İmamoğlu Baklava is a bakery in Sahinbey, Gaziantep.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The shop is one small room with no seating. Buy a quarter kilo and eat it walking back.
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Address: Karatarla, Eski Saray Cd. No:6, 27010 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.
Worth the queueFıstıklı burma kadayıf
TipMidday is when the trays are warmest. Later in the day the syrup has set firm.
Katmerci Zekeriya Usta stretches katmer dough to transparency and bakes it in a stone oven, the Gaziantep breakfast pastry in its canonical form.
Worth the queueFıstıklı katmer
TipWatch the dough being thrown before you sit. The counter opens at eight and the queue builds fast.
Metanet Katmer opens at five in the morning on Kozluca Caddesi in Gaziantep, pairing clotted cream and Antep pistachio inside paper-thin dough.
Worth the queueSimit katmer
TipThe five o'clock start suits anyone eating beyran across the street first.
Beyoğlu Katmercim works its dough in front of the counter on Kozluca Caddesi, and the Gaziantep katmer here arrives loaded with kaymak and pistachio.
Worth the queueKaymaklı katmer
TipAsk for a corner table so the katmer reaches you while it is still hot.
Katmerci Murat is a family katmer shop on Atatürk Bulvarı in Gaziantep, cheaper than the famous names and generous with the pistachio filling.
Worth the queueFıstıklı katmer
TipThe şam tatlısı is worth adding if you are ordering for more than two.
Yusuf Ziya makes burma kadayıf and almost nothing else in a Gaziantep han on Suburcu Caddesi, rolling the pastry around crushed Antep pistachio.
Worth the queueFıstıklı burma kadayıf
TipMidday is when the trays are warmest. Later in the day the syrup has set firm.
Katmerci Zekeriya Usta stretches katmer dough to transparency and bakes it in a stone oven, the Gaziantep breakfast pastry in its canonical form.
Worth the queueFıstıklı katmer
TipWatch the dough being thrown before you sit. The counter opens at eight and the queue builds fast.
Metanet Katmer opens at five in the morning on Kozluca Caddesi in Gaziantep, pairing clotted cream and Antep pistachio inside paper-thin dough.
Worth the queueSimit katmer
TipThe five o'clock start suits anyone eating beyran across the street first.
Beyoğlu Katmercim works its dough in front of the counter on Kozluca Caddesi, and the Gaziantep katmer here arrives loaded with kaymak and pistachio.
Worth the queueKaymaklı katmer
TipAsk for a corner table so the katmer reaches you while it is still hot.
Katmerci Murat is a family katmer shop on Atatürk Bulvarı in Gaziantep, cheaper than the famous names and generous with the pistachio filling.
Worth the queueFıstıklı katmer
TipThe şam tatlısı is worth adding if you are ordering for more than two.
Orkide Pastanesi is the modern counterpoint to the Gaziantep baklava houses, a patisserie doing chocolates, cakes and a katmer with ice cream.
Worth the queueİnovatif katmer
TipThe ice-cream katmer is a modern reworking. Try the classic version elsewhere first.
