La Dude Art Cafe

About La Dude Art Cafe

La Dude Art Cafe and Gallery is a family-run restaurant inside the walled old quarter of Sigacik in Seferihisar. It has served guests here since 2014 and brings together Aegean food and art, with a small gallery space alongside the dining areas. According to Visit Izmir, the cafe is open in summer and winter, from 09:00 to 23:30, and seats about 120 people across a summer garden and a covered winter room. The menu is built around Aegean herbs and local produce: a hot herb platter, sevket-i bostan, stuffed courgette flowers and fried courgette flowers filled with cheese, fresh vine leaf rolls, a warm artichoke salad, samphire and sea beans. Among the meat dishes, beef with artichokes, Cretan-style meat saute and cokertme kebab are the most popular. A house signature is the artichoke skewer, baby artichokes threaded on skewers, fried in a special sauce and served with garlic yoghurt, butter and red pepper and dill. The restaurant also offers a spread breakfast, seafood such as shrimp parcels and octopus with hummus, Aegean mezes and the daily fish. Its website sells the family artichoke products, Aegean herbs, olive oils and jams.