There are many restaurants and cafes offering a wide variety of cuisine with a beautiful sea view. The specialty of Side is the seafood offered with different types of starters and salads which are a specialty of the Turkish Mediterranean region.

There are numerous restaurants near the marina where you can enjoy fish straight from the boat. One of these is Orfoz, which serves both Turkish and international cuisine; another is Soundwaves Restaurant. You can sample kebabs, pizzas and various international dishes at Yakamoz in Titreyengöl before dancing it all off at their disco. Another restaurant with a dance floor is Bill Cosby in Kumkoy, a lively Turkish restaurant serving traditional food.

Side also offers countless bars, discos and nightclubs, both in the old town and in the near surrounding areas. Lighthouse disco is located in the old town and is one of the most popular places for the night clubbers. It's an open air disco where you can dance and enjoy yourself until the early hours of the morning. 

Another very popular disco is the Oxyd which is located in the outer part of the old town of side and has a very interesting architecture which was mainly inspired by a very popular and historical church in Morocco . If you get too hot you can always cool off in the disco's swimming pool ! The disco's capacity is more then 3000 and it is especially very popular at the weekends.