Roka Bahçe

An alfresco restaurant tucked into one of Alacati's narrow stone-paved lanes, Roka Bahçe runs on the logic that Turkish flavors and Bosnian influences have more in common than you'd think. The kitchen leans into that overlap with confidence, and dishes keep arriving at a pace that suggests nobody behind the stove is taking a break. The whole thing has the easy, crowd-pleasing energy of a place that knows exactly what it's doing and refuses to be solemn about it.

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