Venues similar to Mavi Bar

A Çarşı-side cocktail bar with the castle in the frame and a list that takes itself seriously

Bodrum's pre-Cumhuriyet-rush institution, on the Neyzen Tevfik harbour since 1979

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

No:81 Hotel's beach deck, a Türkbükü bay restaurant that turns into a proper night room

Kuum Hotel's beach restaurant on the Türkbükü deck, sunset table, late-night dance floor

The Yalıkavak village-waterfront cousin of the Bodrum-merkez bar, smaller room, harbour-facing, late-shift cocktails.

The Eskiçeşme köfte counter the marina taxi drivers still queue for, three decades into the same recipe