47 editor picks in Gaziantep.
47 bakery places in Gaziantep we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Gaziantep | Bakery across every city.
Künefe Han bakes shredded pastry over stretchy cheese until late in Şehitkamil, and Gaziantep families treat it as the after-dinner second stop.
OrderA tray of künefe with extra pistachio dust.
TipOne 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.
OrderKünefe with whole pistachios and a scoop of ice cream.
TipPortions 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.
OrderCharcoal kadayıf, fired to order rather than reheated.
TipNothing 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.
OrderBilluriye, the crystalline pastry Gaziantep rarely exports.
TipClosed Sundays. Nothing is pre-made, so allow time if you arrive with a group.
Özcanlar Pide & Lahmacun Fırını works a stone oven in Kayaönü, turning out boat-shaped pide and sfiha for the Gaziantep neighbourhood around it.
OrderKıymalı pide straight off the oven floor.
TipOrder pide by the metre for a group. It travels badly, so eat it in the shop.
Orkide Pastanesi is the Gaziantep patisserie chain locals send visitors to, with chocolates, cakes and a breakfast spread on Gazi Muhtar Paşa.
TipThe breakfast is the value order. The chocolate counter is better for gifts than for dessert.
Koçak Baklava is the baklava counter most of Gaziantep names first, a bright Şehitkamil salon selling şöbiyet, dolama and midye by the kilo.
TipBuy by weight and eat it the same day. Antep baklava is built for hours, not for keeping.
Tarihi Elmacıpazarı Güllüoğlu bakes baklava and börek at the edge of the apple market, and it carries the oldest baklava name in all of Gaziantep.
TipAsk for the börek in the morning. It comes out of the oven early and sells before lunch.
Baklavacı Zeki İnal is a family baklava workshop on Atatürk Bulvarı in Gaziantep that makes şöbiyet by hand and sells out most days by noon.
TipClosed at weekends and often sold out by midday. Go on a weekday morning or do not bother.
Çelebioğulları Baklava runs a large Gaziantep salon on Gazi Muhtar Paşa and is one of the few local names making vegan and gluten-free trays.
TipThe special-diet trays are made in a separate line and usually need ordering ahead.
Gaziantep Ayıntap Baklava keeps an air-conditioned salon on Gazi Muhtar Paşa Bulvarı where you can sit with tea and a plate rather than a box.
TipSitting in costs no more than taking away. Order a small plate and a glass of tea.
Boztoprak Baklava bakes fresh every day on Atatürk Bulvarı in Gaziantep and ships nationwide, which keeps the trays turning over very quickly.
TipThe mixed plate is the way to compare şöbiyet, dolama and classic in one order.
Antepsan Baklava sits opposite Sanko University in Gaziantep and also holds the airport counter, so it is the last box before a flight home.
TipOpen until late evening. Handy if you land after the old-city counters have shut.
İmamoğlu Baklava is a small shop on Eski Saray Caddesi in Gaziantep where the trays are cut thin and the prices sit below the more famous names.
TipThe shop is one small room with no seating. Buy a quarter kilo and eat it walking back.
Yusuf Ziya makes burma kadayıf and almost nothing else in a Gaziantep han on Suburcu Caddesi, rolling the pastry around crushed Antep pistachio.
TipMidday is when the trays are warmest. Later in the day the syrup has set firm.
Katmerci Zekeriya Usta stretches katmer dough to transparency and bakes it in a stone oven, the Gaziantep breakfast pastry in its canonical form.
TipWatch the dough being thrown before you sit. The counter opens at eight and the queue builds fast.
Metanet Katmer opens at five in the morning on Kozluca Caddesi in Gaziantep, pairing clotted cream and Antep pistachio inside paper-thin dough.
TipThe five o'clock start suits anyone eating beyran across the street first.
Beyoğlu Katmercim works its dough in front of the counter on Kozluca Caddesi, and the Gaziantep katmer here arrives loaded with kaymak and pistachio.
TipAsk for a corner table so the katmer reaches you while it is still hot.
Katmerci Murat is a family katmer shop on Atatürk Bulvarı in Gaziantep, cheaper than the famous names and generous with the pistachio filling.
TipThe şam tatlısı is worth adding if you are ordering for more than two.
Orkide Pastanesi is the modern counterpoint to the Gaziantep baklava houses, a patisserie doing chocolates, cakes and a katmer with ice cream.
TipThe ice-cream katmer is a modern reworking. Try the classic version elsewhere first.
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.
TipOrder the katmer alongside the simit. The pastries come out warm through the morning.
Özcanlar Pide & Lahmacun Fırını is a working stone-oven bakery in Kayaönü, Gaziantep, turning out pide, lahmacun and sfiha throughout the day.
TipBuy pide whole and have it cut. Cut pide goes soft on the walk home.
Ünsal Lokum ve Şekerleme sells Turkish delight and boiled sweets made on its own Gaziantep line, a confectioner's trade counter on Altınoğlu Caddesi.
TipPistachio lokum travels better than baklava does. Ask for it boxed rather than bagged.
Özcanlar Pide & Lahmacun Fırını fires pide and sfiha in a stone oven in Kayaönü, a working Gaziantep bakery rather than a stop built for visitors.
OrderKıymalı pide
TipSfiha is the smaller open-topped version. Order a mix and eat them in the order they arrive.
Katmerci Zekeriya Usta throws katmer dough over a marble counter in Gaziantep, then bakes it with kaymak and pistachio in a stone oven at the back.
OrderFıstıklı katmer
TipKatmer is a breakfast pastry here, not a dessert. Come before ten for the freshest batch.
