El Vino Hotel & Suites Hotel Scelta della redazione Hotel Confronta Boutique Rooftop Wine Program El Vino Hotel & Suites Bodrum $$$ A 24-room boutique on Omurca with a rooftop restaurant, two pools and the owners' own H&G organic wine
Karafaki Erhan Usta Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Romantic Karafaki Erhan Usta Gümüşlük $$$ 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 $$$ Birdcage 33 Hotel's terrace restaurant, karma mutfak (assorted cuisine) over Yalıkavak Bay.
Trattoria il Mandarino Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Garden Intimate Family Trattoria il Mandarino Bitez $$$ Melina Kırmacı's family-recipe Italian kitchen, set inside a mandarin and lemon orchard in inland Bitez.
Kurul Bitez Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Kitchen Led Modern Kebab Kurul Bitez Bitez $$$ MICHELIN Guide modern kebab — the most ambitious kitchen in Bitez, kebab as fine-dining grammar.
Bağarası Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Garden Rustic Intimate Bağarası Bitez $$$ Bib Gourmand 2026 — Ümmühan Girgin's mandarin-garden meze house in the back lanes of Bitez
Yakamengen III Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Garden Intimate Rustic Yakamengen III Datça (Reşadiye Peninsula) $$$ MICHELIN Young Chef Award 2026 — Duru Akgül's restored olive-oil mill on the Reşadiye Peninsula
Limon Gümüşlük Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Romantic Elegant Classic Limon Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$ A bougainvillea-shaded hilltop terrace that has been the Gümüşlük sunset for two decades
Casa Hermanas Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Hotel Restaurant Waterfront Intimate Casa Hermanas Restaurant Torba $$$ Family-run beach hotel restaurant on Torba Bay — Mediterranean and Mexican kitchen under Chef Eduardo Luna
Deli Ağa Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Rustic Intimate Deli Ağa Restaurant Çiftlik $$$ 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.
Dükkan No 10 Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Intimate Family Run Neighbourhood Dükkan No 10 Bodrum $$$ A small Adliye Sokak family kitchen, a meze tray and a chalkboard fish list — and a returning crowd that knows the names
El Fuego Bar Bar Confronta Modern Dj Program Trendy El Fuego Bitez $$$ Bitez village Mexican cantina from İrem Gürses, fire-grilled meats and handmade tortillas with a DJ programme.
Gümüşlük Wines Shop Shop Confronta Artistic Hidden Gem Intimate Gümüşlük Wines Gümüşlük $$$ A 5,000-bottle boutique winery rooted in the ancient Myndos terroir — Şiraz, Chardonnay, Öküzgözü
Kefi Beach Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Boutique Aegean Kefi Beach Bodrum Yahşi $$$ Yahşi boutique beach-hotel restaurant on Asma Sokak — Aegean kitchen, blue-flag private beach, six-to-seven happy hour with DJ.
Okyanus Restaurant Gümüşlük Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Rustic Okyanus Restaurant Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$ A Gümüşlük classic since 1990, fish-grill room on the Yalı Mevkii with the same logic three decades on
Palavra Balık Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Intimate Classic Rustic Palavra Balık Yahşi $$$ Small rakı-balık room on Müskebi Caddesi, grilled octopus and prawn casserole as house signatures.
Yakamoz Restaurant Gümüşlük Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Intimate Yakamoz Restaurant Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$ A direct-on-the-water Gümüşlük fish room with the boats and Rabbit Island a metre from the table
Aman Garden Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Garden Sunset Meze Aman Garden Gümüşlük $$$ Garden table overlooking Rabbit Island — Aegean meze and grilled meat, sunset choreography.
Beynel Bitez Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Garden Regional Cuisine Intimate Beynel Bitez Bitez $$$ A geography-of-Türkiye meze and kebab room under the mandarin trees, Bib Gourmand 2025-2026
Gonca Balık Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Intimate Gonca Balık Torba $$$ Torba's classic family fish house, on the Kilise bay since 1987 and open through the off-season
Hasan'ın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Rustic Cozy Hasan'ın Yeri Yalıkavak $$$ Yalıkavak's original family fish kitchen, opened in the early 1980s and still on the same corner
Kâtip Bar Bar Confronta Intimate Garden Speakeasy Kâtip Bodrum $$$ A speakeasy cocktail bar set inside a 500-year-old stone house behind the marina, lemon tree in the garden
La Pasion Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Intimate Classic Romantic La Pasion Bodrum $$$ Bodrum's only real Spanish house — Neco's San Sebastián tapas on a 300-year-old stone street
Mandalya Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Village Intimate Mandalya Güvercinlik $$$ A stone-house seafood room on Güvercinlik's quiet bay — Bib Gourmand 2026 and the reason to drive past Bodrum
Mehtap Balık Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Family Mehtap Balık Akyarlar $$$ The Akyarlar harbour fish house run by the same family since 1986, with Kos a sunset away across the strait
Melengeç Türkbükü Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Intimate Melengeç Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$ The Gümüşlük meze house's Türkbükü sister, on Liman Caddesi with thirty cold and hot starters
Miços Yalıkavak Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Rustic Classic Miços Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$ Tilkicik Cove's original fish house, on its own jetty since 1993 and still family-run
Müdavim Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Historic Intimate Live Music Müdavim Bodrum $$$ A meyhane built into Sadun Boro's old Bodrum house, with kanun on the terrace and the castle in view
Pitahaya Mutfak Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Intimate Waterfront Elegant Pitahaya Mutfak Türkbükü $$$ An intimate Türkbükü beachfront kitchen with a small chef-led menu that turns over with the season
Ristorante Italiano Trastevere Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Intimate Owner Run Authentic Ristorante Italiano Trastevere Bodrum $$$ A Roman chef's intimate trattoria in Kumbahçe — pasta alla genovese and a roof terrace over Bodrum bay
Yula Bodrum Bar Bar Confronta Intimate Craft Cocktails Waterfront Yula Bodrum Bodrum $$$ A Çarşı-side cocktail bar with the castle in the frame and a list that takes itself seriously
Ali Rıza'nın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Rustic Waterfront Classic Ali Rıza'nın Yeri Gümüşlük $$$ The first table on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1962, still run by the family
Fener Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Rustic Fener Restaurant Gümüşlük $$$ A quieter alternative on the Gümüşlük iskele, run by a fishing family
Kalamare Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Intimate Kalamare Bodrum $$$ A long-running fish house at the western Bodrum harbour, with a serious raki sofrası
Mandalin Yalıkavak Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Romantic Intimate Rustic Mandalin Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$ Garden-style Aegean cooking in an old village house behind the marina
Memedof Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Intimate Memedof Bitez $$$ An understated Bitez seafront fish house that runs to the proper meyhane register