Metanet Katmer is a bakery in Sahinbey, Gaziantep.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The five o'clock start suits anyone eating beyran across the street first.
Address: Suyabatmaz, Kozluca Cd. 10/A, 27400 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.
Worth the queue: Kaymaklı katmer
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.
Worth the queue: Fıstıklı katmer
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.
Worth the queue: Kaymaklı katmer
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.
Worth the queue: Fıstıklı katmer
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
