Körfez Bar Bar Bar Compare Historic Rock Vinyl Körfez Bar Bodrum $$ The 1992 bar street original, vinyl rock from the sixties through the nineties, run by the Subaşıoğlu family Same category
Mavi Bar Bar Bar Compare Historic Live Music Intimate Mavi Bar Bodrum $$ The 1983 stone-house jazz bar where Yeni Türkü and Erkan Oğur played before anyone had heard of them Same category
El Fuego Bar Bar Compare Modern Dj Program Trendy El Fuego Bitez $$$ Bitez village Mexican cantina from İrem Gürses, fire-grilled meats and handmade tortillas with a DJ programme. Same category
Kâtip Bar Bar Compare Intimate Garden Speakeasy Kâtip Bodrum $$$ A speakeasy cocktail bar set inside a 500-year-old stone house behind the marina, lemon tree in the garden Same category
Yula Bodrum Bar Bar Compare Intimate Craft Cocktails Waterfront Yula Bodrum Bodrum $$$ A Çarşı-side cocktail bar with the castle in the frame and a list that takes itself seriously Same category
Yağhane Bodrum Bar Bar Compare Intimate Rustic Artistic Yağhane Bodrum Ortakent $$ A restored nineteenth-century olive-oil mill in Ortakent, run as a wine and coffee house with a working press Same category
Adamik Bar Bar Compare Dive Bar Music Forward Speakeasy Adamik Bodrum $$ An old-Bodrum back-alley bar on Banka Sokak, rock and 80s, signature mandarin Sandoz Same category
The Agency Palmarina Bar Bar Compare Live Music Marina Kitchen Led The Agency Palmarina Yalıkavak (Palmarina) $$$$ Yalıkavak Palmarina bistro that flips to a live-music room on Friday and Saturday, curated bookings, kitchen-anchored. Same category
Müdavim Restaurant Restaurant Compare Historic Intimate Live Music Müdavim Bodrum $$$ A meyhane built into Sadun Boro's old Bodrum house, with kanun on the terrace and the castle in view Similar vibe
DAZE Türkbükü Bar Bar Compare Waterfront Music Forward Elegant DAZE Türkbükü Türkbükü $$$ No:81 Hotel's beach deck, a Türkbükü bay restaurant that turns into a proper night room Same category
Galia Bar Bar Compare Waterfront See & Be Seen Music Forward Galia Türkbükü $$$$ Kuum Hotel's beach restaurant on the Türkbükü deck, sunset table, late-night dance floor Same category
Yula Yalıkavak Bar Bar Compare Village Waterfront Cocktail Program Yula Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$ The Yalıkavak village-waterfront cousin of the Bodrum-merkez bar, smaller room, harbour-facing, late-shift cocktails. Same category
Kornél Bar Editor's Pick Bar Compare Garden Modern Dj Program Kornél Bitez $$$ Naru and Dereköy Lokantası team's all-day bistro-bar on Adliye Caddesi, DJ programme on weekends. Same category
İxir Bodrum Bar Bar Compare Cocktail Program Marina Side Bartender Led İxir Bodrum Bodrum Town $$$ Neyzen Tevfik cocktail room run by two ex-Lucca Bebek bartenders, the chapter's working answer west of the castle. Same category
Piri Piri Pizza Restaurant Restaurant Compare Cozy Modern Artistic Piri Piri Pizza Gümüşlük $$ A sourdough pizzeria with hand-crafted gin-tonic on homemade tonic, the village's alternative dinner Similar vibe
Sail Loft Surf Shack Bar Bar Compare Waterfront Music Forward Casual Sail Loft Surf Shack Gündoğan $$ Gündoğan's salt-and-sand original since 2000, windsurf school by day, neighbourhood bar with live jazz at night Same category
La Pasion Restaurant Restaurant Compare Intimate Classic Romantic La Pasion Bodrum $$$ Bodrum's only real Spanish house, Neco's San Sebastián tapas on a 300-year-old stone street Similar vibe
Kavanoz Yalıkavak Bar Bar Compare Cocktail Program Village Sunset Kavanoz Yalıkavak Yalıkavak $$$ Summer outpost of the Arnavutköy bartender-led original, Yalıkavak village side, sunset-anchored, serious cocktails. Same category
Dükkan No 10 Restaurant Restaurant Compare Intimate Family Run Neighbourhood Dükkan No 10 Bodrum $$$ A small Adliye Sokak family kitchen, a meze tray and a chalkboard fish list, and a returning crowd that knows the names Similar vibe
Sünger Pizza Restaurant Restaurant Compare Classic Lively Waterfront Sünger Pizza Bodrum $$ Bodrum's pre-Cumhuriyet-rush institution, on the Neyzen Tevfik harbour since 1979 Same price range