Nude Unique Restaurant

Nude sits in Çalış, the stretch of coast just north of central Fethiye, and it has become the town's most reliable modern dining room. The format is courtyard-and-dining-room rather than waterfront-terrace — which is the right call for a restaurant that wants the food to be the centrepiece rather than the view.

The menu is self-consciously international with a Turkish core. A meze programme that includes classical Aegean preparations alongside a couple of global cross-overs. Grilled and roasted meats sourced from the Eşen valley. A seafood section that rotates with the catch. Vegetarian mains that are treated with the same care as the meat, which is still an unusual thing on the Turkish coast.

The wine list is thoughtful — the sommelier will pour flights from Turkish regional producers most travellers will never have encountered, and the glassware actually matters here.

Nude is the Fethiye restaurant for a dinner that needs to be serious but not over-ceremonial. A client meeting. A second date. The meal where you want to be impressed by the food without having to perform impressment.

The courtyard setting, the modern Turkish menu that reads clearly to international palates, and the pacing that holds a three-hour conversation without rushing it makes Nude the working business-dinner room in Fethiye. It is the room you book when you don't want to explain the restaurant before the meeting.