Chicken Tikka Masala in Side: The Curry-House Favourite at Hawaii Restaurant & Bar

Chicken tikka masala at Hawaii Restaurant & Bar is the curry-house favourite on our Chicken Specialities menu, served in Side old town since 2000. The kitchen buys its ingredients fresh every day and opens daily from 10:00 to 02:00, with free hotel pickup from selected hotels. Today's price is always on the live menu.

The curry-house favourite, cooked in Side old town

Chicken tikka masala may be the most-ordered curry on the planet — the dish Britain famously adopted as its own, and the one many visitors start missing about four days into an all-inclusive holiday. The version the world knows is tender chicken in a rich, gently spiced masala sauce: warming, generous, and very hard to share gracefully. We'll be straight with you — Hawaii is an international restaurant in Side old town, not a dedicated curry house. Our kitchen is best known for its real wood fire and charcoal grill, but the Chicken Specialities section is where the curry crowd heads, and chicken tikka masala is exactly the kind of name a homesick curry fan scans for first. The exact listing as it reads tonight, along with today's price, lives on the live menu.

Who it's for — and when to order it

This is the order for anyone craving comfort food with backbone. British and Irish guests who want their Friday-night curry even though they're a three-hour flight from home. Parents who fancy something spiced while the kids stick to the kids menu, with an alcohol-free kids cocktail so nobody feels left out. And anyone who has eaten enough hotel buffet for one lifetime and wants a plate cooked for their table, not for four hundred people.

Timing-wise, you have room. The restaurant runs every day from 10:00 in the morning to 02:00 at night, so a late curry after an evening wander through Side's old town works just as well as an early dinner. Arriving between 19:00 and 20:00 is the smart move — that's daily Happy Hour, the best moment to open with a drink while you decide. And if there's a match on, the live sport screens mean nobody has to choose between the game and dinner.

What to drink with chicken tikka masala

Cold lager and curry is a partnership nobody has improved on, and an ice-cold beer from the bar does the job exactly the way you hope. Wine drinkers can go two ways: a chilled white for freshness against the spice, or a red if you'd rather have weight behind it — our Turkish wine guide is a good primer if you fancy exploring the local bottles. In full holiday mode, a Blue Hawaii or one of the frozen cocktails before dinner is entirely legitimate; you are, after all, in Side. The kids get their own alcohol-free cocktails, so nobody at the table toasts empty-handed. The full drinks list, like the food, is on the live menu with today's prices.

Where it sits on Hawaii's menu

If you're weighing this dish against the rest of the menu, a little homework helps. Our guide to curry in Side covers the curry options in more depth, and if you're specifically hunting the subcontinent's flavours on holiday, read where to find Indian food in Side. Chicken tikka masala also has plenty of company in its own category — the full chicken dishes guide walks through every option, from the grill to the sauced plates. That mix is the quiet advantage of an international restaurant: one person's curry night is another's thin-crust 33cm pizza or a plate off the charcoal grill, and the whole table leaves happy — no compromise required.

The practical bit: price, booking, pickup

The essentials. Hawaii Restaurant & Bar is on 512. Sk. in Side's old town, Manavgat, Antalya, and has been cooking here since 2000. We never print prices in articles because they change — today's chicken tikka masala price is on the live menu linked above. To be sure of a table on a busy evening, book online or message us on WhatsApp at +90 533 930 12 83. Staying outside the old town? Ask about free hotel pickup — round trip, from selected hotels — with an affordable two-way transfer if your hotel is farther along the coast. Prefer your curry on the balcony? Takeaway and nearby delivery are both available. Open every day, 10:00–02:00 — late enough that the after-dark curry craving is never a problem.