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İzmir travel guide

Local food in İzmir

Where to eat like a local: İzmir specialties such as boyoz, kumru and kokoreç, lokantas with home cooking and regional kitchens.

Top picks

The best documented places first: photos, opening hours, history and reviews.

  1. Köşe Kahve

    Café Alaçatı, Çeşme

    • Lively
    • Active
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  2. Bahçe Kafe

    Café Kazımdirik, Bornova

    • Recharging
    • Immersive
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  3. Cute Gastro Pub

    Restaurant Alsancak, Konak

    • Something new
    • Recharging
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  4. Kumrucu Dede & ACR Acarlar Unlu Mamüller

    Café Korutürk, Balçova

    • Social
    • Lively
    • Open late
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  5. Oz ızmir Lokma

    Restaurant Şirinkapı, Buca

    • Something new
    • Recharging
    • Open late
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  6. Viramor Balık Restoran

    Restaurant Mordoğan, Karaburun

    • Recharging
    • Something new
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  7. Özmert Kokoreç ve Söğüş

    Restaurant Kurtuluş, Tire

    • Social
    • Intense
    • Open late
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  8. Dostlar Kıraathanesi

    Café Kazımdirik, Bornova

    • Immersive
    • Good alone
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  9. Kemeraltı Kent Lokantası

    Restaurant Konak

    • Familiar
    • Recharging
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  10. Park Kafe

    Café Kazımdirik, Bornova

    • Immersive
    • Good alone
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  11. manevi lokanta

    Restaurant Gazi Mustafa Kemal, Menemen

    • Familiar
    • Social
    • Open late
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  12. Cafe Turko

    Café Atatürk, Selçuk

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  13. Kumrucu

    Restaurant 16 Eylül, Çeşme

    • Something new
    • Intense
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  14. Mis Kokoreç

    Restaurant Akdeniz, Konak

    • Something new
    • Active
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  15. Söğüşçü Cimbom

    Restaurant Konak

    • Something new
    • Immersive
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  16. kokorecin alasi

    Restaurant Alsancak, Konak

    • Something new
    • Immersive
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  17. A'dan Z'ye Midye

    Restaurant Donanmacı, Karşıyaka

    • Something new
    • Draining
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  18. Acar Kardeşler Gevrek Evi

    Restaurant Kazımdirik, Bornova

    • Quick stop
    • Draining
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  19. Aliağa Midye Sarayı

    Restaurant Kültür, Aliağa

    • Something new
    • Draining
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  20. Alp Lokantası

    Restaurant Ulus, Menemen

    • Familiar
    • Recharging
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  21. Anıt Çay Bahçesi

    Café Tuna, Karşıyaka

    • Active
    • Recharging
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  22. Arpa Suyu Midye & Kokoreç

    Restaurant Mansuroğlu, Bayraklı

    • Something new
    • Draining
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  23. AyeseEat Ev Yemekleri ve Unlu Mamulleri

    Restaurant Çetin Emeç, Balçova

    • Familiar
    • Recharging
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  24. Aysel Abla Ev Yemekleri

    Restaurant Alsancak, Konak

    • Familiar
    • Recharging
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  25. BALKAD Mutfak Ev Yemekleri

    Restaurant Çetin Emeç, Balçova

    • Familiar
    • Recharging
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  26. Barış Midye

    Restaurant Şirintepe, Çiğli

    • Something new
    • Draining
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  27. Bergamalı Kokoreç

    Restaurant Fatih, Bergama

    • Something new
    • Immersive
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  28. Beşgöz Lokantası

    Restaurant Atatürk, Ödemiş

    • Familiar
    • Recharging
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  29. Bol Kepçe Lokantası

    Restaurant Şirince, Selçuk

    • Familiar
    • Recharging
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  30. Bostanlı Kumru

    Restaurant Bostanlı, Karşıyaka

    • Something new
    • Draining
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96 more in the app, ordered by your own vibe.

Vibe fingerprint

The vibe of Local food in İzmir

How these places lean on eight vibe dimensions. The dashed line is the İzmir average; further out means more.

  • Intense more than the İzmir average
  • Lively more than the İzmir average
  • Social more than the İzmir average
  • Local food in İzmir
  • İzmir average
LivelySocialSomething newIntenseActiveImmersiveRechargingRelaxed

Questions

1

Local food in İzmir: which are the best?

The guide lists 126 of them, the best known first. Each card sums up its vibe in a few words, so you can choose by mood; open one in YoliVibe to see how well it matches your own vibe.

2

How is this list ordered?

Places the guide knows best come first: photos, opening hours, a documented history and what reviewers said. Chains and fast food come last.

3

Local food in İzmir: which are open late?

4 of them stay open past midnight. They are marked “Open late” in the list.

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