Locali affini a Kâtip

A Çarşı-side cocktail bar with the castle in the frame and a list that takes itself seriously

Bitez village Mexican cantina from İrem Gürses, fire-grilled meats and handmade tortillas with a DJ programme.

No:81 Hotel's beach deck, a Türkbükü bay restaurant that turns into a proper night room

A Roman chef's intimate trattoria in Kumbahçe, pasta alla genovese and a roof terrace over Bodrum bay

Bodrum's only real Spanish house, Neco's San Sebastián tapas on a 300-year-old stone street

A small Adliye Sokak family kitchen, a meze tray and a chalkboard fish list, and a returning crowd that knows the names

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

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

Garden-style Aegean cooking in an old village house behind the marina

An intimate Türkbükü beachfront kitchen with a small chef-led menu that turns over with the season

The Gümüşlük meze house's Türkbükü sister, on Liman Caddesi with thirty cold and hot starters

Melina Kırmacı's family-recipe Italian kitchen, set inside a mandarin and lemon orchard in inland Bitez.

Erhan Usta's fish house on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1983, still the chef's name on the door

Neyzen Tevfik cocktail room run by two ex-Lucca Bebek bartenders, the chapter's working answer west of the castle.