Fajitas & Cocktails Night in Side

For Mexican food and cocktails in Side, Hawaii Restaurant in the old town pairs sizzling fajitas, loaded nachos and Buffalo wings with a real cocktail list — Margarita, Mojito, Long Island and more. Wood-fire grill, karaoke and Happy Hour make it one evening, one table.

One table, two moods: Tex-Mex plates meet real cocktails

Most nights out in Side make you choose — a restaurant for the food, then a bar for the drinks. At Hawaii Restaurant & Karaoke Bar in the heart of Side old town (512. Sk.), you don't have to. We're a proper kitchen and a proper bar under one roof, so the fajitas arrive still sizzling from the grill while your Margarita is already on the table. It's the pairing no one else in Side puts together on one menu, and it's exactly how a Tex-Mex evening should feel.

We've been serving this corner of the old town since 2000, open every day from 10:00 to 02:00. That means you can start with a long, relaxed dinner and roll straight into cocktails and karaoke without moving on somewhere else.

The sizzle: fajitas, nachos and wings

The centre of the plate is the fajita. Choose your Chicken Fajita, Meat Fajita or the Mixed Fajita if you want both — all cooked over our wood-fire and charcoal grill so they land at the table hot and smoky. Around them sit the classics that make Tex-Mex a sharing meal: Chicken Nachos to pass around while you decide, and Buffalo Chicken Wings for the table that likes a bit of heat.

Want to build a fuller spread? We also do burritos and quesadillas in vegetarian, chicken and mince-meat versions, plus Mexican Chicken, Mexican steak and a Jalfrezi Curry Chicken for anyone chasing a little more spice. See everything and the current prices on our full menu — we never quote prices here so you always get today's.

All our meat and chicken are halal (halal slaughter), and the restaurant is family-friendly. We do serve alcohol, because we're a bar as well as a kitchen — so if you'd prefer a cocktail with your fajita, it's here, and if you'd rather a soft drink, that's absolutely fine too.

The pour: Margarita, Mojito, Long Island and 30+ more

Here's where a good Tex-Mex plate earns its drink. A Margarita is the natural partner for fajitas — sharp, citrusy and cold against the smoke of the grill. Prefer something longer and fresher with your nachos? A Mojito keeps things light. If you're settling in for the night, the Long Island is a slow one to nurse through karaoke.

There are more than 30 cocktails on the list, so there's room to experiment across the table. If you want the full picture before you arrive, our guide to the best cocktail bar in Side walks through the atmosphere, and we've written up the two most-asked-for pours in detail — the Margarita in Side and the Mojito in Side.

How to build the perfect fajita-and-cocktails night

Our regulars have this down to a formula. Start with a shared plate of Chicken Nachos and a first round of cocktails while the grill gets going. Move into the fajitas as your main event — order the Mixed Fajita for the table if you can't agree. Then, once the plates are cleared, keep the drinks coming and take the microphone: karaoke runs into the small hours here.

Time it right and you'll catch Happy Hour from 19:00 to 20:00, which is the ideal window to line up that first Margarita before dinner. And if there's a match on, we show live sport — football, the Premier League, the Champions League, Formula 1 and hockey — so a big fixture and a plate of wings can be the whole plan.

Want the deeper dive into the grilled plates themselves? Our fajita night in Side guide covers the wood-fire side of the story in full.

Getting to us — and getting home

We're in Side old town and we look after guests staying across the wider bay: Side, Kumköy, Evrenseki, Çolaklı, Sorgun, Titreyengöl, Gündoğdu, Ilıca and Manavgat. There's free hotel pickup from selected hotels, plus an affordable two-way transfer for everyone else — so a night of fajitas and cocktails doesn't have to end with worrying about the drive back.

To lock in your table for a fajita-and-cocktails night, book a reservation or message us on WhatsApp at +90 533 930 12 83. We'll have the grill lit and the shaker ready.