Modern in Bodrum

Allium Bodrum Resort's signature room, modern Aegean over the Çökertme cliff with the Greek-islands horizon.

A hillside fine-dining room above the village, live music after sunset, world-cuisine card

Chef Uğur Filiz's open-fire fish room with the panoramic seat and the underwater lights at the tables

Yahşi's new-generation beach-restaurant room, bohemian-chic evening kitchen signed by chef Melisa Yördem.

Susona's sunset seafood and sushi bar with Tipsy Crab, golden-hour deck on Torba Bay, DJ programme

Chef Nilay Lale's Khai Hotel signature room on the Yahşi pier, modern Aegean meets Asian technique.

Chef Ulaş Durmaz's North Aegean seafood room at Avantgarde Refined, MICHELIN Guide 2025 and Gault&Millau Modern Cuisine 2025.

Çökertme Caddesi steak-and-beach room since 2025, dry-age beef and lamb sourced from Afyon and Balıkesir producers.

MGallery Yalıkavak signature room, modern Aegean-Anatolian under Kemal Can Yurttaş, Gault&Millau Young Chef of the Year 2024.

Modern-minimalist 52-room Türkbükü cove, quiet, food-forward, the not-Macakizi answer in the same bay.

Tilkicik Bay aperitivo room, Mediterranean wood-deck format that opened 2022 and immediately found its register.

All-day Gümüşlük operation, small hotel, kitchen-led seafood, a wine list the cove was missing.

Ruins Hotel rooftop, Sips Barcelona (World's 50 Best #3) partnership, the most credentialed cocktail program in the chapter.

The London-Vegas Cantonese house running its tenth global outpost on Cennet Bay

Mandarin Oriental's Japanese-Peruvian room, sushi, robata and sake on the resort's main beach, run by the IOKI Istanbul team

Susona's Michelin Guide-listed dining room, Gürkan Tümsek's micro-local Aegean kitchen, zero-waste, vegetable-forward

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

The Anthaven Japanese kitchen, the only sushi-and-wok room on the south side of the peninsula, two beats away from the Akyarlar harbour.

Counter-led teppanyaki on the Türkbükü cove, the right answer for a serious Japanese dinner outside Yalıkavak.

Yalıkavak Palmarina bistro that flips to a live-music room on Friday and Saturday, curated bookings, kitchen-anchored.