Sia Eli Restaurant
Garden Farm To Table Seafront
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Tolgar Mireli's veg-led Aegean kitchen dissolving into a Gümüşlük hillside garden
Quiet & Authentic
Gümüşlük
Sunset cove, Myndos ruins, fish on stilts, no nightlife by village pact
Gümüşlük is the bohemian-but-pricey sunset cove, built over the underwater ruins of ancient Myndos, kept low-rise by a village pact that refused construction along the seafront. The eating is fish on stilts: a single row of family rooms on wooden platforms over the water, the kitchens working with what came off the boats two hours earlier, no music after eleven by local agreement. The shift is sunset, arrive at six, hold the table through dusk, walk to Tavşan Adası through knee-deep sea if the wind permits. A weekend table in July or August needs a phone call days ahead, and the better rooms quietly turn over the same families summer after summer. Skip anything trying to be a beach club here, there are none worth the drive, by design.
Highlights
Submerged Myndos ruins Tavşan Adası walk-across Seaside fish restaurants on stilts No-construction village rule
22 places
3 Categories
Restaurant
17 places
Açık Mutfak Restaurant
Garden Open Kitchen Mandarin Grove
Mimoza Bodrum Restaurant
Editor's Pick
Restaurant Waterfront Elegant Classic
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Gümüşlük's defining seafood house, where Istanbul tables run two seatings on August nights
Limon Gümüşlük Restaurant
Editor's Pick
Restaurant Romantic Elegant Classic
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A bougainvillea-shaded hilltop terrace that has been the Gümüşlük sunset for two decades
Ali Rıza'nın Yeri Restaurant
Rustic Waterfront Classic
The first table on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1962, still run by the family
Mükellef Gümüşlük Restaurant
Editor's Pick
Restaurant Waterfront Boutique Hotel Wine Program
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All-day Gümüşlük operation, small hotel, kitchen-led seafood, a wine list the cove was missing.
Nazmi Restaurant Restaurant
Waterfront Old Guard Iskele
1968 harbour fish house, the Gümüşlük institution that pre-dates the cove's curated era.
Fenerci Restaurant Restaurant
Waterfront Iskele Family Run
Sunset cove fish house, consistent, family-run, the working version of the Gümüşlük template.
Karafaki Erhan Usta Restaurant
Editor's Pick
Restaurant Waterfront Classic Romantic
Erhan Usta's fish house on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1983, still the chef's name on the door
Aquarium Balık Restaurant Restaurant
Waterfront Classic Romantic
İlknur and Cengiz Özbaşaran's family fish house on the Gümüşlük beach since 1992, recommended in New York Times
Yakamoz Restaurant Gümüşlük Restaurant
Waterfront Classic Intimate
A direct-on-the-water Gümüşlük fish room with the boats and Rabbit Island a metre from the table
Okyanus Restaurant Gümüşlük Restaurant
Waterfront Classic Rustic
A Gümüşlük classic since 1990, fish-grill room on the Yalı Mevkii with the same logic three decades on
Siesta Restaurant Gümüşlük Restaurant
Waterfront Classic Romantic
A 1991-opened fish room on the iskele, navy-blue tables, white walls, the same family on the floor
Greta Gümüşlük Restaurant
Editor's Pick
Restaurant Elegant Romantic Modern
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A hillside fine-dining room above the village, live music after sunset, world-cuisine card
Jadem Gümüşlük Restaurant
Editor's Pick
Restaurant Waterfront Modern Romantic
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Chef Uğur Filiz's open-fire fish room with the panoramic seat and the underwater lights at the tables
Myndos Restaurant, Cumhur'un Yeri Restaurant
Waterfront Classic Family Friendly
One of Gümüşlük's oldest tables, 160 seats with a direct sightline to Tavşan Adası and the sunset
Piri Piri Pizza Restaurant
Cozy Modern Artistic
A sourdough pizzeria with hand-crafted gin-tonic on homemade tonic, the village's alternative dinner
Cafe
4 places
Gümüş Cafe Cafe
Chill Rustic Waterfront
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The morning corner of Gümüşlük, where coffee arrives before the boats unload
Bake My Day Bodrum Cafe
Minimal Intimate Artistic
Tülay Toker's small French patisserie behind Gümüşlük, viennoiserie taken seriously
Müptelal Cafe
Editor's Pick
Cafe Modern Artistic Cozy
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Hilal Tayfun's Le Cordon Bleu kitchen above the village, brasserie, artisan bakery, French patisserie under one roof
Mandarin Cafe Gümüşlük Cafe
Cozy Rustic Family Friendly
Village breakfast café known across the peninsula for its homemade jams and poğaça
Shop
1 place
Gümüşlük Wines Shop
Artistic Hidden Gem Intimate
$$$
A 5,000-bottle boutique winery rooted in the ancient Myndos terroir, Şiraz, Chardonnay, Öküzgözü
