Ali Usta Kebap ve Baklava is a turkish restaurant in Sahinbey, Gaziantep.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Must order: Ali Nazik at breakfast, which is normal here.
Tip: The baklava counter sells by weight. Half a kilo is enough for four people.
Address: Karatarla, Yeniçeri Sk. 27/A, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Yesemek Gaziantep Mutfağı plates regional home cooking near the castle, and half portions make it the easiest place in Gaziantep to taste widely.
Order: Ekşili köfte, the sour meatball soup.
Tip: Vegetarian dishes are listed separately. The kuru patlıcan dolması is meat-free on request.
Sakıp Usta is the all-hours beyran and paça room of Gaziantep, a functional counter on Kemal Köker Caddesi that keeps serving past midnight.
Order: Paça soup and half a portion of beyran.
Tip: Soup portions are large. Order one beyran between two if you plan on kebab afterwards.
Yesemek Gaziantep Mutfağı plates regional home cooking near the castle, and half portions make it the easiest place in Gaziantep to taste widely.
Order: Ekşili köfte, the sour meatball soup.
Tip: Vegetarian dishes are listed separately. The kuru patlıcan dolması is meat-free on request.
Künefe Han bakes shredded pastry over stretchy cheese until late in Şehitkamil, and Gaziantep families treat it as the after-dinner second stop.
Order: A tray of künefe with extra pistachio dust.
Tip: One tray feeds two. Order it at the table so it arrives while the cheese is still stretching.
Cumba Künefe on Ali Nadi Ünler Bulvarı serves the Gaziantep cheese pastry in oversized sharing trays, open from breakfast until two in the morning.
Order: Künefe with whole pistachios and a scoop of ice cream.
Tip: Portions are bigger than usual. Share one and add the ice cream rather than ordering two.
Erçelebi Kömürde Kadayıf finishes every kadayıf over charcoal in Sarıgüllük, a Gaziantep dessert room that keeps serving until one in the morning.
Order: Charcoal kadayıf, fired to order rather than reheated.
Tip: Nothing sits ready on a tray here. Expect a ten-minute wait while the kadayıf goes over the coals.
Dayının Yeri makes billuriye and kadayıf to order in Değirmiçem, one of the few Gaziantep counters that still lists the crystalline pastry at all.
Order: Billuriye, the crystalline pastry Gaziantep rarely exports.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Nothing is pre-made, so allow time if you arrive with a group.
