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Mutlu |
Imagine the marvellous view of Agean Sea and wondefull appetizers with the fish smell presented by the restaurant...You’ll feel the pleasent tastes of life with Mutlu Restaurant in a freindly and warm atmosphere. Meet the night with various kind of fish, octipus salad & sea-cow-pea (Famous food of ÇEŞME) not missing the Turkish Rakı. The cleanest and fresh meal during the mystery of sun-set Will remind you “How we missed NATURE!”. (Pınar Eldem, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO) |
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Tepe Kahve 2001 |
Tepe Kahve İzmir has been serving for over 55 years for the passengers who pass by. The restaurant is most famous for its special breakfast menu. The items of the menu, which should not be skipped, are the omelet with delicious Afyon sausage, the pannée with the famous local cheese and the pide, which is served hot and eaten with Erzurum tulum (a famous Erzurum cheese). Do not worry if you are not there at breakfast time because the lunch and dinner specialities are also very tasteful. You can have the barbecued chicken, which has been marinated with milk, yogurt and olive oil. Furthermore if there is a picky one in your family he or she can eat the other menu items such as the meatball, chopsticks and shish kebab. Tepe kahve Izmir Restaurant is an ideal place where you can both enjoy the delicious food and the air and get ready for the rest of your journey. (Sırma Keresteci, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO) |
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Ildırı |
Would you lake a trip back to your childhood? Then try Ildırı Fish restaurant. You can throw bread to the fishes, which are in the stream that is passing by the restaurant. So you liked the idea then go to the Ildırı Fish Restaurant at Çeşme and don’t forget to taste the gilt-headbream, sea bass and and cold appetizers like broiled aubergine, paprika terator (a Mediterranean specialty). You can also change your mouth taste with chocolate soufflé, and a classic; baked halva with walnut. As you are leaving the restaurant it is certain that you will never forget the delicious taste of the foods (Sırma Keresteci, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO) |
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Çınar |
A natural place to taste the delicious Turkish Steak Cusine under a 800 year old Plane-Tree. Spectating impressive sun-set accompany having your dinner. Quality & Elegangy created by the will of excalent service. Endless efforts to supply you and your guests an unforgetable night. (İrem Türker, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO) |
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Ambience |
Have a drive to CICEKLIKOY which is at 9th kilometres of Izmir-Istanbul highway for clean air and long-walks. Ciceklikoy that is the favorite place of weekend travelers is also point of interest with restaurants. The stone building in the middle of the wide garden is decorated with fireplaces and wooden furniture. “Ambience” introduces you the outstanding meals of the Turkish and French kitchens and the best wine in its own cellar. It is also possible for you to taste “turp out”, “radika”, and other verbal meals of the region near the barbeque. For game lovers “quail”, “stuffed pleasant”, and “ pekin- duck” which is cooked villager style may be deligtful choices at ‘Ambience” Especially the presentation of the Pekin duck is a real visual banquet. Parfe, Chocolate Sufle, and Rococo are the best desserts of Ambience when the weather is clear, you may have your meal on the well prepared Tables under the aged pine in the garden or on the grass. Nevertheless, the bill that you have for these beauties is not as high as you expect. At the same time it is a good idea to go to Ambience with reservation for larger groups as not to meet a bad surprises. (Pınar Yücel, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO) |
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Kanton |
You want to get away from the city; escape from its noise and smog; be within nature ; live in pleasure ,and want to feel a peace of mind and amusement together!… It is not an imagination ! Kanton Restaurant make all these whishes of yours a reality. Kanton Restaurant bar invites its customers to different and exquisite tastes and flavour . In winter within the scenery of snow and in front of the fire-place ; in summer months at the terrace under the coolness of olive trees it presents the unique delights of French and Italian cuisine. The place is open except on Mondays. Saturday nights; you can eat your meal while listening live music. In winter with a capacity of 90 indoors and in the summer with a capacity of 300 outdoors, it beholds a unique atmosphere for private occasions , weddings , engagements and commencement nights. At the bar of the Restaurant situated between Izmir and Kemalpasa you can have the most popular international cocktails like the whisky-sour , rum-sour vodka martini and tom collins or beer , uzo and different brands of raki appropriate to Turkish taste. The list of wines you can have with your meal has a big variety. Main dishes from turkey, chicken and beef has a variety of over twenty dishes cooked to your taste. Among them the one I would recommend is the “Kanton -Steak”. Among the Turkish and French desserts it is the “ pear – frape. The cost of a meal varies according to your choice of wine. (Lale Torunlu, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO)) |
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Altınkapı |
