7 bakery places in Istanbul we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Istanbul | Bakery across every city.
Istanbul baking runs from the firin, the neighbourhood stone oven turning out pide and lahmacun, to the confectioner's counter stacked with baklava and lokum. The old city around Eminönü holds the heritage houses: Hafiz Mustafa 1864 and Ali Muhiddin Haci Bekir, the shop credited with the modern Turkish delight, both work the streets near the bazaar. Down in Karaköy, Karaköy Güllüoğlu has filled its pistachio baklava since the mid-twentieth century, while Borsam Taşfırın keeps the stone-oven tradition alive across the water in Kadıköy.
Karaköy Güllüoğlu ★ 4.8
karaköy · Kemankeş Karamustafa Paşa Mah., Rıhtım Caddesi No:3-4, 34425 Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Karaköy Güllüoğlu, the one-counter Rıhtım Caddesi baklava emporium across from Galataport, has filled the Güllü family's pistachio version since 1949.
Hafız Mustafa 1864 ★ 4.3
eminönü · Hobyar Mah., Hamidiye Caddesi No:84, 34112 Fatih, İstanbul
Hafız Mustafa 1864 on Hamidiye Caddesi, the original Sultan Abdülaziz-era confectioner still rolling lokum and laminated baklava in Eminönü over a 160-year.
Ali Muhiddin Hacı Bekir ★ 4.5
eminönü · Hobyar Mah., Hamidiye Caddesi No:31, 34110 Fatih, İstanbul
Ali Muhiddin Hacı Bekir at Bahçekapı, the 1777-founded confectioner credited with inventing modern lokum, run from a heritage-listed shopfront beside Yeni.
Saray Muhallebicisi ★ 4.2
beyoğlu · Kuloğlu Mah., İstiklal Caddesi No:107, 34433 Beyoğlu, İstanbul
Saray Muhallebicisi on Istiklal, the 1935 muhallebici pulling chicken-breast pudding, kazandibi and milk-pudding bowls into the small hours.
Beyaz Fırın Etiler ★ 4.1
beşiktaş · Etiler Mah., Nispetiye Caddesi No:82, 34337 Beşiktaş, İstanbul
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.
Borsam Taşfırın ★ 4.2
kadıköy · Caferağa Mah., Serasker Caddesi No:78, 34710 Kadıköy, İstanbul
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..
Mado Caddebostan ★ 3.8
kadıköy · Caddebostan Mah., Bağdat Caddesi No:278, 34728 Kadıköy, İstanbul
Mado on Bağdat Caddesi, the Maraş-origin Kanbur-family ice-cream brand whose first Istanbul branch opened in Caddebostan, famous for the stretchable salep.