Restaurants in Antalya
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Restaurant 36
Popular with the backpacker crowd, in part because of its location near to the cheaper pensions, yet also because of its distinctively laid-back vibe. The somewhat international menu offers items like tuna fish salads and omelettes along with the usual mix of mezes, kebaps and grills. Because the indoor dining area appears to also be the living room of the owner's home, front patio noshing is recommended.
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Paul's Place
The good word comes in coffee cups at this informal expat 'club' on the 2nd-floor of the St Paul Cultural Center. Regardless of your faith, enjoy the espresso or filter coffee and home-baked pastries on offer. There's a well-stocked lending library with 2500 books.
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Parlak Restaurant
Opposite the jewellery bazaar and just off the pedestrian Kazım Özlap Caddesi is this sprawling open-air patio restaurant in an old caravanserai favoured by locals and famous for its slow-roasted chicken (one-half TL8) and excellent meze.
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Gizlı Bahçe
A sort of luxury compound featuring two separate restaurants - one Turkish and one Italian - as well as a bar, this is undoubtedly one of Kaleiçi's most dramatically located dining and entertainment spots. The restaurant is almost as lovely to gaze at as the view, and the food (traditional grills, mezes and pasta) and service are equally supreme. Smart dress is encouraged, although prices are kept relatively low.
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Güneyliler
With its cafeteria-style interior, this reasonably priced locals-only joint isn't much to look at. But the wood-fired lahmacun (Turkish-style pizza; TL6) and expertly grilled kebaps are served with so many complimentary extras, you'll want to return. If you get lost, ask for directions at the landmark Best Western Khan Hotel at Kazım Özlap Caddesi 55.
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7 Mehmet Restaurant
Antalya's most famous eatery is a couple of kilometres west of the centre, and its spacious indoor and outdoor dining areas occupy a hill overlooking Konyaaltı Plajı and the city. The menu of grilled mains, fish and meze is unsurprising but reliable; ask for a peek in the enormous kitchen.
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Sim Restaurant
A choice of seated areas makes this simple but charming restaurant a unique experience. When the weather's fine, dine underneath the canopy in the narrow passageway at the front wedged against ancient Byzantine walls. Inside, global graffiti gives it a youthful pulse, while upstairs, eclectic antiques complement köfte, white bean salads and glorious cobra (soups).
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Hasanağa Restaurant
Expect to find the garden dining area here packed on Friday and Saturday nights, when traditional Turkish musicians and folk dancers entertain from 8pm onwards. Dishes are predictable – köfte, mixed grills and the like – although the cooks do produce some veggie dishes (around TL15).
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Ulker Fırın & Café
Take care not to over-order at this thoroughly modern bakery, which is packed with both traditional and nontraditional Turkish sweets - the tiny pieces of şöbiyet (walnut curd) and fistıklı (pistachio)baklava are significantly more filling than they first appear. It's close to Plaza Cinemas.
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Club Arma
Current tenant of a former oil depot built right into the cliff-side above the harbour, this pricey fish restaurant specialises in meze (brought to you properly on a tray to choose from) and seafood in its infinite variety. As its name implies, the place moonlights as a club and is one of Antalya's sexiest venues to sip a gin and tonic. Just be careful not to fall off the fabulous open terrace or you'll literally end up in the drink.
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Can Can Pide ve Kebap Salonu
Looking for something very cheap and cheerful? Fantastically prepared çorba (soup), pide and Adana dürüm (beef kebap rolled in pitta) are here at bargain prices. It's opposite the landmark Plaza Cinema.
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Ayar Meyhane Restaurant
With a wide selection of mostly seafood and grilled meat entrées, not to mention a very satisfying wine and liquor list, this is an ideal spot for dining out in large groups. Live classic Ottoman music is performed nightly.
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Gül Restoran
On the edge of Atatürk Caddesi is this intimate garden restaurant shaded by a grove of Antalya's famous orange trees and popular with visiting German couples. The meze (TL4) – there are seven different ones each day – are well known.
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Villa Perla
A small garden restaurant attached to a popular pension, this relaxing spot has a locally renowned meze plate (TL14) prepared by host Mama Perla and (among other things) a full nine rabbit dishes (around TL17) on offer.
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Vanilla
Another indicator of Antalya's rising stock is this outstanding, ultra-modern restaurant led by British chef Wayne and his Turkish wife, Emel. Glass surfaces and creamy vanilla leather seating provide a warm, unfussy atmosphere and allow you to concentrate on the menu: French- and Italian-influenced international dishes.
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Seraser
The signature restaurant at the Tuvana Hotel and arguably the city's best, Seraser offers international dishes with a Mediterranean slant – try the grouper with rosemary and samphire or the quail with mustard honey glaze – in especially fine Ottoman surrounds. (We love the pasha-style chairs and the glass-bead chandelier.) The Turkish coffee crème brûlée is legendary.
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Ottoman Garden
This delightful open-air cafe-bar serves drinks and nargileh as well as simple grilled dishes like şiş kebap.
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Konukzade Konağı
This attractive home-style restaurant, with couches, art on display and a garden in front, is overseen by a friendly long-term expat Dutch woman. The busy kitchen makes reasonably priced Turkish dishes, plus a renowned appeltaart (apple pie; TL5).
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Hesapçı Lounge
Next door to the restaurant Vanilla and under the same management, this very slick cafe offers imported ice cream (it's Mövenpick) and a genuine Lavazza espresso machine for those weary of the Turkish coffee.
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