Goat Cheese Salad with Walnut and Honey in Side

The goat cheese salad with walnut and honey at Hawaii Restaurant & Bar in Side old town is a fresh salad built around the three flavours the name promises: soft goat cheese, walnut and honey. It's a sweet-savoury plate from our Salads menu, made with fresh ingredients each day and served as a light starter or a lighter main.

What this salad is at Hawaii

The name tells you exactly what you're getting, and we don't dress it up beyond that. This is a goat cheese salad, and the two things that lift it are walnut and honey — the pairing where the tang of the cheese meets the sweetness of the honey and the earthy crunch of the walnut. It sits in our Salads section, alongside the rest of the lighter plates we serve at our restaurant in Side old town.

Everything on the salad side of our kitchen leans on the same principle we've stuck to since 2000: fresh ingredients prepped daily. It's a plate about contrast — creamy against crunchy, sweet against savoury — rather than heat off the charcoal grill. If you want the full flavour picture and the exact make-up of the plate on the day you visit, the honest answer is to check the live menu, because that's where today's dish sits with today's price.

How we serve it

We keep this one simple and let the three headline flavours do the talking: goat cheese, walnut, honey. It lands as a cool, light dish — a good contrast to the wood-fire and charcoal-grill cooking that most people come to Hawaii for. Think of it as the plate you reach for when you want something bright and easy rather than heavy.

Because we won't invent what isn't on the menu, we'll leave the exact garnish to the plate in front of you. What we can promise is the trio in the name, made with produce brought in fresh, in the relaxed setting of our dining room in Side's old town — open daily from 10:00 to 02:00.

Who it's for and when to order it

This is a great choice if you're after a starter to share before something bigger off the grill, or if you'd rather keep the whole meal light. It's a natural fit for a warm afternoon lunch, for anyone easing into the evening, or for the table where one person wants a proper steak and another just wants something fresh and green. Vegetarians at the table tend to gravitate here too — though note we don't run a certified vegan or vegetarian menu, so if that matters, have a word with our English-speaking team when you order.

It also works well as an opener during our daily Happy Hour (19:00–20:00): a light, sweet-savoury plate is a good way to start the night before the mains arrive. For more ideas across the fresh side of things, see our guide to salads in Side and our vegetarian and veggie food guide.

What to pair it with

The sweetness of the honey and the tang of the goat cheese make this an easy plate to build a meal around. Open with the salad and follow it with something off the grill, or keep it as a light course alongside a shared main. For something with a bit of holiday theatre, our signature Blue Hawaii turns a light salad into a proper holiday moment, and there are alcohol-free kids' cocktails for the little ones. See the Happy Hour guide and our cocktail bar for the full drinks picture — the live menu has everything currently pouring.

How it fits the wider menu

The goat cheese salad is one way into a meal at Hawaii, and it plays nicely with almost everything else we do. Pair it with one of our thin-crust 33cm pizzas for a light-and-share evening, or use it to open a bigger meal built around the wood-fire and charcoal grill — a steak, a mixed grill, a plate of kebabs. If you're browsing the fresh and lighter end of things, our starters and meze guide is a useful map. And if you're deciding where to eat at all, our overview of the best family restaurant in Side covers who we cook for and why.

Practical details

We never post fixed prices on these pages because our kitchen updates them — so for today's price on the goat cheese salad, check the live menu. To hold a table, use our online reservation page or message us on WhatsApp at +90 533 930 12 83. We're on 512. Sk. in Side old town (Manavgat/Antalya), open every day 10:00–02:00, with free round-trip pickup from selected hotels and affordable two-way transfer from farther out. Takeaway and nearby delivery are available too, so a fresh salad can come to you if you'd rather stay in.