in Bodrum

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

A bougainvillea-shaded hilltop terrace that has been the Gümüşlük sunset for two decades

İlknur and Cengiz Özbaşaran's family fish house on the Gümüşlük beach since 1992, recommended in New York Times

Long-standing rakı and fish house on Yahşi shore, catch of the day on ice, large dining room.

Cafer Karakaya's fish counter and beachfront room on the Yahşi shore, TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice 2025.

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

One of Gümüşlük's oldest tables, 160 seats with a direct sightline to Tavşan Adası and the sunset

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

Small rakı-balık room on Müskebi Caddesi, grilled octopus and prawn casserole as house signatures.

A 1991-opened fish room on the iskele, navy-blue tables, white walls, the same family on the floor

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

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

Güvercinlik's quieter waterside fish house, on the same Sahilyolu address since 1985

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

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

The mother-and-son Aegean fish house that has held the Yahşi-Ortakent waterfront since the marina was built

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

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

The peninsula's serious grill, dry-aged steak, kebabs and a wood-fire ocakbaşı that has held the Bib Gourmand three years running

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

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

The old D-Marin Bodrum members' room, open to non-members for lunch on the western harbour

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