3 places we tried and liked in Ayvalık. We went to every one of them and paid our own bill.

A roadside stop just outside Ayvalık, on the Balıkesir road — but not the usual kind. The sales point of Kürşat Zeytin Evi is also a restaurant, a cof…

Say Cunda and rakı, fish and meze usually come to mind. But L'Arancia, now in its fourth year, serves magnificent examples of Italian cooking. The men…

At a time when fish restaurants resemble one another more with every passing day, the ones that stand apart deserve to be treasured. Körfez Restaurant…
Our picks: L’Arancia (Ayvalık), Körfez Restaurant (Ayvalık), Kürşat Zeytin Evi (Ayvalık). 3 places in total — every one tried by us, every bill paid by us.
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