Venues similar to Mavi Bar

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

Bitez village Mexican cantina from İrem Gürses, fire-grilled meats and handmade tortillas with a DJ programme.

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

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

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

Tilkicik Cove's original fish house, on its own jetty since 1993 and still family-run

Yalıkavak's original family fish kitchen, opened in the early 1980s and still on the same corner

No:81 Hotel's beach deck, a Türkbükü bay restaurant that turns into a proper night room

The Yalıkavak village-waterfront cousin of the Bodrum-merkez bar, smaller room, harbour-facing, late-shift cocktails.

Naru and Dereköy Lokantası team's all-day bistro-bar on Adliye Caddesi, DJ programme on weekends.