Umut Restaurant
This is one of several fish restaurants on the lakefront, but unlike most of the others, it also serves beer and wine. The specialty is wels catfish also called European catfish or sheatfish, Turkish yayın balıÄı; scientific name Silurus glanis, a tasty fish that is abundant in the lake, served grilled or fried. Another lake fish served is carp Turkish sazan; scientific name Cyprinus carpio. Vegetarians can have a salad, various meze appetizers â although only some of these are vegetarian dishes, and various zeytinyaÄlılar vegetables cooked with olive oil, typically served cold.
Köfteci Yusuf â Ä°znik Ä°mren
This very clean restaurant, popular among the locals, serves reasonably priced meat-balls köfte in various styles, similar to Akçaabat Köftesi of Trabzon. A portion consists of 6 meat-balls and comes with an endless basket of toasted bread and barbecued green peppers. There is no written menu list of dishes, but as usual in Turkey you can select and order-by-pointing from the display inside. Vegetarians may try çoban salatası shepherd's salad, soÄan ızgara plain roasted onion slices, domates ve biber ızgara roasted tomatoes and hot green peppers, and piyaz bean salad, though vegans should be aware that the latter comes topped with some slices of boiled egg. The restaurant has an open-air terrace and a lovely open-air roof on the second floor. Efficient service. There is also an order-out service paket servisi: â +90 224 444 61 62.