Author Topic: Which restaurants are the best ? (Read 34732 times)

newbrandmedia · « **Reply #40 on:** June 07, 2007, 11:30:20 AM »

we have been coming to kalkan for 3 years now and dined in many restaurants but trio is easiley the best....

Debbie · « **Reply #41 on:** June 07, 2007, 11:49:35 AM »

have to agree with New Brand Media post - we thought Trio was great as well, If you are in Kalkan it is well worth a visit. Lovely menu - (the Mediterranean Lamb was gorgeous), nice view of harbour and fab bar - the cocktails were good as well.

lord durno · « **Reply #42 on:** September 20, 2007, 05:47:09 PM »

I always on arrival from Dalaman hit Tomato in the main street to recover from flight.Next night Atlantis on Kalamar road for a steak! Also Sofra/Alternatif
Korsan fish . Then trout farms for lunch! So thats 4 days taken care of!
Lord Andrew

Lorretta · « **Reply #43 on:** September 20, 2007, 06:12:42 PM »

There really are so many restaurants to choose from but I too would endorse the Atlantis for food and friendly service, (my favourite dish is the stuffed aubergine)they have live Turkish music some nights too. I also love the Old Trading House, daphnes, Sofra (someone has already mentioned their fabulous chocolate cake) Coast, and Ibo''s. The sun terrace is also a favourite and they do lovely steaks. For cheaper options, Ali Baba does a good cheap menu and we sometimes end up here in the early hours of the morning after an efes or two for a bowl of steaming hot lentil soup and mountains of crusty bread.
P.S we went to mahmouds for lunch last september and whilst the food was fantastic we were plagued by wasps, were we just unlucky?

chorleyboy · « **Reply #44 on:** September 20, 2007, 08:39:09 PM »

Wasps? I hope you were unlucky, I am allergic to them (in my mind) so how about if someone puts that mind of mine at rest by telling me that in June there are no wasps about.
Over here, we don''t really see them until late summer and its September were they are irritable and more likely to sting. Ouch!!

Babadag · « **Reply #45 on:** September 20, 2007, 10:02:49 PM »

re Wasps - swarms of them appeared as soon as our food arrived when we we went to one of the Islamar trout restaurants last year (July). We had to go inside to eat as one son has had severe reactions previously. The waiter was OK about it but obviously thought we were making a fuss about nothing. He said that Islamar is a natural place so you have to accept the wildlife. Apparently if you leave it until later in the evening they are less of a nuisance.

Blue Lizard · « **Reply #46 on:** September 21, 2007, 08:34:36 AM »

we have seen wasps in kalkan...mostly they seem to drink from the edge of the swimming pools..they seem pretty laid back /half dead perhaps it''s the heat..if you see me dance you would think i was a man surrounded by wasps with jam on his head

Lorretta · « **Reply #47 on:** September 21, 2007, 02:12:18 PM »

Hi Babadag,
yes the wasps appeared as soon as our food arrived. The waiter lit this smokey thing (sorry I don''t know what it was) but it did little to deter them. I too have a bad reaction to wasp stings so it made me quite nervous. My companions weren''t fazed though, they just kept swatting the wasps away, but I have to say it did affect my enjoyment of what was a superb lunch. Perhaps I am just a southern softie!

Lorretta · « **Reply #48 on:** September 22, 2007, 10:57:25 AM »

Hey blue lizard, now that I have got to see!

Cruisecontroller · « **Reply #49 on:** September 23, 2007, 09:47:39 AM »

Prices at Barbaros Restaurant are lower this year and more Ãƒâ€žÃ‚Â±n keeping with those in town. Only used the Cafe part so far but the food is excellent.

Les

blondie · « **Reply #50 on:** September 23, 2007, 09:49:12 AM »

Quote from: Cruisecontroller on September 23, 2007, 09:47:39 AM

Prices at Barbaros Restaurant are lower this year and more Ãƒâ€žÃ‚Â±n keeping with those in town. Only used the Cafe part so far but the food is excellent.

