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

Long-standing rakı and fish house on Yahşi shore, catch of the day on ice, large dining room.

The mother-and-son Aegean fish house that has held the Yahşi-Ortakent waterfront since the marina was built

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

Cafer Karakaya's fish counter and beachfront room on the Yahşi shore, TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice 2025.

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

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

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

An understated Bitez seafront fish house that runs to the proper meyhane register

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

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

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

Torba's classic family fish house, on the Kilise bay since 1987 and open through the off-season

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

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

Yahşi seafront hotel restaurant, Tripadvisor #2 in Ortakent, Travelers' Choice, steak-and-meze on the sand with Friday-night live music.

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

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