Bodrum Peninsula
A rustic escape in the hills above Gümüşlük, Limon sprawls across garden terraces and a whitewashed farmhouse, with stunning views over a ruined Roman…
Must-see restaurants in Bodrum Peninsula
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Bodrum Town
One of the most creative restaurants in town, this place occupies a lovely old stone house and has a front terrace with harbour views. A lot of care has…
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Bodrum Town
Terrific ocakbaşı (grill house), famed for its traditional kebabs (try an İskender or köfte), with reasonable rates and huge portions. Staff are super…
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Bodrum Town
Often cited as one of Turkey's best fish restaurants, this gem has views over Bodrum's eastern shore from its front terrace. Serves delectable seafood…
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Bodrum Peninsula
This stylish hotel resto in the hills behind town offers a lovely setting for a memorable meal. The creative menu features mezes like smokey trout with…
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Bodrum Peninsula
Just off the shoreline, this moderately-priced place does everything on the menu (kebaps, burgers, salads, pides and pasta) well. Village breakfast costs…
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Bodrum Town
With a lovely courtyard setting, this refined Spanish restaurant down a cobbled side street is perfect for tapas, excellent paella (₺120 to ₺180 for two)…
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Bodrum Peninsula
Right on the beach promenade next to the small Yalı Mosque, this hugely popular place marked by breezy white-and-green decor lets you eat, drink and enjoy…
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Bodrum Peninsula
Visually this place is simply stunning, with whitewashed shabby-chic tables placed right by the water's edge (and even in the shallows), and lots of arty…
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Bodrum Peninsula
This tasteful restaurant packs far more of a local flavour than most tourist-geared places in Bitez. There's a lovely courtyard setting for summer evening…
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Bodrum Town
This simple, back-alley place has a no-nonsense, rustic feel with bench seating and stone walls. Offers hot and cold prepared dishes, viewable lokanta…
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Bodrum Town
Decorated with comic-book and street art, this cool Turkish chain – originally a refuge for artists and writers in İstanbul – is popular with students for…
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Bodrum Town
This mariners' club cafe attracts locals from çay-drinking sea dogs to young landlubbers nursing bottles of Efes Malt. Burgers, sausage and chips, tost …
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Bodrum Town
Though a bit cramped and inland, this distressed-looking place, with whitewashed tables and pastel-coloured walls, is certainly worth investigating …
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Bodrum Town
The 'Courtyard' is a bistro in an old stone house on a cobbled lane that offers outdoor dining, opt for the intimate dining rooms spread over two minute…
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Bodrum Peninsula
With a prime beachside plot, this Ibiza-style hotel restaurant has elegant tables for dining (seafood is popular, though pricey) and chillout zones for…
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Bodrum Peninsula
This long-running favourite is run by a fishing family and serves a good range of mezes and mains, marine and otherwise. There's no noise save for the…
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Bodrum Peninsula
An intimate, good-value restaurant, decorated with holidaying children's pictures of cats, serving light meals by day and heartier fare at night. House…
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Bodrum Town
An upmarket and highly fashionable meat feast of a place with street-side tables and a fine menu that majors in gourmet burgers (in 120g or 180g portions)…
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Bodrum Peninsula
This Indian-owned restaurant is everything to everyone, serving up pizza, pasta and the house speciality, chicken parmigiana, with as much aplomb as it…
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Bodrum Peninsula
This hotel's beachfront bar-restaurant serves a range of dishes, including köfte, seafood and local speciality çökertme (meat fried with thin french fries…
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Bodrum Peninsula
Local favourite Garo's is pricey, but popular for its mezes. The owner-chef serves seafood like dağ kekikli kalamar izgara (mountain thyme grilled…
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Bodrum Peninsula
Established in 1972, this waterfront classic is run by a local fishing clan whose boats float nearby. With eight different types of rakı (aniseed liquor)…
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Bodrum Peninsula
Quirky, slightly ramshackle but fun seafront resto where all dishes are prepared with love (and cold-pressed olive oil). There's a tiny kitchen, so be…
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Bodrum Town
This bar-restaurant serves fine food in arty surrounds, with its packed harbourfront tables creating a busy bistro atmosphere. Dishes include good salads,…
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Bodrum Town
Across from the eponymous mosque, this favourite hole-in-the-wall does tasty kebaps on homemade bread, including the İskender (döner lamb on a bed of pide…
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Bodrum Peninsula
Always busy, this waterfront restaurant is a good place to take a break from seafood; options include deli and cheese plates, lamb chops and lamb shank…
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Bodrum Town
Located opposite the marina, this trad meyhane (tavern) serves fresh mezes and fish to a rakı-raddled clientele. It's renowned for its seafood. Book ahead…
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Bodrum Peninsula
This popular fish restaurant follows the peninsula custom of dining right on the sand, with a delicious range of home-cooked mezes and fish dishes to…
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Bodrum Town
This inexpensive open-fronted kebapçı (kebap shop) near the entrance to the fish market serves meat feasts, including tasty İskender and fiery Adana…
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Bodrum Peninsula
With cheery orange and blue tables strung along the sand and looking to the ebbing waves, this friendly place is Torba's spot for a meal of mezes and…
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Bodrum Peninsula
This seafood restaurant is as popular for its waterfront location with its incomparable views westward as its fresh fish dishes and mezes.
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Bodrum Town
Offers the best ice cream in town, with authentic flavours including walnut and coconut. Also serves good espresso coffee.
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Bodrum Town
Bodrum's fish market (sometimes called manavlar for the fruit stands at the entrance to this small network of back alleys) offers a direct dining…
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Bodrum Peninsula
Popular beachside restaurant with international menu that takes in so-so burgers and curries. Stick to Turkish food like testi kebapı, a delicious dish of…
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Bodrum Peninsula
In new premises 300m inland from the shore, but run by the same family from Gaziantep, Özmasa specialises in Anatolian dishes such as halep işi kebap …
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Bodrum Peninsula
On a roadside terrace in the village, this unassuming place does excellent versions of Turkey's extended carbohydrates family, from mantı (Turkish ravioli…
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Bodrum Town
Bustling pizzeria with a great streetside terrace opposite the marina. It's particularly popular with families and with groups of young people, who enjoy…
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Bodrum Peninsula
A seafront fish restaurant like so many others in Gümüşlük, but Leleg stands out in particular for the quality of its mezes and the friendliness of the…
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Bodrum Town
Don't expect to be bowled over by the authenticity of the Chinese dishes here but if you're desperate for a fix of rice and/or noodles, Red Dragon can…
