Sakız Alsancak
Alsancak
Aegean-Cretan seafood meyhane on the Pasaport waterfront since 1989
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Alsancak
Aegean-Cretan seafood meyhane on the Pasaport waterfront since 1989
Alsancak / Kordon
Kordon fish institution beneath İzmir Palas since 1981
Alsancak
Michelin Bib Gourmand Anatolian grill on Atatürk Caddesi
Alsancak
Tucked-away bistro on a quiet Alsancak side street
Bornova
Bornova meyhane institution since 1966
Bornova (Çamdibi)
İzmir's oldest living kokoreç master, charcoal since the 1960s
Konak (Alsancak)
Chef-driven Italian on the ninth floor of the Swissôtel
Konak (Çınarlı)
Levantine-Italian dining in the Mistral tower
Kemeraltı (Konak)
Kemeraltı's kelle söğüş master since 1975
Urla (Kuşçular)
İzmir's first two-star table, among Urla's vines
Urla (Rüstem)
Osman Sezener's open-fire farm-to-table within an olive grove
Urla (Kuşçular)
Terroir-driven Aegean cooking and rooms in Kuşçular village
Urla (town centre)
Forest-to-fork 'New Urla cuisine' in the old town
Urla (Camiatik)
The Urla market lokanta locals queue for
Foça (Eski Foça)
Eski Foça's harbourside fish house since 1984
Foça (Eski Foça)
Stone-courtyard meyhane with fine-dining touches
Foça (Fevzipaşa)
Waterfront fresh-fish kitchen on the Foça promenade
Kemeraltı
Bib Gourmand Bosnian börek inside a 17th-century Kemeraltı han
Kemeraltı
İzmir's defining tradesmen's esnaf lokanta since the 1930s
Kemeraltı
İzmir's söğüş benchmark since 1975, by Hisar Mosque
Sığacık (Seferihisar)
The first meyhane of the Sığacık kale, Greek-taverna soul
Sığacık (Seferihisar)
Sığacık harbour's oldest fish house, serving since 1993
Sığacık (Seferihisar)
Warm family-run fish-and-meze house in the Sığacık kale
Düzce Köyü (Seferihisar)
Farm-table artichoke kitchen in a Seferihisar village
Karşıyaka & Bostanlı
The Bostanlı waterfront meyhane locals defend
Karşıyaka & Bostanlı
Bostanlı's serious seafood table by the tram line
Karşıyaka & Bostanlı
Bostanlı's special-occasion steakhouse
Karşıyaka & Bostanlı
Garden-gate bistro with a real wine list
Karşıyaka & Bostanlı
İzmir köfte institution since 1965
Urla
Convivial chalkboard Aegean cooking next to the vines
Kemeraltı
Aegean home cooking tucked inside a Kemeraltı han
Foça
Foça harbour fish house locals defend over the strip
Sığacık, Seferihisar
Fish-market seafood at honest prices in Sığacık's castle village
Urla (old town / Bağ Yolu spine)
New Urla cuisine from olive forest to table, in a stone Greek theatre
Urla town (Bağ Yolu hub)
Urla town's Bib Gourmand meyhane in a courtyard stone house