25 bakeries worth the trip across Turkey, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Turkey guides.
Koçak Baklava ★ 4.8 · Gaziantep
sehitkamil · Mücahitler, Abdulkadir Behçet Cd. No: 44, 27090 Şehitkamil/Gaziantep
Koçak Baklava is the baklava counter most of Gaziantep names first, a bright Şehitkamil salon selling şöbiyet, dolama and midye by the kilo.
Tip: Buy by weight and eat it the same day. Antep baklava is built for hours, not for keeping.
İmam Çağdaş ★ 4.8 · Gaziantep
sahinbey · Şekeroğlu Mahallesi, Uzun Çarşı Caddesi No:49, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
İmam Çağdaş rolls its own baklava beside the kebab grill on Uzun Çarşı, and the havuç dilimi wedge is the one Gaziantep queues at the counter for it.
Tip: The takeaway counter is separate from the restaurant. Use the street door if you only want a box.
Karaköy Güllüoğlu ★ 4.8 · Istanbul
karaköy · Kemankeş Karamustafa Paşa Mah., Rıhtım Caddesi No:3-4, 34425 Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Karaköy Güllüoğlu, the one-counter Rıhtım Caddesi baklava emporium across from Galataport, has filled the Güllü family's pistachio version since 1949.
Katmerci Zekeriya Usta ★ 4.7 · Gaziantep
sahinbey · Çukur, Bay Hilmi Gç. No:16/C-D, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Katmerci Zekeriya Usta stretches katmer dough to transparency and bakes it in a stone oven, the Gaziantep breakfast pastry in its canonical form.
Tip: Watch the dough being thrown before you sit. The counter opens at eight and the queue builds fast.
Baklavacı Zeki İnal ★ 4.6 · Gaziantep
alleben · Alleben, Atatürk Blv. No: 38/B, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Baklavacı Zeki İnal is a family baklava workshop on Atatürk Bulvarı in Gaziantep that makes şöbiyet by hand and sells out most days by noon.
Tip: Closed at weekends and often sold out by midday. Go on a weekday morning or do not bother.
Tarihi Elmacıpazarı Güllüoğlu ★ 4.5 · Gaziantep
sahinbey · Karatarla Mah. Elmacı Çıkmazı No:4/A Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Tarihi Elmacıpazarı Güllüoğlu bakes baklava and börek at the edge of the apple market, and it carries the oldest baklava name in all of Gaziantep.
Tip: Ask for the börek in the morning. It comes out of the oven early and sells before lunch.
Ali Muhiddin Hacı Bekir ★ 4.5 · Istanbul
eminönü · Hobyar Mah., Hamidiye Caddesi No:31, 34110 Fatih, İstanbul
Ali Muhiddin Hacı Bekir at Bahçekapı, the 1777-founded confectioner credited with inventing modern lokum, run from a heritage-listed shopfront beside Yeni.
Çelebioğulları Baklava ★ 4.4 · Gaziantep
sehitkamil · İncili Pınar Mahallesi, Gazi Muhtar Paşa Blv. No:25 D:C, 27090 Şehitkamil/Gaziantep
Çelebioğulları Baklava runs a large Gaziantep salon on Gazi Muhtar Paşa and is one of the few local names making vegan and gluten-free trays.
Tip: The special-diet trays are made in a separate line and usually need ordering ahead.
Yusuf Ziya Fıstıklı Burma Kadayıfları ★ 4.3 · Gaziantep
sahinbey · Düğmeci, Suburcu Cd. Şehir İş Hanı 2/B, 27400 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Yusuf Ziya makes burma kadayıf and almost nothing else in a Gaziantep han on Suburcu Caddesi, rolling the pastry around crushed Antep pistachio.
Tip: Midday is when the trays are warmest. Later in the day the syrup has set firm.
Beyoğlu Katmercim ★ 4.3 · Gaziantep
sahinbey · Suyabatmaz Mahallesi, Kozluca Caddesi No:6, Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Beyoğlu Katmercim works its dough in front of the counter on Kozluca Caddesi, and the Gaziantep katmer here arrives loaded with kaymak and pistachio.
Tip: Ask for a corner table so the katmer reaches you while it is still hot.
Orkide Pastanesi ★ 4.3 · Gaziantep
sehitkamil · Değirmiçem, Gazi Muhtar Paşa Blv. No:17, 27090 Şehitkamil/Gaziantep
Orkide Pastanesi is the modern counterpoint to the Gaziantep baklava houses, a patisserie doing chocolates, cakes and a katmer with ice cream.
Tip: The ice-cream katmer is a modern reworking. Try the classic version elsewhere first.
Hafız Mustafa 1864 ★ 4.3 · Istanbul
eminönü · Hobyar Mah., Hamidiye Caddesi No:84, 34112 Fatih, İstanbul
Hafız Mustafa 1864 on Hamidiye Caddesi, the original Sultan Abdülaziz-era confectioner still rolling lokum and laminated baklava in Eminönü over a 160-year.
