The Best Places to Eat Near Kókkini Porta Rossa, by the Record

The marina-side terrace puts you close enough to the yachts that you could judge other people's nautical ambitions while you eat. Mezegi is a Turkish Mediterranean restaurant in Göcek's D-Marin, open from breakfast through dinner, earning a Michelin Bib Gourmand on a menu that runs from classic and inventive mezze to slow-cooked regional dishes. The crowd tends to arrive by water, but the kitchen doesn't coast on the view.

1. Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand

A free boat from Göcek Marina drops you on a private island in ten minutes, and that ride sets the mood for everything that follows. ONNO is an open-air Mediterranean grill and seafood restaurant built right at the water's edge, where the kitchen leans on whole fish aged for depth and technique that shows in a crisp-skinned octopus that somehow stays tender. The kind of lunch that makes afternoon plans feel optimistic.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

A converted olive oil mill on the Reşadiye peninsula, its stone bones intact and a garden spreading out beneath actual olive trees for open-air dining. The chef tends her own kitchen garden and has a particular fondness for the less-celebrated creatures of the Aegean, blue swimmer crab among them. The menu is modern Mediterranean with a strong regional pull, and the local wine list rewards a slow read.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant