The inflation crises in Turkey has got out of hand. I’m a Brit who lived for seven years in London as a corporate M&A lawyer used to dining out and Istanbul for the last three but this restaurant is the most expensive and underwhelming I have eaten at in the last decade.

The price for three people (one of them pregnant and not eating) came to 15,000 lira. That’s $500. The measures on the tasting wine selection are pathetic at most a ‘thimble’ and certainly not full glasses. The aim seems to be to get you to order even more overpriced drinks rather than anything approaching a wine pairing with food. For two people, it’s £100 for what was pretty run of the mill plonk. If you do go do yourself a favour and order a bottle. That way you might at least be a little tipsy by the time the astronomical bill arrives.

The food, again, nothing at all special and the people posting positive reviews have never eaten in London, New York or Tokyo. The salad looked like something a nine year old would make. The fish soup, pleasant but distinctly under seasoned. The ‘paella’ came in a dish the size of a crème brûlée - for three people.

The price point now is 1/2 Michelin star but everything about the place is a neighbourhood eatery in an average part of London - apart from the prices which, given the quality, would make the Dorchester blush.

If you are coming on holiday to Bodrum in 2024 and want to drop this amount of money at this restaurant you either have no taste or too much money or both.

If like me you live in Turkey then I’m sure in two months they will double the prices again and you’ll pay $1000 usd for a really average meal. Again, so many good restaurants in Bodrum to pick from this is just an old fashioned stitch up/tourist trap.

The pregnant member of our party was particularly aghast that despite not having any wine, any food or anything beyond sparkling water at £13 a bottle, it still cost £110 for her ‘dinner’.

Anyway, if you read this review and still go then I feel very sorry for you. There are tons of better restaurants in Bodrum which serve better food for a fraction of the price. I rarely post reviews but frankly this place overcame my usual sang froid.

Terrible.