The Lemon Tree Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront All Day Classic The Lemon Tree Bitez $$$ Bitez seafront kitchen next to the Yalı mosque, the bay's long-running all-day room. Same category
Aqua Restaurant & Beach Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront All Day Classic Aqua Restaurant & Beach Bitez $$$ Bitez Yalısı beachfront kitchen and beach club, kitchen-led seafood from morning to late. Same category
Aquarium Balık Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Romantic Aquarium Balık Restaurant Gümüşlük $$$ İlknur and Cengiz Özbaşaran's family fish house on the Gümüşlük beach since 1992, recommended in New York Times Same category
Myndos Restaurant, Cumhur'un Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Friendly Myndos Restaurant, Cumhur'un Yeri Gümüşlük $$$ One of Gümüşlük's oldest tables, 160 seats with a direct sightline to Tavşan Adası and the sunset Same category
Rokka Beach & Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Rokka Beach & Restaurant Yahşi $$$ Long-running rakı-balık and beach room on the Ortakent-Yahşi waterfront, open from eight in the morning to midnight. Same category
Dayı Balık Sahil Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Casual Dayı Balık Sahil Yahşi $$$ Cafer Karakaya's fish counter and beachfront room on the Yahşi shore, TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice 2025. Same category
Miços Yalıkavak Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Rustic Classic Miços Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$ Tilkicik Cove's original fish house, on its own jetty since 1993 and still family-run Same category
Liman Köftecisi Restaurant Restaurant Compare Local Favourite Casual Waterfront Liman Köftecisi Bodrum $$ The Eskiçeşme köfte counter the marina taxi drivers still queue for, three decades into the same recipe Same category
Çakıltaşı Beach Cafe & Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Casual Family Friendly Çakıltaşı Beach Cafe & Restaurant Gündoğan $$ Built on Yalı Mevkii, a classic Gündoğan beach cafe known for its olive-oil dishes and homemade mezes. Same category
Kalamare Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Intimate Kalamare Bodrum $$$ A long-running fish house at the western Bodrum harbour, with a serious raki sofrası Same category
Newseason Restaurant & Beach Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Daytime Family Friendly Newseason Restaurant & Beach Bitez $$$ Bitez seafront daytime room, shallow-water bay, kitchen-led lunch, the right answer for a long midday. Same category
Sarnıç Beach Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Established Family Friendly Sarnıç Beach Bitez $$$ Bitez seafront beach club since 1993, the bay's longest-running daytime room, residential rather than spectacle. Same category
Memedof Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Run Memedof Bodrum $$$ Mehmet and Tülin Çuhadar's seafood room at Milta Marina; Bodrum's reference fish house since the early 2000s Same category
Mahmut Dede'nin Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Run Mahmut Dede'nin Yeri Akyarlar $$ Akyarlar seafront fish room on Yalı Caddesi, a six-meze rakı-balık table at a price ceiling well below the bay's named rooms. Same category
Şahin Motel & Restaurant Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Family Friendly Rustic Şahin Motel & Restaurant Çiftlik $$ The 1987 family pansiyon on the Yalıçiftlik strand, with a sea-front dining room the chapter reads as Çiftlik's straight-line meze house. Same category
Kefi Beach & Suites Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Family Friendly Casual Kefi Beach & Suites Yahşi $$$ Blue Flag beach and restaurant on Yahşi cove, stone-oven pizzas and a boutique room with a generous garden. Same category
Midyeci Şehmus Usta'nın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Casual Family Friendly Midyeci Şehmus Usta'nın Yeri Gündoğan $$ Bodrum's reference for Belgian-style pot mussels, opposite the Gündoğan harbour. Same category
Ali Rıza'nın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Rustic Waterfront Classic Ali Rıza'nın Yeri Gümüşlük $$$ The first table on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1962, still run by the family Same category
Fener Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Rustic Fener Restaurant Gümüşlük $$$ A quieter alternative on the Gümüşlük iskele, run by a fishing family Same category
Memedof Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Intimate Memedof Bitez $$$ An understated Bitez seafront fish house that runs to the proper meyhane register Same category