Venues similar to Zai Bodrum

MICHELIN Young Chef Award 2026, Duru Akgül's restored olive-oil mill on the Reşadiye Peninsula

The most controlled, design-led beach club operation on the Yalıkavak side

Bib Gourmand 2026, Ümmühan Girgin's mandarin-garden meze house in the back lanes of Bitez

The old D-Marin Bodrum members' room, open to non-members for lunch on the western harbour

MICHELIN Guide modern kebab, the most ambitious kitchen in Bitez, kebab as fine-dining grammar.

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

Aspat Anthaven seafood bistro, the southern-bay alternative to the harbour fish rooms, garlic shrimp and shrimp bruschetta on a Google 4.9.

Yahşi seafront hotel restaurant, Tripadvisor #2 in Ortakent, Travelers' Choice, steak-and-meze on the sand with Friday-night live music.

Müskebi Caddesi beach club opened 2023, bohemian daytime room on the Yahşi sand with cabanas, long pier and a kitchen running into the evening.

Pomelan beach compound bundling beach club, brasserie, balıkçı and a jazz room under chef Cüneyt Kırsan.

Right on the water in Gündoğan, the village reference that runs fish and beach service together.

Beach-restaurant opened in Küçükbük by Danış Ulaş in 2021; Mediterranean cooking and a natural cove.

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

One of Gümüşlük's oldest tables, 160 seats with a direct sightline to Tavşan Adası and the sunset

A sourdough pizzeria with hand-crafted gin-tonic on homemade tonic, the village's alternative dinner

The Kızılağaç köy garden with a kendin-pişir kendin-ye mangal pit, a stone-oven kahvaltı line and a small zoo for the children, fifteen years on the same road.

Tolgar Mireli's veg-led Aegean kitchen dissolving into a Gümüşlük hillside garden

A candlelit garden dinner up in Müskebi, well off the marina strip

A Bitez garden meyhane, owner-run with a daily meze table under citrus trees

Chef Zişan Altınçaba's seasonal garden lokanta in the Dereköy hills