16 editor picks in Gaziantep.
16 cafe places in Gaziantep we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Gaziantep | Cafe across every city.
Tahmis Kahvesi has poured coffee beside the Gaziantep spice market since 1635, and menengiç, the wild pistachio brew, is what to order here.
TipBackgammon boards and live saz appear most evenings. Sit in the vaulted room, not the street tables.
Kahveci Seddar Bey serves a two-colour dibek coffee inside the Gümrük Han in Gaziantep, ground under a mallet in a stone mortar behind the counter.
TipClosed Mondays, open 09:00 to 19:00 the other six days. Enter through the han gate, not from the street.
Papirüs Cafe occupies a restored Armenian mansion in Bey Mahallesi, and its vine-shaded Gaziantep courtyard is the calmest table in the old city.
TipThe courtyard fills by mid-afternoon. Come before noon if you want a table under the vines.
Havara Kitap Kafe is a women-run book cafe in Karagöz, Gaziantep, built from reclaimed materials across several levels with a lending library.
TipService is partly self-serve and not always signposted. Order at the counter to save waiting.
Yeşilçam Kahve Evi lines its walls with Turkish film stills in İbrahimli, and it is the Gaziantep cafe in this district that stays open latest.
TipThe upstairs room is quieter. Downstairs runs nargile and gets smoky after dark.
Kahve Tiryakisi pairs single-origin filter coffee with a full Turkish breakfast in Yeditepe, which is unusual for Gaziantep outside the old city.
TipBreakfast runs long here. Budget ninety minutes rather than a quick coffee stop.
Yeşilçam Kahve Evi runs latest of the İbrahimli cafes, a Gaziantep room of film stills, backgammon and nargile that fills up once dinner ends.
OrderTurkish coffee and nargile
TipUpstairs is quieter and less smoky. Ask for it when you arrive rather than later.
Kahveci Seddar Bey hides in the courtyard of a Gaziantep han rather than on a street front, which is why the two-colour dibek coffee stays a local secret.
TipClosed Mondays. Come before 19:00, when the han courtyard shuts for the day.
Havara Kitap Kafe is a women-run book cafe in Karagöz, Gaziantep, assembled from reclaimed material and stacked across several quiet levels.
TipService is partly self-serve. Order at the counter rather than waiting to be found.
Papirüs Cafe sits inside a restored Armenian mansion in Bey Mahallesi, and its vine-shaded courtyard is the quietest table in old Gaziantep.
TipCome before noon. By mid-afternoon the courtyard is full and the calm has gone.
Kahve Tiryakisi in Yeditepe pairs a full Turkish breakfast with single-origin filter coffee, which is a rare combination anywhere in Gaziantep.
OrderThe serpme breakfast, with the kaymak and the pekmezli tahin helva.
TipBudget ninety minutes. Breakfast here is a sitting, not a stop between things.
Yeşilçam Kahve Evi opens at eight in İbrahimli and serves breakfast under Turkish film stills, the latest-closing cafe in this part of Gaziantep.
OrderTurkish breakfast with coffee in the film-poster room.
TipTake the upstairs room for breakfast. Downstairs fills with nargile smoke by mid-afternoon.
Tahmis Kahvesi has roasted and ground coffee beside the Gaziantep grain market since 1635, selling menengiç and dibek by the bag as well as the cup.
TipBuy the menengiç ground. It is a terebinth paste, not a bean, and it needs no grinder at home.
Kahveci Seddar Bey crushes its beans by mallet in a stone mortar inside the Gümrük Han, then sells the same dibek grind across the counter in Gaziantep.
TipAsk to watch the mortar work. The grind is sold in small bags at the same window.
Kahve Tiryakisi is the Gaziantep branch of a Turkish coffee chain, in Yeditepe near the university, pairing its own roast with a long serpme breakfast.
TipAsk what the chain has on the grinder that week rather than defaulting to Turkish coffee.
Papirüs Cafe grinds its own Turkish coffee inside a Bey Mahallesi mansion in Gaziantep and pours zahter tea from the same courtyard counter.
TipZahter tea is thyme, not coffee. Order both and drink the coffee first.
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