Arnavutköy Balıkçısı Türkbükü Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Kitchen Led Elegant Arnavutköy Balıkçısı Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$$ Gault&Millau Türkiye Best Seafood 2024-2025-2026, the Istanbul fish house's chef-driven summer outpost on Sess Türkbükü pier.
Assaggio at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Hotel Restaurant Elegant Waterfront Assaggio at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Italian dining room at Mandarin Oriental's Paradise Bay, Chef Fabio De Paolis, Haute Grandeur 2018 Best Mediterranean and Italian Cuisine in Europe.
Aura Beach Bodrum Bar Scelta della redazione Bar Confronta Waterfront Marina Daytime Aura Beach Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Sunset Hospitality's Yalıkavak Marina Hotel beach club, Mediterranean-Japanese kitchen with a sundeck programme.
Avantgarde Refined Yalıkavak Hotel Scelta della redazione Hotel Confronta Boutique Hotel Design Waterfront Avantgarde Refined Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ MICHELIN Guide-listed boutique resort over Küdür Bay, 32 rooms, three restaurants, The Red Balloon and Hodan on the gastronomy side.
Birds Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Marina Dinner Show Birds Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Vasilchuk Brothers' Pan-Asian restaurant-and-show on the Yalıkavak Marina seafront, sister room of Birds Moscow.
Cliff Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Hotel Restaurant Waterfront Modern Cliff Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Allium Bodrum Resort's signature room, modern Aegean over the Çökertme cliff with the Greek-islands horizon.
Cotto Sul Mare Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Fine Dining Elegant Waterfront Cotto Sul Mare Torba $$$$ Casa Dell'Arte's seaside Italian dining room, wood-fired fish, fresh pasta, art-hotel setting
Frankie Beach Club Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Beach Club Waterfront Elegant Frankie Beach Club Torba $$$$ Susona Bodrum's beachfront day club, Aegean and Mediterranean small plates on Torba Bay, day-to-dusk DJ programming
HYDE Beach Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Beach Club Waterfront See & Be Seen HYDE Beach Torba $$$$ HYDE Bodrum's beach club, Mediterranean and Japanese plates, daily DJ programming, adults-only
Jadem Gümüşlük Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Modern Romantic Jadem Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$$ Chef Uğur Filiz's open-fire fish room with the panoramic seat and the underwater lights at the tables
Laura Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Kitchen Led Modern Laura Bodrum Yahşi $$$$ Yahşi's new-generation beach-restaurant room, bohemian-chic evening kitchen signed by chef Melisa Yördem.
Lucca by the Sea Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Destination Kitchen Led Lucca by the Sea Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Lucca Bebek's evening Türkbükü dinner room on Cennet Koyu, fire-baked pizzas, wood-grilled seafood and an award-winning bar.
Mandarin Bar at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Bar Scelta della redazione Bar Confronta Waterfront Sunset Elegant Mandarin Bar at Mandarin Oriental Bodrum Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Cennet Koyu sunset cocktail terrace, the bay's most decorated bar with Haute Grandeur cocktail-menu wins across three consecutive seasons.
Novikov Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Marina International Novikov Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ Novikov Group's first Türkiye outpost at Yalıkavak Marina, Asian-Mediterranean seafood with the brand's display-case grammar.
OctoZen Bar Scelta della redazione Bar Confronta Sunset Waterfront Elegant OctoZen Torba $$$$ Susona's sunset seafood and sushi bar with Tipsy Crab, golden-hour deck on Torba Bay, DJ programme
OPA Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Marina Shared Plate OPA Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ OPA's Yalıkavak Marina outpost, chef Tim Newton's shared-plate Greek room with a sunset music programme.
Opaque by the Sea Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Intimate Kitchen Led Modern Opaque by the Sea Yahşi $$$$ Chef Nilay Lale's Khai Hotel signature room on the Yahşi pier, modern Aegean meets Asian technique.
Sait Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Classic Elegant Waterfront Sait Bodrum $$$$ The original Sait Yılmaz seafood room on Neyzen Tevfik; the Bodrum kitchen that built the Galataport and Yalıkavak branches
Sakhalin Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Marina Raw Bar Sakhalin Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ White Rabbit Family's Mediterrasian seafood room at Yalıkavak Marina, brand-chef Vladimir Mukhin's Türkiye outpost.
Yirmibir Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Modern New Yirmibir Bodrum Bitez $$$$ Çökertme Caddesi steak-and-beach room since 2025, dry-age beef and lamb sourced from Afyon and Balıkesir producers.
Buddha-Bar Beach Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Pan Asian Dj Late Buddha-Bar Beach Bodrum Asarlık $$$$ The Asarlık franchise of the global Buddha-Bar Beach brand, pan-Asian-Mediterranean beach club inside Caresse Marriott.
Kuum Hotel & Spa Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Modern Minimalist Kuum Hotel & Spa Türkbükü $$$$ Modern-minimalist 52-room Türkbükü cove, quiet, food-forward, the not-Macakizi answer in the same bay.
Lucca Beach Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Daytime Dj Program Lucca Beach Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Cennet Koyu daytime beach club, strict 10:00–19:00 calendar, international house and melodic-techno residencies.
MOMO Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Trendy Cosmopolitan MOMO Bodrum Yalıkavak (Tilkicik Bay) $$$$ Tilkicik Bay aperitivo room, Mediterranean wood-deck format that opened 2022 and immediately found its register.
Mükellef Gümüşlük Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Boutique Hotel Wine Program Mükellef Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$$ All-day Gümüşlük operation, small hotel, kitchen-led seafood, a wine list the cove was missing.
