A Mediterranean Kitchen Feast

Bodrum's ‘Kısmet '

Open only for lunch, Kısmet looks like a typical local workers' café . But some local specialities set this establishment apart from its rivals. Fresh-picked greens with exotic names like kenker, sılcan and sirken get variously stuffed, boiled or roasted to produce the best of traditional Turkish cooking, then there's lokum pilav (a popular rice dish), leeks with chickpeas, chicken manti (rolled up filo pastry, simmered then served with yogurt), and kalburabastı, (a dessert made with walnuts), just to mention a few. The wood oven at the back of the premises, and a pile of kneaded dough on the marble worktop are always at the ready for any orders for freshly-made ‘pide' (Turkish pizza), also made with the local greens, herbs or other tasty ingredients.

Kısmet is run by Orhan Dumanlı, a Bitez village local and a real expert when it comes to restaurants, having previously been part-owner of ‘Katre' on Bitez beach (sadly, now closed). Orhan brings together local Bodrum women as his ‘tasters' to maintain the quality and consistency of his food and personally selects the best olive oil and the freshest herbs and vegetables from the markets around.

With its traditional values and unrivalled selection of real Mediterranean cooking, Kısmet attracts customers from all over the place, and from every walk of life, creating outstanding flavours difficult to recreate at home - so don't miss it…!

Kısmet Restaurant
Atatürk Bulvarı No:16 Konacık Bodrum
Tel: 0 252 319 1823