Les

excellent!!

Shevil · « **Reply #51 on:** September 23, 2007, 02:39:47 PM »

Hello! Just returned from my second holiday in Kalkan and I have to recommend the chicken dishes in Alternatif (all of them

) and also Jasmine has excellent food!

Cosetta · « **Reply #52 on:** September 24, 2007, 07:52:51 AM »

Our favourites year after year are The Olive Garden - Zetinlik on top of the Merkez cafe and Sofra. We try the others but end up always going back to these two. In winter sometimes Aubergine for their cozy fire.

Wasps in Islamlar, yes sometimes in the summer in the afternoon. Rare to get them around at night. We also go there frequently at night, must say I haven''t been bothered by wasps at all this year.

Cruisecontroller · « **Reply #53 on:** October 05, 2007, 07:28:58 PM »

Bearing in mind we look for restaurants at the lower end of the price scale, as i''ve said in the recommended restaurants discussion, Rami''s proved to be our best meal of the fortnight but only just !!!! All the other restaurants we used were certainly snapping at their heels. Les

Alfaman · « **Reply #54 on:** October 05, 2007, 11:59:21 PM »

Why, when spending serious money on flights and accommodation go to restaurants "at the lower end of the price scale?!" - go to Zeki''s, Aubergine, Old Trading House, Aubergine, Sofra, Ibo, Kosk, then try somewhere new- Coast, Ivy, Trio, or old favourites - Ilban, Odak and be suspicious of those which might be "planting " reviews -Turkuaz?, Al Fresco?,and then try the wildcards - Kaptan''s, Adems....
Oh, I''m salivating ! night, night.

Cruisecontroller · « **Reply #55 on:** October 06, 2007, 02:05:15 PM »

Hi Alfaman, Firstly, Zeki''s is no more and Adems has moved 3kms out of town due to the high rent, he is now located next to his home, we have a card if you want details. Adem will send a car to fetch you and return you to your residence/hotel. On the,"lower price scale topic", all the restaurants do much the same meals and so we don''t see the point in paying top dollar for it when you can get it for much less, the meal is just as enjoyable. The other factor for us is that we have been looking at property to buy and so have tended to look more at restaurants that Turkish people would use and therefore we would too, were we resident !! It is a case of horses for courses, some people have a holiday spend budget, which is us, while others don''t, it is a case of each to their own. Les

Blue Lizard · « **Reply #56 on:** October 06, 2007, 02:18:40 PM »

another point of view is if like us you rent a place with the facilities to cook etc why not do it!we do eat out but are just as happy to cook chicken/steak or prepare salad /fruit /cheeses etc...i too like to eat like the locals do.Ali Baba dos excellent guvec..plain no frills good wholesome food....we have done the rooftop thing for many years and still do when the mood takes us...we always take money to do as we like when we like but it dosn''t mean you have to go chucking it away when you aren''t particularly hungry...sometimes it''s just too hot to eat....little and often !!

kalkankiki · « **Reply #57 on:** October 06, 2007, 05:08:32 PM »

cruisecontroller
and for those of you in a state of mild panic, zekis restaurant is certainly still in existence.
i often find that there is not much in the price between going to the lower end of the market and the upper end, alot of the time the price difference results as to what you drink and how much.
in terms of where the locals eat, most of them eat at home as the general prices around town have become so high its more a treat to eat out these days.

Cruisecontroller · « **Reply #58 on:** October 06, 2007, 05:34:52 PM »

Hi kalkankiki, I take it that Zeki has relocated, this being the case then I stand corrected. If I am not mistaken, Zeki was opposite Turquaz, and was all shut up whilst we were there, this being during the past two weeks. With Jon(Enjoykalkan) being out there at the moment, he could perhaps confirm this. What the Turkish do is much the same as what we do here and we would continue to do so should we move out to Turkey on a permanent basis. Les