Plekken in İzmir

Gastronomy-led cocktail bar off Kıbrıs Şehitleri

Urla town's Bib Gourmand meyhane in a courtyard stone house

Bostanlı's serious seafood table by the tram line

Waterfront fresh-fish kitchen on the Foça promenade

Alsancak meyhane prized for flauntingly-fresh seafood

Kordon fish institution beneath İzmir Palas since 1981

Bostanlı's special-occasion steakhouse

Foça harbour fish house locals defend over the strip

Eski Foça's harbourside fish house since 1984

Bornova meyhane institution since 1966

New Urla cuisine from olive forest to table, in a stone Greek theatre

An 1881 neoclassical merchant's house on Foça harbour

The Bostanlı waterfront meyhane locals defend

31-room design boutique on the Kordon, a converted bank building

Aegean home cooking tucked inside a Kemeraltı han

İzmir's oldest living kokoreç master, charcoal since the 1960s

The kumru the Karşıyaka set grew up on

Stone-courtyard meyhane with fine-dining touches

Convivial chalkboard Aegean cooking next to the vines

Sığacık harbour's oldest fish house, serving since 1993

Levantine Alsancak bakery, croissants done as well as anywhere in Turkey

The first meyhane of the Sığacık kale, Greek-taverna soul

Levantine-Italian dining in the Mistral tower

Italy-inspired, unirrigated estate making Turkey's unusual varietals

Warm family-run fish-and-meze house in the Sığacık kale

Osman Sezener's open-fire farm-to-table within an olive grove

İzmir's third-wave pioneer, roasting on Kıbrıs Şehitleri since 2016

1965 patisserie in a restored Levantine house

Aegean-Cretan seafood meyhane on the Pasaport waterfront since 1989

Chef-driven Italian on the ninth floor of the Swissôtel

Historic Alsancak patisserie since 1957

Fish-market seafood at honest prices in Sığacık's castle village

Landmark garden hotel with a serious 800-work art collection

Terroir-driven Aegean cooking and rooms in Kuşçular village

Stone vineyard retreat the NYT put on the map

Kocadağ-slope winery with a tasting room and small inn

İzmir's first two-star table, among Urla's vines

İzmir's sesame gevrek, a local point of pride

75-year-old Basmane meyhane, rakı-meze the old way

City painting-and-sculpture museum inside the Kültür Sanat Fabrikası

İzmir's serious wine room with ~100 labels in Karşıyaka

Garden-gate bistro with a real wine list

Bostanlı's freshly-roasted specialty coffee favourite since 2020

Tucked-away bistro on a quiet Alsancak side street

Owner-run Alsancak wine bar with Turkish and grilled small plates

1907 stone elevator and terrace over the Gulf of İzmir

Michelin Bib Gourmand Anatolian grill on Atatürk Caddesi