Places in İzmir

Gastronomy-led cocktail bar off Kıbrıs Şehitleri

The Urla market lokanta locals queue for

Bostanlı's serious seafood table by the tram line

Waterfront fresh-fish kitchen on the Foça promenade

Detail-obsessed Karşıyaka roaster

Kordon fish institution beneath İzmir Palas since 1981

Bostanlı's special-occasion steakhouse

Eski Foça's harbourside fish house since 1984

Bornova meyhane institution since 1966

The Bostanlı waterfront meyhane locals defend

İzmir köfte institution since 1965

İzmir's oldest living kokoreç master, charcoal since the 1960s

The kumru the Karşıyaka set grew up on

Stone-courtyard meyhane with fine-dining touches

Levantine-Italian dining in the Mistral tower

İzmir's third-wave pioneer, roasting on Kıbrıs Şehitleri since 2016

1965 patisserie in a restored Levantine house

Aegean-Cretan seafood meyhane on the Pasaport waterfront since 1989

Chef-driven Italian on the ninth floor of the Swissôtel

Solo-run coffee oasis with a deep patio

İzmir's serious wine room with ~100 labels in Karşıyaka

Garden-gate bistro with a real wine list

Bostanlı's freshly-roasted specialty coffee favourite since 2020

Tucked-away bistro on a quiet Alsancak side street

Michelin Bib Gourmand Anatolian grill on Atatürk Caddesi