Ayşa Boşnak Börekçisi Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Historic han Family Run No Frills Ayşa Boşnak Börekçisi Kemeraltı $$ Bib Gourmand Bosnian börek inside a 17th-century Kemeraltı han
Celep Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Seafood Waterfront Meze Celep Restaurant Foça (Fevzipaşa) $$$ Waterfront fresh-fish kitchen on the Foça promenade
Clup Ali Bar Bar Confronta Meyhane Seafood Rakı Clup Ali Alsancak $$$ Alsancak meyhane prized for flauntingly-fresh seafood
Dibek Kuru Kahveci İlyas Gönen Cafe Cafe Confronta Dibek coffee Roaster Heritage Dibek Kuru Kahveci İlyas Gönen Kemeraltı $ Hand-pounded dibek Turkish coffee, three generations deep
Foça Marina Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Seafood Harbour Sunset Foça Marina Restaurant Foça $$$ Foça harbour fish house locals defend over the strip
Fokai Balık Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Seafood Meyhane Harbour Fokai Balık Restaurant Foça (Eski Foça) $$$ Eski Foça's harbourside fish house since 1984
Hayyam Meyhanesi Bar Bar Confronta Meyhane Historic Rakı Hayyam Meyhanesi Basmane, Konak $$ 75-year-old Basmane meyhane, rakı-meze the old way
HİÇ Lokanta Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Green star Olive Oil Led Historic stone building HİÇ Lokanta Urla (old town / Bağ Yolu spine) $$$ New Urla cuisine from olive forest to table, in a stone Greek theatre
Hotel Karaçam Hotel Hotel Confronta Boutique Historic Harbour Hotel Karaçam Foça (Eski Foça) $$$ An 1881 neoclassical merchant's house on Foça harbour
İzmir Resim ve Heykel Müzesi Gallery Gallery Confronta Museum Painting Sculpture İzmir Resim ve Heykel Müzesi Kültürpark, Konak $ City painting-and-sculpture museum inside the Kültür Sanat Fabrikası
Key Hotel Hotel Hotel Confronta Design Boutique Kordon Key Hotel Alsancak / Konak (Kordon) $$$$ 31-room design boutique on the Kordon, a converted bank building
Kısmet Lokantası by Urla'lı Hasan Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Bazaar Home Cooking Lunch Kısmet Lokantası by Urla'lı Hasan Kemeraltı $$ Aegean home cooking tucked inside a Kemeraltı han
Kumrucu Apo Cafe Cafe Confronta Kumru Street food Ingredient Led Kumrucu Apo Kemeraltı $ Kemeraltı's reference kumru, sourced ingredient by ingredient
Kumrucu Ömür Cafe Cafe Confronta Kumru İzmir Classic Casual Kumrucu Ömür Karşıyaka & Bostanlı $ The kumru the Karşıyaka set grew up on
Levan Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Chalkboard menu Convivial Vineyard Levan Urla $$$ Convivial chalkboard Aegean cooking next to the vines
Madam Bordo Şarap Evi & Bar Bar Bar Confronta Wine bar Owner Run Intimate Madam Bordo Şarap Evi & Bar Alsancak $$$ Owner-run Alsancak wine bar with Turkish and grilled small plates
Marilen Atelier Pâtisserie Cafe Cafe Confronta Levantine Croissants Patisserie Marilen Atelier Pâtisserie Alsancak $$ Levantine Alsancak bakery, croissants done as well as anywhere in Turkey
Milos Balık Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Meyhane Kale içi Slow fish Milos Balık Sığacık (Seferihisar) $$$ The first meyhane of the Sığacık kale, Greek-taverna soul
Montiano Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Italian Skyline View Polished Montiano Konak (Çınarlı) $$$ Levantine-Italian dining in the Mistral tower
Mozaik Şarapçılık Shop Shop Confronta Italian Leaning Unusual grapes Organic Mozaik Şarapçılık Kuşçular, Urla $$ Italy-inspired, unirrigated estate making Turkey's unusual varietals
Nena Balık ve Meze Evi Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Family Run Kale içi Meze Nena Balık ve Meze Evi Sığacık (Seferihisar) $$ Warm family-run fish-and-meze house in the Sığacık kale
OD Urla Restaurant Restaurant Confronta One Star Green Star Wood Fire OD Urla Urla (Rüstem) $$$$ Osman Sezener's open-fire farm-to-table within an olive grove
Reyhan Pastanesi Cafe Cafe Confronta 1965 heritage Levantine house Patisserie Reyhan Pastanesi Alsancak $$ 1965 patisserie in a restored Levantine house
Scappi Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Italian Chef Driven Skyline View Scappi Konak (Alsancak) $$$$ Chef-driven Italian on the ninth floor of the Swissôtel
Sevinç Pastanesi Cafe Cafe Confronta Historic Patisserie Since 1957 Sevinç Pastanesi Alsancak $$ Historic Alsancak patisserie since 1957
Sevinç Pastanesi (Kemeraltı) Cafe Cafe Confronta Boyoz Patisserie Since 1957 Sevinç Pastanesi (Kemeraltı) Kemeraltı $ İzmir's classic patisserie and boyoz, since 1957
Sığacık Çakoz Balık Evi Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Seafood Daily catch Value Sığacık Çakoz Balık Evi Sığacık, Seferihisar $$ Fish-market seafood at honest prices in Sığacık's castle village
Sığacık Üretici Pazarı Shop Shop Confronta Slow food Producers' market Cittaslow Sığacık Üretici Pazarı Sığacık (Seferihisar) $ Turkey's landmark Sunday slow-food producers' market
Swissôtel Büyük Efes Hotel Hotel Confronta Garden Art collection Spa Swissôtel Büyük Efes Alsancak, Konak $$$$ Landmark garden hotel with a serious 800-work art collection
Tarihi Asansör Gallery Gallery Confronta Historic 1907 Viewpoint Tarihi Asansör Karataş, Konak $ 1907 stone elevator and terrace over the Gulf of İzmir
Teruar Urla Restaurant Restaurant Confronta One Star Green Star Terroir Teruar Urla Urla (Kuşçular) $$$$ Terroir-driven Aegean cooking and rooms in Kuşçular village
Urla Bağevi Vineyard Hotel & Restaurant Hotel Hotel Confronta Vineyard Boutique Stone House Urla Bağevi Vineyard Hotel & Restaurant Urla (Yağcılar) $$$ Stone vineyard retreat the NYT put on the map
USCA Şarapçılık Bar Bar Confronta Winery Tasting room Hillside vines USCA Şarapçılık Urla Bağ Yolu (Kuşçular) $$$ Kocadağ-slope winery with a tasting room and small inn
Vino Locale Restaurant Restaurant Confronta Two Star Green Star Wine Pairing Vino Locale Urla (Kuşçular) $$$$ İzmir's first two-star table, among Urla's vines
Zeynel Ergin Gevrek Fırını Cafe Cafe Confronta Gevrek Local ritual Bakery Zeynel Ergin Gevrek Fırını Alsancak $ İzmir's sesame gevrek, a local point of pride