Karaköy Güllüoğlu ★ 4.8
Karaköy Güllüoğlu, the one-counter Rıhtım Caddesi baklava emporium across from Galataport, has filled the Güllü family's pistachio version since 1949.
Worth the queue: Pistachio baklava
Bakery counters in Istanbul worth queuing for: levain breads, laminated pastry, regional bakes and the morning ritual.
Where to queue for bread and pastry
Hafız Mustafa 1864 ★ 4.3
Hafız Mustafa 1864 on Hamidiye Caddesi, the original Sultan Abdülaziz-era confectioner still rolling lokum and laminated baklava in Eminönü over a 160-year.
Worth the queue: Pomegranate Turkish delight
Ali Muhiddin Hacı Bekir ★ 4.5
Ali Muhiddin Hacı Bekir at Bahçekapı, the 1777-founded confectioner credited with inventing modern lokum, run from a heritage-listed shopfront beside Yeni.
Worth the queue: Rose-and-pistachio lokum
Saray Muhallebicisi ★ 4.2
Saray Muhallebicisi on Istiklal, the 1935 muhallebici pulling chicken-breast pudding, kazandibi and milk-pudding bowls into the small hours.
Worth the queue: Tavuk göğsü chicken-breast pudding
Beyaz Fırın Etiler ★ 4.1
Beyaz Fırın in Etiler, a heritage Turkish bakery dating to 1836, working out of a two-floor Nispetiye Caddesi space with a vertical garden and a 350-seat.
Worth the queue: Pogaca cheese rolls
Borsam Taşfırın ★ 4.2
Borsam Taşfırın in Kadıköy, pulling stone-oven lahmacun and pide since 1968 from a glass-fronted counter on the Bahariye side of Caferağa. At Caferağa Mah..
Worth the queue: Sucuklu pide
Mado Caddebostan ★ 3.8
Mado on Bağdat Caddesi, the Maraş-origin Kanbur-family ice-cream brand whose first Istanbul branch opened in Caddebostan, famous for the stretchable salep.
Worth the queue: Kahramanmaraş dövme dondurma