Watch Live Football in Side: The Match-Night Guide (2026)

Hawaii Restaurant & Bar in Side's old town has shown live football since 2000: Premier League, Champions League, Europa League, Bundesliga, La Liga and Serie A on the screens. Turkish time works for you — a 15:00 UK kick-off lands at 17:00 — and the full menu, from pizza to steak, runs until 02:00.

You planned the holiday months ago. The fixture list did not care. Now it is matchday, you are in Side, and the hotel lobby TV is showing a cookery programme. Breathe — this is exactly the problem Hawaii Restaurant & Bar has solved since 2000.

What match nights look like here

Football is a fixture of the house through the season: Premier League weekends, Champions League and Europa League midweeks, and the continental leagues — Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A — that our German, Dutch and Scandinavian regulars refuse to miss. Ask about the match you care about when you book; if it is on, we will have it on.

The kick-off maths (this is the good news)

Türkiye runs ahead of Western Europe, and it works in your favour: a 15:00 UK Saturday kick-off is 17:00 in Side — beach all day, match at dinner time. An 8pm evening game lands at 22:00, perfect second-half-of-the-evening material, and we serve until 02:00 so extra time is never a problem.

Eating properly during the match

Sports-bar food is usually a tragedy of soggy chips. Here the full menu runs through the game: a pizza for one-hand-eating fans, a steak if the match deserves ceremony, wings and köfte for the table. Beer logic: cold Efes for the authentic experience, Corona, Beck's, Carlsberg or Miller if you brought your taste from home.

Claiming the good seats

• Big matches fill up. Derby days, Champions League knockouts, tournament nights — reserve and tell us which match you are coming for.
• Come one drink early. Screen-adjacent tables go to the punctual.
• Mixed table? The non-fans get the cocktail list and the people-watching; everybody wins.

Beyond football

Race Sundays belong to Formula 1, and our Nordic guests keep hockey nights alive. Boxing, UFC, rugby, NFL — if there is a big event you cannot miss, ask when you book and we will do our best to screen it.