A perfect meat restaurant in İzmir, the pearl of the Aegean. This restaurant, which started with İskender (special döner with yoghurt and sauce) and which offers all the tastes to people at present, finally made itself known by the people of İzmir once more with the new Fish Restaurant that was opened. Quite a nice place that you can prefer for your special days and dinners. It offers a nice meal to the people of İzmir with its nice and rich decoration. Altınkapı döner speciality, çöp şiş (meat on narrow skewers), piliç şiş (chick on skewers), flemnion, schnitzel, salad bar and many more unique tastes. As the service and quality offered here is very superior, people do not complain about the high prices . (Serçin Kantar, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO) |
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Alaş |
Alaş Koumiss Village and restaurant that resembles a small Cossack Village on Kamalpaşa road, immediately attracts attention. Its owner Şirzat Doğru has founded a concept that aims to introduce the Cossack culture to the domestic and foreign tourists. Just next to the restaurant, which takes place within the village, there is the " Cossack Tent " where handicrafts of Cossacks are introduced.This place, where families wishing to ride mares rush in crowds especially on the weekends, is in demand with the national dishes prepared by the Cossack cook. Özbek Pilavı (Uzbek Rice) with meat and carrot, mantı (meat pastry) with minced meat cooked by stream, Keşpe Köje (Cossack Soup), Tatar Böreği ( Tatar Pie; uncooked pie), Beşparkam (boiled meat with dough sheet) and Alaş dessert are among the specialities. " Koumiss ", the national drink of Cossacks produced from mare milk daily and non-alcoholic drinks are served in the village. It is an ideal place for those who wish to be mingled with the nature away from the city stress and who want to taste ethnical meals. (ŞİVA ZİAEİ, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO) |
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Değirmen |
A very special place outside Kuşadası and from the city, alone with the nature. You can have the traditional dishes of Middle Asia in their most delicious form. In addition to this, gazelles, rabbits, ducks that became extinct in the Aegean and specially-bred plants make you feel in somewhere very different. Everything, from bread to wine, is produced there. The buildings are specially constructed and nearly all of the properties have the characteristics of antiques. To have your meal with the accompaniment of classical and folk Turkish Music is another pleasure. The meals that are served by the small lake in hot weathers are much more pleasing. This is a place that must be seen for at least once (Alişan Palut, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO) |
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Bonjour |
This café, with a very wide place in Alsancak town of İzmir, is known to be a place frequently visited by the young people. Perfect cakes and pastries, pancakes, desserts made from milk and salads are suitale for the tastes of the people of İzmir. The fast service, perfect tastes of the food and the packages and pastries prepared for special days confirm the choice of the people from choosing here. Reservation is not applicable (Serçin Kantar, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO) |
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Marina |
"Marina Fish Restaurant", where all kinds of fresh fish is found, gives you the opportunity to have a meal in a gorgeous environment where nature and sea unite. It invites you to a place that comforts you with both its wooden building and yellow internal decoration. Classical music and the lights reflected on the walls add a more romantic air to this ambience. In addition, the prices are quire reasonable when the quality of the meal and the service is considered. (Müjde Toplar, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO) |
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Asansör |
The elevator, which was constructed in the year of 1907, is serving as a restaurant at present. The place, which was restored in the year 1933, has a really impressive atmosphere. When you reach the restaurant through the elevator that is still in operation, you find İzmir and the gulf beneath your feet. The restaurant, currently run by İZBELTUR under municipality, is noted for the well discipline of its service personnel. The place is at the service of the people of İzmir with its menu for all tastes, Teras Café - open during summer - , Sedir Bar, Restaurant, and Ceneviz Meyhanesi. The pleasure of the meal encircled by the history accompanied by classical Turkish music (fasıl) an live music and the lovely İzmir and gulf view is something different. In addition, the taste of the Turkish coffe had at Sedir Bar lasts for 40 years. Reservation is necessary for especially for the weekends (Ebru Esmer, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO) |
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Cumba |
A hidden city and a very pleasant ambience in Bornova on the road to Manisa, which can be considered as far from the city centre. The pleasure of having meal with live show music for 6 days a week at Cumba Restaurant & Bar, an admirable place serving under an ordinary fuel station, is utterly different. Its capacity for 350-400 people can sometimes be a reason for preference for birthday celebrations and special meals. The restaurant, especially preferred for business meals, is also noted for its rich menu that includes elite dishes of French, Italian & Turkish cuisine. It offers a nice meal to the people of İzmir with the magnificient view of İzmir, its nice and modern decoration in harmony with its special structure of architecture. (Ebru Esmer, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO) |
