16 turkish spots in Eski Antep, editor-picked by TableJourney. All of Eski Antep's food · All turkish in Gaziantep.
İmam Çağdaş ★ 4.8
Şekeroğlu Mahallesi, Uzun Çarşı Caddesi No:49, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
İmam Çağdaş has cooked kebab and rolled its own baklava on Uzun Çarşı in Gaziantep since 1887, and the founding family still works both counters.
Tip: Sit upstairs, order the Ali Nazik, and buy baklava on the way out rather than eating it at the table.
İmam Çağdaş ★ 4.8
Şekeroğlu Mahallesi, Uzun Çarşı Caddesi No:49, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
İmam Çağdaş is the benchmark kebab house of Gaziantep, running since 1887 and still judged on its Ali Nazik and on its havuç dilimi baklava tray.
Tip: Prices sit above the bazaar average. That is the trade for the address and the age of the kitchen.
Metanet Lokantası ★ 4.7
Kozluca Mah, Kozluca Cd. No:11, 27400 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Metanet Lokantası in Gaziantep opens at 05:00 and sells beyran until the pot runs dry, which is why locals queue before the bazaar wakes up.
Tip: Get there before 09:00. The beyran is gone by early afternoon and the kitchen will not make a second batch.
Çulcuoğlu Et Lokantası ★ 4.5
Suyabatmaz, Kalender Sk. No:6, 27410 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Çulcuoğlu Et Lokantası sits at the exit of the coppersmiths' bazaar in Gaziantep, opposite the Suriye Pasajı, and the family has run it since the 1920s.
Tip: There is often no printed menu. Ask what the grill has and let the waiter build the order for you.
Çulcuoğlu Et Lokantası ★ 4.5
Suyabatmaz, Kalender Sk. No:6, 27410 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Çulcuoğlu Et Lokantası is the esnaf lokanta of the Gaziantep bazaar, serving kebab, pide and bottomless soup to coppersmiths and shoppers alike.
Tip: Complimentary fruit and soup arrive unasked. Do not over-order the starters.
Yesemek Gaziantep Mutfağı ★ 4.4
Şekeroğlu, Hamdi Kutlar Cd. No:51/1-B, 27400 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Yesemek Gaziantep Mutfağı cooks the home dishes the kebab houses skip, from yuvalama to alaca çorba, a short walk downhill from Gaziantep Castle.
Tip: Half portions are available, which is the way to taste four regional dishes in one sitting.
Bayazhan ★ 4.4
Akyol, Atatürk Blv. No:119 D:1, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Bayazhan pours rakı and grills küşleme inside a Silk Road caravanserai on Atatürk Bulvarı, one of the few licensed rooms in central Gaziantep.
Tip: The upstairs meyhane runs live fasıl music. Reserve the küşleme when you book, it sells out.
Yesemek Gaziantep Mutfağı ★ 4.4
Şekeroğlu, Hamdi Kutlar Cd. No:51/1-B, 27400 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Yesemek Gaziantep Mutfağı plates regional home cooking near the castle, and half portions make it the easiest place in Gaziantep to taste widely.
Tip: Vegetarian dishes are listed separately. The kuru patlıcan dolması is meat-free on request.
Bayazhan ★ 4.4
Akyol, Atatürk Blv. No:119 D:1, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Bayazhan turns a Silk Road caravanserai in Gaziantep into a meyhane, a winter dining room and a bar, with live fasıl music on most nights of the week.
Tip: The non-alcoholic family section is separate from the meyhane. Say which you want when booking.
Hışvahan ★ 4.3
Karagöz, Handan Bey Sk No:23/1, 27400 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Hışvahan serves Antep cooking inside a restored 16th-century han beneath Gaziantep Castle, which now works as a hotel, restaurant and shop in one.
Tip: Develik is the dining room and Susamhane the event space. Ask for a courtyard table in spring.
Hışvahan ★ 4.3
Karagöz, Handan Bey Sk No:23/1, 27400 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Hışvahan is the most formal room in Gaziantep, an Ottoman han restored into a hotel and restaurant that plates Antep dishes under stone vaults.
Tip: Book for dinner rather than lunch. The courtyard lighting is the reason to be here after dark.
Ali Usta Kebap ve Baklava ★ 4.2
Karatarla, Yeniçeri Sk. 27/A, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Ali Usta Kebap ve Baklava opens at 06:00 near Karatarla in Gaziantep and works a kebab grill and a baklava counter out of the same narrow doorway.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Early lunch is quieter than the 13:00 rush from the surrounding workshops.
Ali Usta Kebap ve Baklava ★ 4.2
Karatarla, Yeniçeri Sk. 27/A, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Ali Usta Kebap ve Baklava runs a kebab grill and a baklava tray side by side in central Gaziantep, open from six in the morning six days a week.
Tip: The baklava counter sells by weight. Half a kilo is enough for four people.
Muhsinzade Türk Şiş Kebap ★ 4.1
Boyacı, Külekçi Çarşısı Sk., 27400 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Muhsinzade grills chicken şiş and lamb liver over charcoal in the Külekçi bazaar lanes of Gaziantep, opening at 06:00 for the traders around it.
Tip: Shut by early evening. This is a breakfast and lunch counter, not a dinner room.
Muhsinzade Türk Şiş Kebap ★ 4.1
Boyacı, Külekçi Çarşısı Sk., 27400 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Muhsinzade is a charcoal counter in the Gaziantep bazaar where traders eat şiş and dürüm standing up, from six in the morning until early evening.
Tip: No English menu. Point at the skewers you want and the owner will build the plate.
Ciğerci Mustafa ★ 4.0
Çukur Mah. Bayramoğlu Sok. No:1/B Şahinbey, 27400 Gaziantep
Ciğerci Mustafa grills lamb liver on Bayramoğlu Sokak in Gaziantep, where the local breakfast is skewers, flatbread and a glass of tea at dawn.
Tip: Liver is a morning dish here. Order the tail fat alternating on the skewer, that is the local way.