Gece Gündüz Bistro is a bar in Sahinbey, Gaziantep.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Meze, ocakbaşı grill
Tip: The ocakbaşı tables let you grill your own meat. Say so when booking, they are limited.
Address: Bey Sk. Atatürk Blv Öğretmenler Evi Karşısı 27010 Gaziantep
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.
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.
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.
Gaziantep Baro Lokali is the bar association's club at the gate of Kavaklık Park, open to the public and one of the cheapest licensed gardens.
Signature drink: Draught beer
Food: Grills and meze
Tip: The garden is the point. Weekday evenings are calm, weekends fill with family groups.
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.
