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

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

Forest-to-fork 'New Urla cuisine' in the old town

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

An 1881 neoclassical merchant's house on Foça harbour

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

Garden-gate bistro with a real wine list

Stone-courtyard meyhane with fine-dining touches

Convivial chalkboard Aegean cooking next to the vines

Sığacık harbour's oldest fish house, serving since 1993

Tucked-away bistro on a quiet Alsancak side street

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

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

Levantine-Italian dining in the Mistral tower

Aegean-Cretan seafood meyhane on the Pasaport waterfront since 1989

Michelin Bib Gourmand Anatolian grill on Atatürk Caddesi

Stone vineyard retreat the NYT put on the map

The flagship estate that put the Urla wine route on the map

Organic boutique winery in a restored stone house

Kocadağ-slope winery with a tasting room and small inn

Founding Urla wine-route estate reviving Foça Karası