Classic in Bodrum

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

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

Mehmet and Tülin Çuhadar's seafood room at Milta Marina; Bodrum's reference fish house since the early 2000s

Bitez seafront kitchen next to the Yalı mosque, the bay's long-running all-day room.

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

Bitez Yalısı beachfront kitchen and beach club, kitchen-led seafood from morning to late.

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.

The Yalıçiftlik fisherman's room — tables set directly in the shallows, the day's fish off the boat, the family Mustafa Bey runs to a fifteen-cover register.

Türkbükü pier institution since 1970 — the bay's longest-running family-run fish house, candlelit dinner over the sea.

Right on the water in Gündoğan, the village reference that runs fish and beach service together.

Akyarlar harbour fish house on Yalı Caddesi, the village's #2-ranked seafront room with live music nights and full meze counter.

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

Mehmet Çuhadar's classic Aegean fish house, Gölköy 2001, Yalıkavak branch since 2007.

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.

Long-running rakı-balık and beach room on the Ortakent-Yahşi waterfront, open from eight in the morning to midnight.

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

The Yalıkavak breakfast institution's Türkbükü branch, with garden tables and its own jetty

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

A third-generation Akyarlar fish house since 1978, on a wooded cape fifteen metres above the strait to Kos

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

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

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

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

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

A meyhane built into Sadun Boro's old Bodrum house, with kanun on the terrace and the castle in view

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

A long-running fish house at the western Bodrum harbour, with a serious raki sofrası

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