Modern in Bodrum

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

Birdcage 33 Hotel's terrace restaurant, karma mutfak (assorted cuisine) over Yalıkavak Bay.

Hilal Tayfun's Le Cordon Bleu kitchen above the village — brasserie, artisan bakery, French patisserie under one roof

Konacık's culture-and-gastronomy compound — library, kitchen, garden and a 400-capacity outdoor stage running jazz, theatre and author nights.

MICHELIN Guide modern kebab — the most ambitious kitchen in Bitez, kebab as fine-dining grammar.

MICHELIN Young Chef Award 2026 — Duru Akgül's restored olive-oil mill on the Reşadiye Peninsula

Müskebi Caddesi beach club opened 2023 — bohemian daytime room on the Yahşi sand with cabanas, long pier and a kitchen running into the evening.

Beach-restaurant opened in Küçükbük by Danış Ulaş in 2021; Mediterranean cooking and a natural cove.

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

Aspat Anthaven seafood bistro — the southern-bay alternative to the harbour fish rooms, garlic shrimp and shrimp bruschetta on a Google 4.9.

Yahşi seafront chef-led beach-and-fine-dining room — Melisa Yördem, Paul Moisson-trained, daytime beach into evening restaurant.

Chef Murat Deniz Temel and Kerem Tanel's 2025 Türkbükü opening — Aegean and Anatolian flavours with a sunset pier bar.

Bitez modern-Aegean kitchen — careful sourcing, calm room, the established middle of the bay.

Year-round Mediterranean room in Bitez — minimalist, kitchen-first, the off-season anchor the bay needed.

Yalıkavak all-day beach-to-cocktail arc — the accessible version of the chapter, without the marina markup.

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

Small-plates and sushi room in Türkbükü — the modern street-food-meets-cocktail format the bay was missing.

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