14 restaurants in Gaziantep, editor-picked for restaurants open monday. Open on monday, the day most kitchens go dark. All restaurants in Gaziantep.
İmam Çağdaş ★ 4.8
sahinbey · Şekeroğlu Mahallesi, Uzun Çarşı Caddesi No:49, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Hours: Daily 08:00-22:00
İmam Çağdaş has cooked kebab and rolled its own baklava on Uzun Çarşı in Gaziantep since 1887, and the founding family still works both counters.
Tip: Sit upstairs, order the Ali Nazik, and buy baklava on the way out rather than eating it at the table.
Metanet Lokantası ★ 4.7
sahinbey · Kozluca Mah, Kozluca Cd. No:11, 27400 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Hours: Daily 05:00-17:00
Metanet Lokantası in Gaziantep opens at 05:00 and sells beyran until the pot runs dry, which is why locals queue before the bazaar wakes up.
Tip: Get there before 09:00. The beyran is gone by early afternoon and the kitchen will not make a second batch.
Kebapçı Halil Usta ★ 4.6
sehitkamil · Karşıyaka Mah. Tekel Cad., Ocukoğlu Sk. No:6, 27500 Şehitkamil/Gaziantep
Hours: Mon-Sat 10:30-18:30; closed Sun
Kebapçı Halil Usta grills küşleme over charcoal in Şehitkamil, and the Gaziantep lunch crowd empties the tenderloin allocation most days by 15:00.
Tip: Closed Sundays and shuts mid-evening. Book the terrace if you want the cooler upstairs tables in summer.
Mutfak Sanatları Merkezi ★ 4.5
sehitkamil · Gazi mah. Zübeyde hanım blv No:39, Şehitkamil/Gaziantep
Hours: Daily 11:30-22:30
The municipal Mutfak Sanatları Merkezi in Gaziantep cooks a weekly changing set menu of regional pot dishes and runs workshops in the same building.
Tip: Walk in for lunch without a reservation, but book by phone if you want a place on a workshop.
Yesemek Gaziantep Mutfağı ★ 4.4
sahinbey · Şekeroğlu, Hamdi Kutlar Cd. No:51/1-B, 27400 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Hours: Daily 08:00-21:00
Yesemek Gaziantep Mutfağı cooks the home dishes the kebab houses skip, from yuvalama to alaca çorba, a short walk downhill from Gaziantep Castle.
Tip: Half portions are available, which is the way to taste four regional dishes in one sitting.
Bayazhan ★ 4.4
sahinbey · Akyol, Atatürk Blv. No:119 D:1, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Hours: Daily 09:00-24:00
Bayazhan pours rakı and grills küşleme inside a Silk Road caravanserai on Atatürk Bulvarı, one of the few licensed rooms in central Gaziantep.
Tip: The upstairs meyhane runs live fasıl music. Reserve the küşleme when you book, it sells out.
Küşlemeci Mehmet Usta ★ 4.4
alleben · Alleben, Kemal Köker Cd. No:25 A, 27500 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00-20:30; closed Sun
Küşlemeci Mehmet Usta grills nothing but lamb tenderloin on Kemal Köker Caddesi in Gaziantep, and the founder's son now works the charcoal himself.
Tip: Portions are small because the cut is small. Order two if you have walked the bazaar all morning.
Hışvahan ★ 4.3
sahinbey · Karagöz, Handan Bey Sk No:23/1, 27400 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Hours: Daily 08:00-24:00
Hışvahan serves Antep cooking inside a restored 16th-century han beneath Gaziantep Castle, which now works as a hotel, restaurant and shop in one.
Tip: Develik is the dining room and Susamhane the event space. Ask for a courtyard table in spring.
Sakıp Usta Paça Beyran Kebap ★ 4.3
alleben · Alleben, Kemal Köker Cd. No:55 D:53, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Hours: Daily 05:30-02:00; Sat and Sun until 03:00
Sakıp Usta serves beyran and paça on Kemal Köker Caddesi in Gaziantep from 05:30 until the small hours, which covers both the dawn bowl and the late one.
Tip: The kitchen runs from 05:30 to 02:00, so this is the one beyran counter that suits either end of the day.
Ali Usta Kebap ve Baklava ★ 4.2
sahinbey · Karatarla, Yeniçeri Sk. 27/A, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Hours: Mon-Sat 06:00-20:00; closed Sun
Ali Usta Kebap ve Baklava opens at 06:00 near Karatarla in Gaziantep and works a kebab grill and a baklava counter out of the same narrow doorway.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Early lunch is quieter than the 13:00 rush from the surrounding workshops.
Üçler Kebap Lahmacun ★ 4.1
sehitkamil · Sarıgüllük, Zübeyde Hanım Blv. NO: 16/C, 27060 Şehitkamil/Gaziantep
Hours: Daily 11:00-21:00
Üçler Kebap Lahmacun works a wood oven on Zübeyde Hanım Bulvarı in Gaziantep, turning out the thin isot-spiked lahmacun the city argues about.
Tip: Order lahmacun by the piece and eat it rolled around parsley and a squeeze of lemon.
Muhsinzade Türk Şiş Kebap ★ 4.1
sahinbey · Boyacı, Külekçi Çarşısı Sk., 27400 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Hours: Mon-Sat 06:00-19:00
Muhsinzade grills chicken şiş and lamb liver over charcoal in the Külekçi bazaar lanes of Gaziantep, opening at 06:00 for the traders around it.
Tip: Shut by early evening. This is a breakfast and lunch counter, not a dinner room.
Boğazköy ★ 4.0
yeditepe · Yeditepe, 85203 Nolu Sk No:22, 27470 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Hours: Mon-Sat 10:00-22:30; Sun 09:30-22:00
Boğazköy cooks an international menu near Gaziantep University, which is where the city goes when it wants a night off from kebab and baklava.
Tip: Reviewers rate weekdays over Sundays. Book a garden table in summer, the room fills with students.
Evirgeç Mantı Evi ★ 3.8
alleben · Alleben, Atatürk Blv. 58/B, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Hours: Daily 08:00-22:00
Evirgeç Mantı Evi cooks the home food of Gaziantep on Atatürk Bulvarı, from hand-pinched mantı to yuvalama and pirpirim, with vegetarian plates too.
Tip: Ask what the daily pot holds before ordering. The menu is longer than the kitchen actually cooks.