Mahlas Meyhane is a wine bar in Sahinbey, Gaziantep.
Editorially verified August 1, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Antep meze, hot starters
Tip: The stone courtyard is the room to ask for. Meze arrive as a tray, so choose before they land.
Address: Karagöz, Şakir Sk. no:9, 27100 Şahinbey/Gaziantep
Bayazhan runs the most serious drinks list in central Gaziantep, a caravanserai meyhane pouring wine and rakı with live fasıl under stone arches.
Signature pour: Rakı with the meze tray
Wine focus: Turkish wine and rakı in a caravanserai meyhane
Food: Antep meze and grilled meat
Tip: Ask for the meyhane floor rather than the family section if you want the drinks list.
Bayazhan runs the most serious drinks list in central Gaziantep, a caravanserai meyhane pouring wine and rakı with live fasıl under stone arches.
Signature pour: Rakı with the meze tray
Wine focus: Turkish wine and rakı in a caravanserai meyhane
Food: Antep meze and grilled meat
Tip: Ask for the meyhane floor rather than the family section if you want the drinks list.
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.
