7 bakeries worth the trip across Turkey, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Turkey guides.
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, the Güllü family's pistachio version since 1949 and Istanbul's reference baklava.
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 Cami.
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 run.
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 for the late-Beyoğlu crowd.
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.
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 patisserie.
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 dondurma that needs a knife and fork.