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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
Bodrum Town
Though a bit cramped and inland, this distressed-looking place, with whitewashed tables and pastel-coloured walls, is certainly worth investigating …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Bodrum Peninsula
This seafood restaurant is as popular for its waterfront location with its incomparable views westward as its fresh fish dishes and mezes.
Bodrum Town
Offers the best ice cream in town, with authentic flavours including walnut and coconut. Also serves good espresso coffee.
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
