Ateş Ocakbaşı Alsancak — Restaurant in Konak

Absolutely blown away by my first visit here! The staff are super friendly, made us feel welcome amongst the locals and above all that the food was sensational.

They didn’t have an English menu but it didn’t matter, they have a glass fronted fridge which you can go and select the meat you want from and then you can watch it being cooked on the charcoal fire.

We ate chicken, beef and some kind of local minced kabab all of which were outstanding.

They brought it to the table on a massive tray, with traditional Turkish flat breads, two bowls of salad and some lightly pickled cucumber. We had beers, mixed soft drinks plus three bottles of water and then fresh fruit to finish.

The bill came to 26,000 TYL which is just under £39 per person (6 of us) we loved it so much we’re going back...

Ateș restaurant was a revelation. We tried beef, lamb and onion skewers, chicken, meat rolls with cheese, salads and, of course, the omnipresent çay. Everything was absolutely delicious! The place is very clean, the staff is quick and very pleasant and the place gives you the feeling that you are in good hands. The dishes came out rather quick and everything was cooked on charcoal grill which you can actually see for yourself. We also got the chance to choose our own pieces of meat, which is very nice. Our waiter went out of his way to make us feel at home and was always very quick and readily available for us at any given point. This is definitely a place you want to eat in if you go to Izmir! I know we will definitely...

Avoid this place. First of all there is no menu so its difficult to know what to order and how much it will cost. Then they tell you that meat comes with bread and side salads, so we ordered our meats and extra salad. In the end we were charged extra not only for the little side salads but also for the bread (which in other places in Turkey are already included in the price). That means the final bill was twice what we expected. I think they charged us more only because we're foreginers. Anyway, this place is a tourist trap and must be avoided.

If, as you say you do not charge extra for those items, how do you explain the bill of 155 lira for two people who had one meat each, one bear each and a mixed...