Bayazhan is a wine bar in Sahinbey, Gaziantep.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Antep meze and grilled meat
Tip: Ask for the meyhane floor rather than the family section if you want the drinks list.
Address: Akyol, Atatürk Blv. No:119 D:1, 27010 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Mahlas Meyhane occupies a restored Antep house in Karagöz, one of the few Gaziantep rooms pouring wine and rakı against a full Antep meze table.
Signature pour: Anatolian red by the glass
Wine focus: Turkish wine and rakı alongside Antep meze
Food: Antep meze, hot starters
Tip: The stone courtyard is the room to ask for. Meze arrive as a tray, so choose before they land.
Akınal Gar Restaurant sits inside the old Gaziantep railway station building, a licensed dining room with meze and a nostalgic platform view.
Signature pour: Rakı with cold meze
Wine focus: Turkish wine and rakı
Food: Meze selection
Tip: The setting is the draw. Come for a long meze table rather than a quick drink.
Meyhane Bizim Bağ is a small garden meyhane in Osmangazi, Gaziantep, pouring rakı and wine alongside home-style meze at neighbourhood prices.
Signature pour: House rakı with the garden meze
Wine focus: Turkish wine and rakı
Food: Home-style meze
Tip: The garden is the reason to come. Book ahead in summer, the outdoor tables are few.
Mahlas Meyhane occupies a restored Antep house in Karagöz, one of the few Gaziantep rooms pouring wine and rakı against a full Antep meze table.
Signature pour: Anatolian red by the glass
Wine focus: Turkish wine and rakı alongside Antep meze
Food: Antep meze, hot starters
Tip: The stone courtyard is the room to ask for. Meze arrive as a tray, so choose before they land.
