We will be posting a few of our personal recommendations for eating and drinking in and around Turunc.  (Please note that most bars now have free wireless access if you need it).  As many bars and restaurants change each year we will try to keep up, but let us know if anything has changed!

Fidans Restaurant and bar
Walk right to the centre if the village and it is on the right of the path to the sea front, on the opposite side of the path to the Mosque.  Good food, moderately priced, fabulous and friendly service from a team led by the ever helpful Boysie.  Fish is a speciality - choose your own from the chiller cabinet.  In addition to breakfast, lunch and dinner they also serve drinks on the beach in front of the restaurant, and offer their customers the use of their pristine changing and shower facilities.  The bar which backs on to the restaurant is a great place to drink or play pool into the early hours!  They also have live entertainment several times a week.

 

 

Some of the best bread in Turunc!  Really good food at a good price. In peak season you may need to book.  They offer some interesting lunch dishes (I recommend their octopus salad - delicious!)  Their Turkish specialities are not only delicious, but portions are very generous too!

  

  

Consistently fabulous food and service from another of our favourites.  In addition to great Turkish meat and fish dishes, this is the place to get an authentic curry!  On market day (Mondays) you can get an 'all you can eat' buffet style breakfast for just 10YTL.  This is the only restaurant in Turunc which guarantees to stay open all year round, and you are guaranteed a warm welcome from the manager Mehmet (who bares more than a passing resemblance to Peter Andre), and his team.

Habit bar

 

  

 

 

Small portions of delicious foods.  The fishcakes and calamari are personal favourites, but take the opportunity to try something new.  They also offer lunchtime sandwiches and a take out service.  The joint owner of the restaurant, Musti, also has a gorgeous boat if you fancy a trip! (Details in info book at the Villa).

 

Set by the harbour, another restaurant with an extensive menu including some interesting specialities.  A lovely place to sit and watch the world pass by for a while.  The staff are friendly and knowledgeable and the food is delicious.

Walk along the main street towards the harbour and you will come across a small bar with pictures painted on every available surface by a local artist, Joshua.  A lovely place for a relaxed drink.

Paradise Pide
Local fast food - extensive, inexpensive menu.  Really nice crisp pides to  eat in or take-away.

  
Pancake stall and supermarket
New for this year, on the way into the village, is a brand new supermarket (actually the old one from the oher side of the road moved), with a shiny new kitchen and wood burning oven, where a lovely lady will cook pancakes to your personal requirements, either to eat in or take away.  Really delicious, especially when she sends someone to pick the spinach fresh from the garden!  You can also buy casseroles to take away - you may need to order earlier in the day in peak season as demand is high.  (They aren't cheap, but they are good quality, generous portions)! Look out for the local olive oil, sold in plastic water bottles - divine!

 

Vanilla Bar
Run by Kath and her husband Merhat who have just extended the bar and re-furnished with funky animal prints! Watch out for Tea and scones, curry nights and other specials.

 

 

Located on the road out of Ichmeler towatrds Datcha.  Eat the most delicious full Turkish breakfast in a paradise setting.  Feast on a selection of traditional cheeses, variety of olives, delicious bread, dried and fresh fruits, nuts, boiled eggs, tomato, cucumber, salad leaves, jams and honey and freshly brewed turkish tea (chay) and water.    There is a children's play area and a collection of pets (including a young camel and 2 ostriches, who are well away from the eating area!)  Sit by the stream and watch frogs, fish and terrapins enjoying the cool clear water.  Stunning dragonflies dance around the water and the rose beds.  You really do need a car to go here (or arrange a trip for your party through Ali).

Lord Balikcilik
Small fresh fish restaurant in Marmaris (directions available in the Villa).  Cheap, fresh fish, hand cut chips and salad.  Early season example: Whole sea bass grilled - 8YTL (Just over £3!)  Meal for 4 including drinks came to just under  £20.

 

A delightful restaurant located in a small bay along the peninsula (ask Alpinas for directions).  Specialises in fish, although we can highly recommend their mixed salad, calamari, meze and chips, which provided a filling lunch for 4!  Stunning views onto their private moorings (you'll see some fantastic yachts here), and out onto the sea.  Just beautiful!

 

 

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