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Bordeaux |
After working with famous hotel chains like
Scheraton and Hilton, Nur Hanim has realized her dreams by opening the Bordeaux
Restaurant, giving service since 1998. As can be understood from its name, Bordeaux is
well known with its wines. There, you can find all brands of local and imported wines. |
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British |
One of the few restaurants that has the status of
luxurious restaurant in İzmir. A very special restaurant that has not limit itself with
only dinners but serves on a large scale including breakfast, lunch tea at 17.00 in the
evening and various special coctails. The restaurant is in demand by the Turkish or
foreign people of various age groups with its experienced service personnel an unique sea
view of İzmir; however, it is a little above the average level in terms of prices. The
colourful, dusky lights, wallpapers harmonious with these lights, the original paintings
on the wall and furniture of a different style are important contributing elements for the
place where British style is emphasised. A wide variety of menu options including English,
Greek, Italian, Chinese, Mexican, Lebanon, and Turkish cuisine is offered. The perfect
service offered in the accompaniment of a piano & a fiddle between 19.00-23.00 and
guitar & solo singer after 23.00 for seven days a week is recommended by the customers
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La Sera |
La Sera, located at 1. Kordon, which is the best-known part of İzmir, has an external view that enriches the long Kordon strip. It arouses attention at first sight with both its name and its decoration and it has a very nice atmosphere that attracts the customers. The fact that it is a narrow and long restaurant enables a very wide front that overlooks the sea. It is possible to find everything that can be offered in a café, a restaurant and a bar in the menu of La Sera which is open after 08:30 until 24:00-01:00 during the week days and until 03:00-03:30 at the weekend (Especially the coctails are strongly recommended). It has a very wide customer profile from every age group due to the live music played after 19:00 until the closing hour for every day of the week except Monday, its professional service quality, delicious meals and the reasonable prices that it offers in spite of its rich atmosphere. Some say they go to La Sera for its nice ambience, some for its rich bar at the length of six meters and some just to sit at the side of the window and watch the lights reflect over the sea and they all claim that it becomes a habit. (Erman Baysal, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO) |
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Venedik |
It offers the most elegant tastes of the Italian cuisine to your appetite for every day of the week and every hour of the day with its rustic décor and hot atmosphere. It seems the restaurant, serving in a very pleasant place, has become the most popular place of especially the young people of İzmir with its 20 kinds of pizzas, Italian cuisine and specialities, and hot-cold salad bar. You can enjoy eating in a cool ambience in the heat of İzmir by means of the internal sitting rooms with air conditioners. The restaurant, which is generally visited by working people and the young for the day, serves the customers with a higher age average in the evening. It can address to different tastes with the domestic and foreign drinks, and Cappuccino and Espresso prepared using Italian coffee. Although the place may be considered as expensive in terms of prices, it must absolutely be visited by those who insist on a pleasant ambience and the Italian cuisine. (Ebru Esmer, Bilkent Üniversitesi, Oğrenci TOMYO) |
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Hisarönü |
It is possible to find fish meals such as red mullet, bass, large grey mullet on skewer as well as seafood such as fried calamary and shrimp; and the atmosphere is warm and friendly. Hisarönü, where shades of pink and green are emphasised, is mostly visited by families who pay great attention to cleanness and quality in serving. The ventilation system operating between the kitchen and dining room is very well organised and the skin swallows no smell after the meal. The restaurant, open between 12:00 and 00:00 every day, offers live music for special days as well. You should absolutely visit it and enjoy its advantages. (Murat Nazlı, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO) |
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1888 |
After passing through the ornamented entrance, you will come to two distinguished halls with fireplaces. During cold winter nights it’s really very enjoyable to taste their different kinds of food and to sip your drinks near the fireplace in the nostalgic and majical atmosphere of the 1888 Restaurant. The Cumba Hall on the second floor is an ideal place for special meetings, VIP dinners and for wedding ceremonies. During the summer their food and bar service is available in the garden, surrounded by exotic plants. Though the 1888 Restaurant & Bar is in the city center, it is far away from the noise of the city. The restaurant is always cool during the summer time. The garden atmosphere is relaxing and peaceful. During the romantic summer nights the 1888 Restaurant will take you to another world which is far away from the tiredness of the day. In their cuisine they offer you the rich Mediterranean food, especially sea food. (Bahadır Ataol, Bilkent University, Student, TOMYO) |
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