ENT Restaurant

We had a great dining experience at chef Yoldas' Ent restaurant. Ambient , menu and service are all top notch. Away from crowds of bodrum , perfect spot for a true dining experince.

an attempt to make a nouvelle cuisine restaurant: beautiful place , good service .The food try to impress but not always you get an impressive result. kofte pretty poor plate , in the two entrance you don t feel the taste of the fish covered by vegetables, dessert good ( but not impressive) to ask the price we payed ( 230 euro) they have to do it better

Must try in Bodrum?

I've eaten at all the best restaurants in the world. ENT is now my favorite restaurant in Bodrum, it has all the right components and isn't a giant cold hotel restaurant. Worth the trip. Immediately emotive on entrance, the hotel and the restaurant are like walking into a billionaires villa. The staff are beyond professional and the kitchen team (the kitchen is open) work seamlessly and professionally. Beverage Program: An excellent selection of Turkish wines, and zero of anything not turkish. Not Macakizi wine list but also not Macakizi prices either. Cocktails are reasonable in their creativity but not amazing. Food: Very good for a global restaurant, some dishes bordering on excellent, and maybe one or two exceptional. Compared to other restaurants in Bodrum (generally a disaster) this one knows what they are doing and delivers it in a professional way. Is it Michelin star quality? The food is between half and one star quality. Flavors are creative, fish is cooked magically at times (even difficult fish such as squid are perfect, and simple to cook fish have perfect crunchy skin and moist interior). Pasta is made fresh at the point of order (you can see them cutting the pasta into ribbons) and the depth and subtlety is exquisite.

Great meal. Professional kitchen, you could see the team working together from your table. Shame the tasting menu was not available due to Covid but shared every dish across the Al a carte. Probably the best meal in Turkey. Interesting use of all ingredients. The salad starter was up there as one to remember- fresh, flavours, quality, interesting but not forgetting their Turkish roots.

A memorable culinary experience with a menu that marries seafood elements to traditional Turkish dishes. A must experience for any foodie!

The best gastronomic discovery of the year. It is tucked away in the breezy and glamorous Casa del Arte Hotel in Bodrum’s spectacular Torba Bay. Offering various options of tasting menus including special vegetarian menu, each bite offers a triple play. Using only home grown or home made fresh ingredients from vegetable gardens and a high tech cuisine with merely a dozen assistants to versatile Chef Yoldas Sonmez, the team prepares everything in great harmony in an open kitchen as if they were chiseling a jewel for each dish. The result that appears in front of you is like a special artwork painted with several colorful sauces brushed on the earthenware plates or bowls. The dishes of traditional Turkey find new life under talented Chef Yoldas’s supervision. For example, the fish menu has tiny squid in multi layered lemony sauce which still has the taste of the sea. The vegetable dishes still smell from the fertile plants of Bodrum. To name a few, kofte, zucchini based mucver or borek and even the tagliatelle take a Turkish influence with beets blending with the home made pasta. Nothing industrial or packaged enters his kitchen. When it comes to deserts his fruit lollipops of sherbet served on a bed of chocolate biscuit shavens are heavenly, but his signature desert is certainly the kadayif with tasteful original pistachio coming from Turkey’s Gaziantep region served on a cherry jelly topped with ricotta/lor cheese. The portions are small but satisfaction is maxi. The restaurant takes its name ENT from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings where trees were identified as Ent. And it is logo is an elegant touch of olive leaves. This restaurant adds another attraction to Turkey’s splendid Riviera and no wonder it has situated itself in the contemporary art filled Casa del Arte Hotel, a unique form of an ultra chic boutique hotel.

One of the best culinary experiences I’ve ever had! Definitely a memorable place worthy of the trip! It’s seating is all outdoors with a wonderful view of the Torba bay. It’s prices match the quality and the staff are really lovely. Will be sharing this spot to all my friends!