The university side of Gaziantep, where espresso bars, brunch rooms and international menus serve a student crowd that eats later than the old city.
Boğazköy cooks an international menu near Gaziantep University, which is where the city goes when it wants a night off from kebab and baklava.
Signature: Beef brisket, Boğazköy Harman
Order: The slow-cooked beef brisket, which is the kitchen's own signature dish.
Tip: Reviewers rate weekdays over Sundays. Book a garden table in summer, the room fills with students.
Boğazköy is the closest Gaziantep gets to a modern international restaurant, a large room near the university with brisket, pasta and pizza.
Order: The beef brisket, the single dish the kitchen stakes its name on it.
Tip: Weekday dinner is the calmest service. Sunday reviews are noticeably weaker.
Boğazköy is the campus-side crowd-pleaser in Gaziantep, a big room of pasta, pizza and slow-grilled beef brisket beside Gaziantep University.
Order: Pizza or brisket, depending on how much kebab you have eaten.
Tip: Sushi appears on limited days only. Ring ahead if the sushi is the reason for your visit.
Kahve Tiryakisi pairs single-origin filter coffee with a full Turkish breakfast in Yeditepe, which is unusual for Gaziantep outside the old city.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from the chain's own roast
Tip: Breakfast runs long here. Budget ninety minutes rather than a quick coffee stop.
Brezılıan Coffee Co pulls espresso near Gaziantep University and runs ceramic-painting sessions, which draws a student crowd until midnight.
Signature drink: Pistachio latte
Tip: The door between the two rooms lets smoke through. Ask for the far side if that matters.
Brezılıan Coffee Co is the espresso-forward end of the Gaziantep coffee scene, a student roastery cafe near the university open until midnight.
Tip: The pistachio latte is the local twist. Order it short if you want to taste the coffee.
Sources from: Brazil
How they serve: Espresso, Filter
Kahve Tiryakisi is the Gaziantep branch of a Turkish coffee chain, in Yeditepe near the university, pairing its own roast with a long serpme breakfast.
Tip: Ask what the chain has on the grinder that week rather than defaulting to Turkish coffee.
Kahve Tiryakisi in Yeditepe pairs a full Turkish breakfast with single-origin filter coffee, which is a rare combination anywhere in Gaziantep.
Order: The serpme breakfast, with the kaymak and the pekmezli tahin helva.
Tip: Budget ninety minutes. Breakfast here is a sitting, not a stop between things.
Brezılıan Coffee Co pours espresso until midnight near Gaziantep University, which makes it the late study room for the whole Güneykent district.
Try: Espresso and dessert
Tip: The far room is quieter. Sit there if the smoke from the doorway bothers you.