Orfoz Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Intimate Elegant Waterfront Orfoz Bodrum $$$$ The Kumbahçe seafood room with a Michelin Green Star and one menu for the whole house each night
Barbarossa Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Destination Waterfront Elegant Barbarossa Bodrum $$$$ Paros's iconic Greek seafood house, transplanted to Caresse's private beach by Athenian chef Dimitrios Nikolis
Hakkasan Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Elegant Waterfront See & Be Seen Hakkasan Bodrum Türkbükü $$$$ The London-Vegas Cantonese house running its tenth global outpost on Cennet Bay
Kurochan by IOKI Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Fine Dining Destination Elegant Kurochan by IOKI Türkbükü $$$$ Mandarin Oriental's Japanese-Peruvian room, sushi, robata and sake on the resort's main beach, run by the IOKI Istanbul team
Malva Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Fine Dining Elegant Michelin Recognized Malva Torba $$$$ Susona's Michelin Guide-listed dining room, Gürkan Tümsek's micro-local Aegean kitchen, zero-waste, vegetable-forward
ROKA Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Elegant Destination Waterfront ROKA Bodrum Türkbükü $$$$ Zuma's sibling brand at Mandarin Oriental, robatayaki, sushi and Aegean cliff views, returning May 2026
Scorpios Bodrum Nightclub Scelta della redazione Nightclub Confronta See & Be Seen Music Forward Waterfront Scorpios Bodrum Türkbükü $$$$ The Mykonos institution's first international outpost, sunset ritual, beach house kitchen, real programme
Maçakızı Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Elegant Waterfront See & Be Seen Maçakızı Türkbükü $$$$ The original Türkbükü beach hotel that defined Aegean restraint for two generations
Mimoza Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Elegant Classic Mimoza Bodrum Gümüşlük $$$$ Gümüşlük's defining seafood house, where Istanbul tables run two seatings on August nights
The Beach Club at The Bodrum EDITION Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Elegant Waterfront Modern The Beach Club at The Bodrum EDITION Yalıkavak $$$$ The most controlled, design-led beach club operation on the Yalıkavak side
Bodrum Balıkçısı at Mandarin Oriental Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Hotel Restaurant Waterfront Classic Bodrum Balıkçısı at Mandarin Oriental Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Mandarin Oriental Paradise Bay's casual Turkish seafood room, fresh-catch counter, mezes and rakı above Blue Beach.
Fenix Bodrum Nightclub Nightclub Confronta Waterfront Marina Dj Late Fenix Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ D-Ream Group's Yalıkavak Marina nightclub-restaurant, tropical-modern room running Asian and South American fusion.
Blue Beach Club at Mandarin Oriental Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Institutional Luxury Blue Beach Club at Mandarin Oriental Türkbükü (Cennet Koyu) $$$$ Cennet Koyu institutional-luxury beach, cabanas, low noise, the Mandarin standard on a private bay.
Folie at METT Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Hotel Restaurant Elegant Folie at METT Bodrum Yalıkavak (Haremtan Cove) $$$$ METT Hotel beach club above Haremtan Cove, sundeck cabanas, grilled fish, occasional live-music nights.
Atılay Balık Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Elegant Atılay Balık Türkbükü $$$$ Türkbükü's oldest fish house, on the iskele since 1997 and still in family hands
Cipriani Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Elegant Waterfront See & Be Seen Cipriani Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ The Cipriani family's first Aegean room, on the Palmarina pier with the Harry's Bar carbonara intact
Galia Bar Bar Confronta Waterfront See & Be Seen Music Forward Galia Türkbükü $$$$ Kuum Hotel's beach restaurant on the Türkbükü deck, sunset table, late-night dance floor
Hodan Yalıkavak Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Elegant Waterfront Intimate Hodan Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ Çiğdem Seferoğlu's vegetable-led tasting room at the quiet Küdür Bay end of Yalıkavak
Miam Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Elegant Miam Türkbükü $$$$ A long-running Türkbükü waterfront classic that runs serious seafood by night
Sait Yalıkavak Marina Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Marina See & Be Seen Sait Yalıkavak Marina Yalıkavak $$$$ The Yalıkavak marina's reference fish house, Aegean classics, ice-displayed catch, Michelin Guide listed
Spago by Wolfgang Puck Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Destination International Brand Elegant Spago by Wolfgang Puck Bodrum $$$$ Wolfgang Puck's Aegean outpost, the smoked salmon pizza and California-Italian playbook, recalibrated for Bodrum
THE MAINE Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Destination International Brand See & Be Seen THE MAINE Bodrum Bodrum $$$$ Joey Ghazal's Dubai-born brasserie lands on a hilltop above Maxx Royal, raw bar, prime steak and a 360° view of the Aegean
Tuti Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Fine Dining Elegant Waterfront Tuti Bodrum $$$$ The Marmara's hilltop terrace, Hakan Süve's Mediterranean kitchen, Michelin Guide listed, four İncili pearls, and the city's best castle view
Wu Yalıkavak Nightclub Nightclub Confronta See & Be Seen Music Forward Trendy Wu Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$$ Palmarina's pan-Asian sushi bar that turns into a 600-cap dance floor after midnight
Zuma Bodrum Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Elegant Waterfront Trendy Zuma Bodrum Yalıkavak $$$$ The Knightsbridge izakaya's summer pier at the far end of Palmarina, robata and sashimi in the same register as London
Garo's Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Intimate Waterfront Garo's Türkbükü $$$$ Türkbükü's Armenian-Aegean table, family-run and quietly precise
Lacivert Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Elegant Waterfront Classic Lacivert Türkbükü $$$$ A long-running Türkbükü waterfront table reached by private boat from the iskele
Lukka Beach Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Trendy Elegant Waterfront Lukka Beach Yalıkavak $$$$ A smartly run, design-led beach club tucked between Yalıkavak and Gümüşlük