10 restaurants in Gaziantep, editor-picked for restaurants open sunday. Where to eat a sit-down dinner on sunday. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.