Şahin Motel & Restaurant Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Family Friendly Rustic Şahin Motel & Restaurant Çiftlik $$ The 1987 family pansiyon on the Yalıçiftlik strand, with a sea-front dining room the chapter reads as Çiftlik's straight-line meze house.
Çakıltaşı Beach Cafe & Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Casual Family Friendly Çakıltaşı Beach Cafe & Restaurant Gündoğan $$ Built on Yalı Mevkii, a classic Gündoğan beach cafe known for its olive-oil dishes and homemade mezes.
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 $$ Bodrum's reference for Belgian-style pot mussels, opposite the Gündoğan harbour.
Şahane Restorant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Boutique Family Run Şahane Restorant Akyarlar $$ Akyarlar harbour boutique-hotel kitchen on Liman Caddesi, Cretan-paste mussel rice and grilled fish at the village register, with rooms upstairs.
Yalıyanı Motel & Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Family Friendly Intimate Yalıyanı Motel & Restaurant Çiftlik $$ The Alparslan family's clean-and-quiet pansiyon on Yalıçiftlik Caddesi, three generations on the strand, café meals on the deck, no destination noise.
Beyaz Beach Club Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Family Friendly Casual Beyaz Beach Club Bitez $$ 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) $$ Yahşi-side display-on-ice fish counter, value, freshness, the working version of the Ortakent harbour template.
Nazmi Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Old Guard Iskele Nazmi Restaurant Gümüşlük $$ 1968 harbour fish house, the Gümüşlük institution that pre-dates the cove's curated era.
Paragadi Balık Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Iskele Value Paragadi Balık Gündoğan $$ Smaller Gündoğan harbour fish house, the value entry against the cove's anchor names.
Sail Loft Surf Shack Bar Bar Confronta Waterfront Music Forward Casual Sail Loft Surf Shack Gündoğan $$ Gündoğan's salt-and-sand original since 2000, windsurf school by day, neighbourhood bar with live jazz at night
Gümüş Cafe Cafe Cafe Confronta Chill Rustic Waterfront Gümüş Cafe Gümüşlük $$ The morning corner of Gümüşlük, where coffee arrives before the boats unload
Sünger Pizza Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Lively Waterfront Sünger Pizza Bodrum $$ Bodrum's pre-Cumhuriyet-rush institution, on the Neyzen Tevfik harbour since 1979