Venues similar to Ova Sofra

Roberto Fracasso's Hacımemiş courtyard, the only Alaçatı oven where the pizzaiolo is actually Italian

Sertan's small seafood room on the Yıldızburnu cape, water-edge tables, sharp kitchen, prices that still make sense by Çeşme standards

Michelin Guide-listed family osteria a few streets from the castle, serving day-boat fish and meze without the marina markup

The Yılmaz family's Çiftlikköy seafront since 2009, the quietest Çeşme fish table looking across to Sakız

The chef-owner sources every olive and cheese herself, then turns the morning into a fixed-spread argument for slow village breakfast