Stuck at the Izmir airport for 3 hours, but who needs a boarding pass when you've got this…read moresandwich? Shoutout to Cakes and Bakes for the olive tapenade, roasted pepper, tomato, and feta masterpiece aka the only layover love story I care about. Will I be ordering olive tapenade to the house this second? Obviously. A girl's gotta eat...

This is the second Cakes & Bakes I've been to. The first one was at the Ankara airport. It is…read morelocated in the domestic terminal at Izmir Airport next to Starbucks. It has a little bit bigger selection than Starbucks, but some of the pastries didn't seem fresh... Not a big surprise in an airport cafe I guess.

Great spot for delicious, fast and affordable Turkish food. The complimentary salad is amazing and…read moreunusually complex compared to most standard Turkish restaurants --- it has a little bit of everything in it! The kofte are good---not the best I've ever had but they are tasty and tender. Çöp şış (small shish kebabs are good as well. The highlight of this place is the price, it can't be beat--1.5 portions of kofte with salad and bread costs 17tl.

Standard service, nothing to write home about. But near the water in Izmir is hard to beat!read more

We had dinner at this lovely harbor side restaurant in March 2023. The manager Ferhat was courteous…read moreand helpful. He helped us selecting the fish from the ice bed and recommended the cold dishes. The eggplant mash, favabean paste, grilled red pepper in olive oil and pickled black olives were delicious with just right touch of garlic. The calamari was done with light breading .Great texture with slight crunchiness. We also had two kinds of fish, small snapper type deep fried and large halibut type grilled. Both were fresh and super tasty with a squeeze of lemon and sprinkle of salt. Our dessert was baked pumpkin with sweet tahini sauce. The cost was just under 20 euros per person. It was an excellent meal.

We were brought here by a good friend/tour guide who helped us pick out all the fresh fish to…read moreorder, then led us to a seaside table where we ordered some Efes and some amazing mezze. Our fish came, prepared as we had asked, and it was phenomenal. The calamari especially was truly unreal, though truly everything was beyond memorable. The whole experience was probably our favorite restaurant dinner of the whole trip-- and we had some amazing dinners! This place should have a much higher rating, though it is quite far from the main tourist drag so it doesn't get much tourist business (a plus in my book!) Definitely a more local experience, and one that makes me want to come live in Izmir!