Meşhur Hisarönü Söğüşçüsü Restaurant
Söğüş Street Food Institution
Historic working bazaar
Kemeraltı
İzmir's centuries-old working bazaar, best explored on foot for esnaf lokantas and courtyard coffee.
Kemeraltı is the old covered market that has been İzmir's commercial spine for centuries, a maze of arcades, hans and narrow lanes that still functions as a working bazaar rather than a museum. You come here to eat: searing-fast esnaf lokantas, boyoz and gevrek for breakfast, şambali and Turkish coffee in the historic Kızlarağası Han, and counters of pickles, dried fruit and spice. It rewards wandering with no plan, ducking into a courtyard café when the lanes get hot. The energy is everyday and tradesmanlike, and the food is honest and cheap.
Highlights
Maze of hans and arcades Esnaf lokanta lunches Boyoz and gevrek breakfast Kızlarağası Han courtyard coffee Pickle, spice and dried-fruit stalls
8 places
2 Categories
Restaurant
5 places
Ayşa Boşnak Börekçisi Restaurant
Historic han Family Run No Frills
Bib Gourmand Bosnian börek inside a 17th-century Kemeraltı han
Tarihi Güven Lokantası Restaurant
Historic Esnaf lokanta Lunch institution
Hisarönü Söğüşçüsü Mustafa Usta Restaurant
Street food master Since 1975 Offal
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Bazaar Home Cooking Lunch
Cafe
3 places
Dibek Kuru Kahveci İlyas Gönen Cafe
Dibek coffee Roaster Heritage
Hand-pounded dibek Turkish coffee, three generations deep
Kumrucu Apo Cafe
Kumru Street food Ingredient Led
Kumda Kahve - Kızlarağası Hanı Cafe
Historic han Sand coffee Courtyard
Sand-brewed Turkish coffee inside the 1740s caravanserai
