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.
OrderThe slow-cooked beef brisket, which is the kitchen's own signature dish.
TipReviewers 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.
OrderThe beef brisket, the single dish the kitchen stakes its name on it.
TipWeekday 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.
OrderPizza or brisket, depending on how much kebab you have eaten.
TipSushi 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.
DrinkFilter coffee from the chain's own roast
TipBreakfast runs long here. Budget ninety minutes rather than a quick coffee stop.
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.
TipAsk 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.
OrderThe serpme breakfast, with the kaymak and the pekmezli tahin helva.
TipBudget ninety minutes. Breakfast here is a sitting, not a stop between things.
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