Places in Bodrum Town

Mehmet and Tülin Çuhadar's seafood room at Milta Marina; Bodrum's reference fish house since the early 2000s

A small Adliye Sokak family kitchen, a meze tray and a chalkboard fish list, and a returning crowd that knows the names

A speakeasy cocktail bar set inside a 500-year-old stone house behind the marina, lemon tree in the garden

Bodrum's only real Spanish house, Neco's San Sebastián tapas on a 300-year-old stone street

A meyhane built into Sadun Boro's old Bodrum house, with kanun on the terrace and the castle in view

A Roman chef's intimate trattoria in Kumbahçe, pasta alla genovese and a roof terrace over Bodrum bay

A Çarşı-side cocktail bar with the castle in the frame and a list that takes itself seriously

A long-running fish house at the western Bodrum harbour, with a serious raki sofrası