Aynalı — Restaurant in Muratpaşa

We really liked this place. Initially we were not planning to go there (as we thought it was too fancy and expensive), but the presence of ice coffee in the menu and friendly host easily persuaded us. The food was delicious (we took seabass, grilled cheese, grilled eggplants and ice coffee). The prices are reasonable and even cheaper than in most places in Kaleichi (our bill was 182 TL = 24 USD). The view is stunning (port + mountains). The stuff is very friendly and caring. Waiting time is almost zero: all plates and glasses disappeared and appeared almost instantly. There were free bonuses like tea and olives. Also the place has some cats (like everywhere in Turkey) - but without any lap jumping or meowing, just kindly sitting near. Payment can be done by card or in TL. Waiter suggested a tip of 18 TL (10%), while we were planning to leave 20 as we did enjoy...

We choosen this restaurant for lunch on an early Monday afternoon. Ordered lemonade, chicken cezar salad and breaded chicken breast. Lemonade was made of lemon flavoured drink powder(very weird yellow colour) salad was soaking in water. No dressing been brought to our table. Ordered still water which we got without glass. However, the best thing was at the end of our visit when we recieved our hand written bill and our waiter automatically add his tips (10lira) on top of it and took my card take the payment without a single word. Very unprofessional and poor service, food under average. If you want to have a good meal in a cosy restaurant with excellent service then choose Gazetta which is located 5 min away from the harbour you wont regret like we did our...

After two days in a row of experiencing terrible Turkish restaurants, I came across Aynali and was quite relieved. The table clothes were pure white! The waiters wore white shirts and the restaurant appeared clean, thus giving me hope about the food. The food was delicious, so good that I ordered another portion of aubergine and peppers, and anchovies. Better service, an added smile perhaps and more attention given to the customer, would not go amiss. However, only places served by women have more character and atmosphere. Blokes who work at a restaurant behave as if they did not want to be there. I found this in all places where men were serving, for...