Best Pizza in Side: A Local Guide (2026)

Pizza might not be Turkish, but walk through Side on any summer evening and you will smell it on every street. The problem: most of it is rushed, freezer-to-oven tourist pizza. If you are going to spend one of your holiday dinners on pizza, it should be worth it.

Hawaii Restaurant & Bar has been making pizza in Side since 2000 — long enough to know exactly what holidaymakers want: proper dough, generous toppings, and a menu wide enough that nobody at the table has to compromise.

What separates good pizza from tourist pizza

• Fresh dough, made properly. If the base tastes like cardboard, everything on top is wasted.
• Real toppings, not scraps. A Funghi should be covered in mushrooms; a Salami should not make you hunt for the salami.
• A kitchen that cares at 22:00. High season is busy. The test of a good pizza kitchen is the last order of the night, not the first.

The 15 pizzas at Hawaii — and who each one is for

• Margherita — the purist's test. Tomato, cheese, done right.
• Funghi — mushroom comfort, mild and savoury.
• Salami / Pepperoni — the crowd-pleasers; Pepperoni brings the heat up a notch.
• Capricciosa / Vesuvio — Italian classics with a bit more going on.
• Bacon — smoky and rich; pairs dangerously well with a cold Efes.
• Hawaii — yes, pineapple. In a restaurant named Hawaii, it would be rude not to.
• Altonno — tuna pizza, a Scandinavian holiday favourite.
• Cajun Sizzler / Mexicana / Indiana — for spice lovers who want more than the classics.
• Vegetarian — a proper veggie pizza, not an afterthought (see our vegetarian guide).
• Frutti de Mare — seafood pizza for those who cannot choose between the sea and the oven.
• Calzone — the folded one. Read Calzone vs pizza before deciding.

Full breakdown of every pizza in our pizza menu guide.

Pizza for families

This is where Hawaii quietly wins. The children's menu has its own Kids Pizza, plus nuggets, fish fingers and pancakes — and the bar makes kids' cocktails (Spider Man, Barbie, Redkiss) so the little ones get a fancy glass too. More in our family pizza night guide.

When to come

We are open daily 10:00–02:00, in the heart of Side, Manavgat. Summer evenings get busy — book a table or message us on WhatsApp, especially for larger families or match nights.