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Zuma Bodrum
Bodrum · Turkey
Japanese in Bodrum · Contemporary Japanese
Photo: Official website · zumarestaurant.com
Zuma’s seasonal Bodrum restaurant brings its contemporary Japanese sharing format to Yalıkavak Marina. Sushi, robata cooking and cocktails anchor a waterfront experience shaped as much by the marina’s summer social rhythm as by the food.
The Story
Origin
The Bodrum outpost extends Zuma, the restaurant brand founded in London in 2002 by Rainer Becker and Arjun Waney, to the Turkish Aegean. Its Yalıkavak Marina setting places it within the peninsula’s international summer dining circuit.
Philosophy
Zuma translates the sociability of Japanese izakaya dining into an upscale international restaurant format, with shared dishes and a less sequential approach than a formal tasting menu.
Why Important
It illustrates how established restaurant brands become part of the hospitality infrastructure of Mediterranean resort destinations, offering a familiar dining language to an international audience.
Differentiation
Rather than operating as an urban flagship, Zuma Bodrum adapts a recognisable international dining concept to a seasonal marina environment.
Food Philosophy
The culinary framework combines a main kitchen, sushi counter and robata grill. Raw preparations and charcoal-grilled dishes provide contrasting textures and temperatures across a meal intended for sharing.
Guest Experience
The experience centres on shared Japanese dishes, cocktails and marina views. This is a seasonal destination, so operating dates and reservation availability should be checked directly before visiting.
Design Philosophy
The waterfront setting connects the restaurant’s contemporary identity with the open-air character of an Aegean summer destination.
Design & Architecture
Design Language
Contemporary waterfront dining with an indoor-outdoor emphasis.
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Menus
Zuma signatures
food · Menu last verified: 8 October 2026
iceberg lettuce with wafu dressing and crispy kombu (v)
göbek salatası, wafu sosu ve çıtır kombu
salmon
somon
sweet corn with chilli ponzu butter
tatlı mısır, acılı ponzu tereyağı
sushi and sashimi platter
Zuma deluxe platter
chef selection of our signature desserts served with seasonal and exotic fruits, Zuma tatlı tabağı şef’in seçimi imza tatlılar mevsimsel egzotik meyveler, dondurma ve sorbe ile
