Mandalin Yalıkavak Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Romantic Intimate Rustic Mandalin Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$ Garden-style Aegean cooking in an old village house behind the marina Stessa categoria
Pitahaya Mutfak Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Intimate Waterfront Elegant Pitahaya Mutfak Türkbükü $$$ An intimate Türkbükü beachfront kitchen with a small chef-led menu that turns over with the season Stessa categoria
Karafaki Erhan Usta Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Romantic Karafaki Erhan Usta Gümüşlük $$$ Erhan Usta's fish house on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1983, still the chef's name on the door Stessa categoria
Mimoza Bodrum Restaurant Scelta della redazione Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Elegant Classic Mimoza Bodrum Gümüşlük $$$$ Gümüşlük's defining seafood house, where Istanbul tables run two seatings on August nights Stessa categoria
Melengeç Türkbükü Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Intimate Melengeç Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$ The Gümüşlük meze house's Türkbükü sister, on Liman Caddesi with thirty cold and hot starters Stessa categoria
La Pasion Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Intimate Classic Romantic La Pasion Bodrum $$$ Bodrum's only real Spanish house — Neco's San Sebastián tapas on a 300-year-old stone street Stessa categoria
Mehtap Balık Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Family Mehtap Balık Akyarlar $$$ The Akyarlar harbour fish house run by the same family since 1986, with Kos a sunset away across the strait Stessa categoria
Eda Balık Türkbükü Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Family Run Eda Balık Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$ Türkbükü pier institution since 1970 — the bay's longest-running family-run fish house, candlelit dinner over the sea. Stessa categoria
Ali Rıza'nın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Rustic Waterfront Classic Ali Rıza'nın Yeri Gümüşlük $$$ The first table on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1962, still run by the family Stessa categoria
Fener Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Rustic Fener Restaurant Gümüşlük $$$ A quieter alternative on the Gümüşlük iskele, run by a fishing family Stessa categoria
Lacivert Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Elegant Waterfront Classic Lacivert Türkbükü $$$$ A long-running Türkbükü waterfront table reached by private boat from the iskele Stessa categoria
Garo's Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Intimate Waterfront Garo's Türkbükü $$$$ Türkbükü's Armenian-Aegean table, family-run and quietly precise Stessa categoria
Atılay Balık Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Elegant Atılay Balık Türkbükü $$$$ Türkbükü's oldest fish house, on the iskele since 1997 and still in family hands Stessa categoria
Aquarium Balık Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Romantic Aquarium Balık Restaurant Gümüşlük $$$ İlknur and Cengiz Özbaşaran's family fish house on the Gümüşlük beach since 1992, recommended in New York Times Stessa categoria
Yakamoz Restaurant Gümüşlük Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Intimate Yakamoz Restaurant Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$ A direct-on-the-water Gümüşlük fish room with the boats and Rabbit Island a metre from the table Stessa categoria
Okyanus Restaurant Gümüşlük Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Rustic Okyanus Restaurant Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$ A Gümüşlük classic since 1990, fish-grill room on the Yalı Mevkii with the same logic three decades on Stessa categoria
Siesta Restaurant Gümüşlük Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Romantic Siesta Restaurant Gümüşlük Gümüşlük $$$ A 1991-opened fish room on the iskele, navy-blue tables, white walls, the same family on the floor Stessa categoria
Memedof Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Intimate Memedof Bitez $$$ An understated Bitez seafront fish house that runs to the proper meyhane register Stessa categoria
Kalamare Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Classic Waterfront Intimate Kalamare Bodrum $$$ A long-running fish house at the western Bodrum harbour, with a serious raki sofrası Stessa categoria
Gonca Balık Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Waterfront Classic Intimate Gonca Balık Torba $$$ Torba's classic family fish house, on the Kilise bay since 1987 and open through the off-season Stessa categoria