Gaziantep Ayıntap Baklava ★ 4.2 · Gaziantep
sehitkamil · İncilipınar Mah. Gazi Muhtar Paşa Bulvarı No:28, Şehitkamil/Gaziantep
Gaziantep Ayıntap Baklava keeps an air-conditioned salon on Gazi Muhtar Paşa Bulvarı where you can sit with tea and a plate rather than a box.
Tip: Sitting in costs no more than taking away. Order a small plate and a glass of tea.
Metanet Katmer ★ 4.2 · Gaziantep
sahinbey · Suyabatmaz, Kozluca Cd. 10/A, 27400 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Metanet Katmer opens at five in the morning on Kozluca Caddesi in Gaziantep, pairing clotted cream and Antep pistachio inside paper-thin dough.
Tip: The five o'clock start suits anyone eating beyran across the street first.
Saray Muhallebicisi ★ 4.2 · Istanbul
beyoğlu · Kuloğlu Mah., İstiklal Caddesi No:107, 34433 Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Saray Muhallebicisi on Istiklal, the 1935 muhallebici pulling chicken-breast pudding, kazandibi and milk-pudding bowls into the small hours.
Borsam Taşfırın ★ 4.2 · Istanbul
kadıköy · Caferağa Mah., Serasker Caddesi No:78, 34710 Kadıköy, İstanbul
Borsam Taşfırın in Kadıköy, pulling stone-oven lahmacun and pide since 1968 from a glass-fronted counter on the Bahariye side of Caferağa. At Caferağa Mah..
Boztoprak Baklava ★ 4.1 · Gaziantep
sahinbey · Akyol, Atatürk Blv. No:63, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Boztoprak Baklava bakes fresh every day on Atatürk Bulvarı in Gaziantep and ships nationwide, which keeps the trays turning over very quickly.
Tip: The mixed plate is the way to compare şöbiyet, dolama and classic in one order.
İmamoğlu Baklava ★ 4.1 · Gaziantep
sahinbey · Karatarla, Eski Saray Cd. No:6, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
İmamoğlu Baklava is a small shop on Eski Saray Caddesi in Gaziantep where the trays are cut thin and the prices sit below the more famous names.
Tip: The shop is one small room with no seating. Buy a quarter kilo and eat it walking back.
Akşam Simit ★ 4.1 · Gaziantep
ibrahimli · Batıkent, Adnan İnanıcı Cd. No:13/L, 27470 Şehitkamil/Gaziantep
Akşam Simit bakes simit and morning pastries in İbrahimli and sets out a full teapot with them, which is rarer in Gaziantep than it ought to be.
Tip: Order the katmer alongside the simit. The pastries come out warm through the morning.
Beyaz Fırın Etiler ★ 4.1 · Istanbul
beşiktaş · Etiler Mah., Nispetiye Caddesi No:82, 34337 Beşiktaş, İstanbul
Beyaz Fırın in Etiler, a heritage Turkish bakery dating to 1836, working out of a two-floor Nispetiye Caddesi space with a vertical garden and a 350-seat.
Antepsan Baklava ★ 4.0 · Gaziantep
sehitkamil · İncili Pınar, Gazi Muhtar Paşa Blv. 39/A, 27100 Şehitkamil/Gaziantep
Antepsan Baklava sits opposite Sanko University in Gaziantep and also holds the airport counter, so it is the last box before a flight home.
Tip: Open until late evening. Handy if you land after the old-city counters have shut.
Katmerci Murat ★ 4.0 · Gaziantep
sahinbey · Bey, Atatürk Blv. No:11, 27000 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Katmerci Murat is a family katmer shop on Atatürk Bulvarı in Gaziantep, cheaper than the famous names and generous with the pistachio filling.
Tip: The şam tatlısı is worth adding if you are ordering for more than two.
Özcanlar Pide & Lahmacun Fırını ★ 3.9 · Gaziantep
sehitkamil · Kayaönü, Hamidiye Cd., 27500 Şehitkamil/Gaziantep
Özcanlar Pide & Lahmacun Fırını is a working stone-oven bakery in Kayaönü, Gaziantep, turning out pide, lahmacun and sfiha throughout the day.
Tip: Buy pide whole and have it cut. Cut pide goes soft on the walk home.
Ünsal Lokum ve Şekerleme ★ 3.9 · Gaziantep
sehitkamil · Seferpaşa, Altınoğlu Cad No:3, 27400 Şehitkamil/Gaziantep
Ünsal Lokum ve Şekerleme sells Turkish delight and boiled sweets made on its own Gaziantep line, a confectioner's trade counter on Altınoğlu Caddesi.
Tip: Pistachio lokum travels better than baklava does. Ask for it boxed rather than bagged.
Mado Caddebostan ★ 3.8 · Istanbul
kadıköy · Caddebostan Mah., Bağdat Caddesi No:278, 34728 Kadıköy, İstanbul
Mado on Bağdat Caddesi, the Maraş-origin Kanbur-family ice-cream brand whose first Istanbul branch opened in Caddebostan, famous for the stretchable salep.