Katmerci Murat is a bakery in Sahinbey, Gaziantep.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The şam tatlısı is worth adding if you are ordering for more than two.
Address: Bey, Atatürk Blv. No:11, 27000 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.
Worth the queue: Havuç dilimi
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.
Worth the queue: İnovatif katmer
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.
Worth the queue: Katmer
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.
Worth the queue: Kıymalı pide
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.
Worth the queue: Fıstıklı lokum
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.
Worth the queue: Özel şöbiyet
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.
Worth the queue: Havuç dilimi
