what i s a lokantas?
Lokantas tend to serve around 4 or 5 main dishes, usually things like soups, casseroles, moussaka, chicken and vegetable dishes, and rice and a limited range of deserts.
They sometimes have kebabs too and Pide.
If you order soup or pide it will always come with complimentary salad.
Expect to pay around 5tl for soup, 7 to 10 for pide, depending on toppings, 10 tl for a hot dish with rice.
They mostly have basic wooden tables and chairs, and serve (free) water in jugs with the food.... Look out for sulu yemek.... Food with water, not sure if its from the tap, but have had it often with no ill effects.
Hot drinks usually are Turkish tea,(cay) coffee and Nescafé. In most cases cay is complimentary after a meal.
The food is home cooked, traditional and usually very tasty.
It's a great opportunity to try deserts that don't tend to be in the mainstream restaurants,such as Kunefe, shredded wheat with cheese and syrup.
There are lots around the Otogar, Devlet hospital and along the Gunlukbasi road.
The one by the big Migros is excellent.
There are a couple in Fethiye near the paspatur which have a bigger choice but are a little more expensive but well worth a visit.