Metanet Katmer opens at five in the morning beside the Gaziantep grain market, feeding the same crowd that has just eaten beyran across the road.
OrderKatmer
TipOrder the simit katmer if the classic sells out. It is the same dough with sesame on top.
Yusuf Ziya rolls burma kadayıf around crushed Antep pistachio in a Gaziantep han on Suburcu Caddesi and sells almost nothing else from the window.
OrderFıstıklı burma kadayıf
TipBuy a small box rather than a tray. The syrup sets hard within a day.
Akşam Simit bakes sesame simit and morning pastries in İbrahimli, and unlike most Gaziantep simit counters it sits you down with a full teapot.
OrderSimit
TipOrder the katmer alongside the simit if you want the local breakfast in one sitting.
Künefe Han bakes cheese pastry until two in the morning in Şehitkamil, and Gaziantep treats a late künefe as a second dinner rather than dessert.
OrderKünefe
TipOne tray between two. Order it at the table so the cheese is still stretching.
Cumba Künefe runs until two in the morning on Ali Nadi Ünler Bulvarı, serving the oversized Gaziantep künefe trays that families share after dinner.
OrderKünefe with pistachio
TipAdd the ice cream rather than ordering a second tray. The portions are already large.
Erçelebi Kömürde Kadayıf fires kadayıf over charcoal until one in the morning in Sarıgüllük, so nothing here has been sitting on a tray for hours.
OrderCharcoal kadayıf
TipExpect a ten-minute wait. Nothing is pre-made, which is the reason to come.
Çelebioğulları Baklava keeps its Gazi Muhtar Paşa salon open to midnight, so a late Gaziantep baklava run does not depend on the bazaar counters.
OrderBaklava and şöbiyet
TipThe salon has proper seating. Order a mixed plate with tea rather than a box to go.
Yusuf Ziya makes burma kadayıf and nothing else from a han window on Suburcu Caddesi, a Gaziantep speciality the baklava salons treat as a sideline.
TipMidday is when the trays come out warm. By evening the syrup has set firm.
Dayının Yeri in Değirmiçem still lists billuriye, a crystalline Gaziantep pastry that has quietly dropped off almost every other dessert menu.
TipClosed Sundays. Everything is made to order, so allow a wait if you arrive with a group.
Beyoğlu Katmercim stretches its katmer dough in front of the counter on Kozluca Caddesi, two streets from the famous Gaziantep names and their queues.
TipAsk for a corner table so the katmer reaches you while the kaymak is still molten.
İmamoğlu Baklava works out of one small room on Eski Saray Caddesi in Gaziantep, cutting thin trays for a neighbourhood trade rather than the tour buses.
TipThere is nowhere to sit. Buy a quarter kilo and eat it on the walk home.
Ünsal Lokum ve Şekerleme is a Gaziantep confectioner's own trade counter on Altınoğlu Caddesi, selling the lokum and boiled sweets it makes itself.
TipPistachio lokum survives the flight home better than baklava. Ask for a box, not a bag.
Katmerci Murat is a family katmer counter on Atatürk Bulvarı in Gaziantep, cheaper and more generous with pistachio than the addresses on every list.
TipAdd the şam tatlısı if you are ordering for more than two people.
Özcanlar Pide & Lahmacun Fırını is a neighbourhood oven in Kayaönü where a metre of Gaziantep pide costs less than a single kebab plate downtown.
OrderKıymalı pide
TipOrder by the metre for a group. It is cheaper than buying individual portions.
Katmerci Murat prices its katmer below the famous Gaziantep names on Atatürk Bulvarı while still loading the pastry with kaymak and pistachio.
OrderKatmer
TipSplit one katmer between two, the portion is bigger than it looks.
İmamoğlu Baklava undercuts the big Gaziantep names from a small shop on Eski Saray Caddesi, and the trays turn over fast enough to stay fresh.
OrderBaklava
TipBuy a quarter kilo. At these prices the temptation to over-buy is the real risk.
Akşam Simit runs the cheapest sit-down breakfast in İbrahimli, a Gaziantep bakery counter where the teapot arrives full and then gets refilled.
OrderSimit and pastry
TipThe pastry counter restocks through the morning. Later batches are as good as the first.
Katmerci Zekeriya Usta is where Gaziantep eats breakfast, a stone oven turning out katmer layered with clotted cream and green Antep pistachio.
OrderFıstıklı katmer with kaymak, eaten hot from the stone oven.
TipCome before ten. The dough is thrown to order and the queue builds through the morning.
Metanet Katmer opens at five in the morning on Kozluca Caddesi, so the classic Gaziantep breakfast of beyran and katmer can be done before sunrise.
OrderClassic katmer with clotted cream and pistachio.
TipPair it with beyran across the road. That is the traditional Gaziantep morning order.
Beyoğlu Katmercim makes katmer in front of the counter on Kozluca Caddesi, a Gaziantep breakfast worth the two-street walk from the busier names.
OrderKaymaklı katmer, watched through the window as it is made.
TipAsk for the corner table. The katmer travels badly even across the room.
Akşam Simit is the bakery breakfast of İbrahimli, a Gaziantep counter that sets out warm pastries and refills the teapot without being asked.
OrderSimit and katmer with a full teapot on the table.
TipThe pastry trays restock through the morning, so a late arrival is not a penalty.
Orkide Pastanesi lays out a broad and affordable breakfast on Gazi Muhtar Paşa, the Gaziantep patisserie locals send visitors to before any other.
OrderThe breakfast spread, then a katmer with ice cream.
TipThe chocolate counter is better for gifts than for breakfast. Order the spread instead.
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