Fokai Balık Restaurant

About Fokai Balık Restaurant

Fokai Balık Restaurant is a seafood restaurant in Eski Foça, the old harbour town at the northern end of the İzmir coast. According to its own website it has been serving guests in Foça since 1984, and it sits in one of the narrow historic streets of the Atatürk neighbourhood, a short walk from the waterfront. The kitchen focuses on fresh fish and seafood prepared in the Aegean tavern style. The restaurant's own pages highlight dishes such as octopus salad, prawn casserole (karides güveç), fish fillet and fish baked in salt, and a spread of cold meze, many of them yoghurt or olive oil based, served before the main fish course. Grilled sea bass and sea bream are typical choices, and the setting suits a long evening of meze and rakı. The restaurant presents itself as a place for family dinners, celebrations and meeting friends, and it takes reservations by phone. It is one of the best known fish restaurants in Eski Foça, so booking ahead is sensible on summer evenings and weekends, when the old town is at its busiest. Getting there: the restaurant is in the centre of Eski Foça, within walking distance of the harbour and the town's bus stop.