Yusuf Ziya Fıstıklı Burma Kadayıfları is a bakery in Sahinbey, Gaziantep.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Midday is when the trays are warmest. Later in the day the syrup has set firm.
Address: Düğmeci, Suburcu Cd. Şehir İş Hanı 2/B, 27400 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.
Worth the queue: Fıstıklı katmer
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.
Worth the queue: Simit 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
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.
Worth the queue: Fıstıklı katmer
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.
Worth the queue: Simit 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
