The Lemon Tree Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront All Day Classic The Lemon Tree Bitez $$$ Bitez seafront kitchen next to the Yalı mosque, the bay's long-running all-day room. Same category
Aqua Restaurant & Beach Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront All Day Classic Aqua Restaurant & Beach Bitez $$$ Bitez Yalısı beachfront kitchen and beach club, kitchen-led seafood from morning to late. Same category
Aquarium Balık Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Romantic Aquarium Balık Restaurant Gümüşlük $$$ İlknur and Cengiz Özbaşaran's family fish house on the Gümüşlük beach since 1992, recommended in New York Times Same category
Myndos Restaurant, Cumhur'un Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Friendly Myndos Restaurant, Cumhur'un Yeri Gümüşlük $$$ One of Gümüşlük's oldest tables, 160 seats with a direct sightline to Tavşan Adası and the sunset Same category
Miços Yalıkavak Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Rustic Classic Miços Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$ Tilkicik Cove's original fish house, on its own jetty since 1993 and still family-run Same category
Liman Köftecisi Restaurant Restaurant Compare Local Favourite Casual Waterfront Liman Köftecisi Bodrum $$ The Eskiçeşme köfte counter the marina taxi drivers still queue for, three decades into the same recipe Same category
Çakıltaşı Beach Cafe & Restaurant Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Casual Family Friendly Çakıltaşı Beach Cafe & Restaurant Gündoğan $$ Built on Yalı Mevkii, a classic Gündoğan beach cafe known for its olive-oil dishes and homemade mezes. Same category
Kalamare Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Intimate Kalamare Bodrum $$$ A long-running fish house at the western Bodrum harbour, with a serious raki sofrası Same category
Newseason Restaurant & Beach Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Daytime Family Friendly Newseason Restaurant & Beach Bitez $$$ Bitez seafront daytime room, shallow-water bay, kitchen-led lunch, the right answer for a long midday. Same category
Sarnıç Beach Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Established Family Friendly Sarnıç Beach Bitez $$$ Bitez seafront beach club since 1993, the bay's longest-running daytime room, residential rather than spectacle. Same category
Memedof Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Run Memedof Bodrum $$$ Mehmet and Tülin Çuhadar's seafood room at Milta Marina; Bodrum's reference fish house since the early 2000s Same category
Mahmut Dede'nin Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Run Mahmut Dede'nin Yeri Akyarlar $$ Akyarlar seafront fish room on Yalı Caddesi, a six-meze rakı-balık table at a price ceiling well below the bay's named rooms. Same category
Şahin Motel & Restaurant Restaurant Editor's Pick Restaurant Compare Waterfront Family Friendly Rustic Şahin Motel & Restaurant Çiftlik $$ The 1987 family pansiyon on the Yalıçiftlik strand, with a sea-front dining room the chapter reads as Çiftlik's straight-line meze house. Same category
Midyeci Şehmus Usta'nın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Casual Family Friendly Midyeci Şehmus Usta'nın Yeri Gündoğan $$ Bodrum's reference for Belgian-style pot mussels, opposite the Gündoğan harbour. Same category
Ali Rıza'nın Yeri Restaurant Restaurant Compare Rustic Waterfront Classic Ali Rıza'nın Yeri Gümüşlük $$$ The first table on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1962, still run by the family Same category
Melengeç Türkbükü Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Waterfront Intimate Melengeç Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$ The Gümüşlük meze house's Türkbükü sister, on Liman Caddesi with thirty cold and hot starters Same category
Köşem Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Family Köşem Balık Ortakent $$$ The mother-and-son Aegean fish house that has held the Yahşi-Ortakent waterfront since the marina was built Same category
Gonca Balık Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Classic Intimate Gonca Balık Torba $$$ Torba's classic family fish house, on the Kilise bay since 1987 and open through the off-season Same category
Balıkçı Hasan Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Village Family Run Balıkçı Hasan Güvercinlik $$$ Güvercinlik's quieter waterside fish house, on the same Sahilyolu address since 1985 Same category
Köşebaşı Gündoğan Restaurant Restaurant Compare Waterfront Kebab Institutional Köşebaşı Gündoğan Gündoğan $$$ The Adana / Tarsus kebab institution's Gündoğan summer outpost, the cove's reliable meat night. Same category