Gaziantep Baro Lokali is a bar in Kavaklik, Gaziantep.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Grills and meze
Tip: The garden is the point. Weekday evenings are calm, weekends fill with family groups.
Address: Gazi Mahallesi, 24014 Nolu Cad. Kavaklık Parkı Girişi No: 4, D:1, 27060 Şehitkamil/Gaziantep
Salaş Restaurant is an unfussy licensed grill on Türkmenler Caddesi in Gaziantep, built around kebab, cold meze and a table you can sit at for hours.
Signature drink: Rakı
Food: Kebab and meze
Tip: No frills and no reservations culture. Turn up early on a Friday if you want a table.
Gece Gündüz Bistro is Gaziantep's modern meyhane, a Bey Mahallesi courtyard with fasıl bands, DJ percussion and a cook-your-own grill table.
Signature drink: Rakı and meze
Food: Meze, ocakbaşı grill
Tip: The ocakbaşı tables let you grill your own meat. Say so when booking, they are limited.
Bayazhan keeps a bar and an upstairs meyhane inside a Gaziantep caravanserai, with live traditional music running on most nights of the week.
Signature drink: Rakı
Food: Antep meze and küşleme
Tip: Weekends need a reservation. The family section is alcohol-free, so specify which floor.
Mahlas Meyhane pours rakı inside a restored Antep courtyard house in Karagöz, and its meze tray is the most local drinking food in Gaziantep.
Signature drink: Rakı
Food: Antep meze
Tip: Wood and stone keep the room cool. It is the better summer option of the old-city meyhanes.
Akınal Gar Restaurant drinks and dines inside the TCDD station building in Gaziantep, a licensed room with platform views and a long meze list.
Signature drink: Rakı
Food: Meze and grills
Tip: Trains still run past the windows. Ask for a table on the platform side.
