What to eat in Kemeraltı?
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Discover delicious traditional Turkish dishes in Kemeraltı, the historic heart of İzmir. From döner to seafood, there’s something for everyone!
Explore the culinary delights of Kemeraltı, İzmir’s historic district. With plenty of guides and articles about the best places to eat in Kemeraltı.
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a guide to the must-try restaurants and cafes in Kemeraltı, highlighting the places we think you should prioritize. Keep in mind that there may be some places we’ve missed or haven’t mentioned, but we’ve added *Must Try next to the places we think you should visit first.”
Petek Döner
Serving since 1929, Petek Döner is one of the best DÖNER restaurants you should try in Izmir.
Kuyum Pide
Kuyum Pide is one of the most well-known pide restaurants due to its central location. Although it offers standard flavored pita, we recommend you to try the tahini pita.
Kemer 6 Balık
It is one of the most well-known fish restaurants in Kemeraltı. It has been serving at the entrance of Kızlarağası for years. Prices are average. We highly recommend you to eat the whitefish on bay leaf.
Kumrucu Apo
One of the most special flavors in Kemeraltı is Kumru. A modest shop on a tiny street and a flavor that hasn’t changed for years. In our opinion, this is the place that makes the best Kumru in Izmir.
Süt Çiçeği Süt Tatlıları
They serve milk desserts. We recommend you to try their Kazandibi or Süt Çiçeği desserts.
Sedir Cafe
Here, we highly recommend that you should try Sedir Cafe’s Turkish Coffee. We think that here is the best Turkish Coffee cafe in Kemeraltı.
Tarihi Kemeraltı Börekçisi
Kemeraltı Börekçisi offers fresh pastry at all hours of the day. There are spinach, minced meat, cheese and water pastry options. They also serve semolina halva and tulumba dessert. Prices are avarage.
Doyuran Kebap Salonu
You can taste Manisa Kebab, one of the most special flavors you can eat next to the historical fountain in Alipaşa Square. 
You should definitely try the Manisa Kebab served with special meatballs and yogurt on buttered pita bread. Doyuran’s İskender Kebab is also quite delicious.
Tire Kebapçısı Ali Usta
Here is one of the 2 best places outside of Tire where you can eat the delicious flavor Tire Kebab eaten with butter, tomato, yogurt and dried peppers.
Kemeraltı Şambalicisi
One of the must-try flavors for those who come to Kemeraltı is shambali and Aleppo dessert. The most popular and most delicious shambalis are made by Hisarönü Şambalicisi.
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