Classic in Bodrum

Erhan Usta's fish house on the Gümüşlük iskele since 1983, still the chef's name on the door

A bougainvillea-shaded hilltop terrace that has been the Gümüşlük sunset for two decades

The original Türkbükü beach hotel that defined Aegean restraint for two generations

Gümüşlük's defining seafood house, where Istanbul tables run two seatings on August nights

Türkbükü pier institution since 1970, the bay's longest-running family-run fish house, candlelit dinner over the sea.

Akyarlar harbour fish house on Yalı Caddesi, the village's #2-ranked seafront room with live music nights and full meze counter.

Divan Bodrum Palmira's signature dinner room on Göltürkbükü, Executive Chef Adnan Öztürk's Aegean kitchen with a zero-waste programme.

Mehmet Çuhadar's classic Aegean fish house, Gölköy 2001, Yalıkavak branch since 2007.

Gündoğan's seaside fish house, run by Chef Ali Akbalık and the village's first reference for two decades

Türkbükü's oldest fish house, on the iskele since 1997 and still in family hands

A third-generation Akyarlar fish house since 1978, on a wooded cape fifteen metres above the strait to Kos

The Akyarlar harbour fish house run by the same family since 1986, with Kos a sunset away across the strait

The Yalıkavak marina's reference fish house, Aegean classics, ice-displayed catch, Michelin Guide listed

Türkbükü's Armenian-Aegean table, family-run and quietly precise