Places to eat in Karaburun

The local cuisine of Izmir Karaburun has traces of Aegean and Mediterranean cuisine. Olive oil dishes, salads, herbs and greens are at the forefront. Sea and fish products are also consumed in the region. Salads made with radicchio, date olives, radish herb and artichoke are famous in the local cuisine. You can also taste the bitter herb roast made with a mixture of various herbs. Apart from these flavours, you can taste different flavours and dishes such as roasted ivy and asparagus, stuffed zucchini flowers, grandfather's turban, katmer, keskek, arab hair dish and arab hair meatballs, baked walnut dessert, engagement, fava, bulgur and rice pilaf with chickpeas, jelly, walnut crumbs and höşmerim.   

If you want in Karaburun, you can enjoy a wonderful fish against the sunset in the restaurant of the hotel you are staying in. You can taste fresh seasonal fish and seafood with olive oil appetisers. You can try different types of seafood and fish such as stewed mussel eggs, fish balls, lagos in salt, fried mussels, stuffed mussels, red mullet in vine leaves, steamed sardines.

In Mordoğan, the first village you come across on your way to Karaburun, Marina Restaurant Osman's Place and Lighthouse Fish House are the best fish restaurants, while Problem'in Yeri is famous for its Ödemiş meatballs and soups. The second stop is Balıklıova, where Garip'in Yeri and Manzara Restaurant are the flavour stops of Balıklıova. The next stop is Karaburun. Kalyon Restaurant, Number 1 Restaurant and Albatros Fish Restaurant at Karaburun Pier and Saipaltı Restaurant at Saipaltı Pier are the indispensable addresses for fish lovers. While heading towards Ildırı, it is the most enjoyable to complete the sunset with fish at Ildırı Pier Fish Restaurant.

For breakfast; We recommend Melisa Breakfast House in Amberseki village. You can discover the local flavours of Karaburun. For lunch, we recommend you to try snacks and delicious grilled meat and fish varieties in the hotel restaurant. Our other recommendations are Saip country coffee house and Zeytindibi breakfast place.

Breakfast at Zeze was really great.

For coffee; Nihalce prepares delicious coffees at Saip Kır Kahvesi. Stop by!

For dinner; We recommend you to reserve a nice table on the pier with fresh fish, meat and appetisers at Taşada Hotel restaurant. Apart from that, we recommend Karaburun Pier restaurant for a different place. Engin Pansiyon, Altın Tabak İsmet Usta and İskele Restaurant also offer a pleasant environment for dinner!
We are sure that you will like the local ice creams made with goat's milk in the Seven Brothers cafe in the centre of Karaburun.

Do not return without eating custard and ice cream at the famous Yedikardeşler Dondurma.

For accommodation suggestions, you can check our Karaburun Hotels page.