Eat & drink
Restaurants, cafés, and bistros across Cappadocia.
Babayan Evi Restaurant
Ürgüp$$
Babayan Evi is a family-run restaurant in the village of İbrahimpaşa near Ürgüp, serving traditional Cappadocian country cooking from local and garden-grown produce. The MICHELIN Guide awards it a…
Revithia
Ürgüp$$$
Revithia is the fine-dining restaurant of Kayakapi Premium Caves in Ürgüp and holds a MICHELIN star, the first in Cappadocia. It serves seasonal tasting menus that reinterpret old Anatolian, Greek…
Aravan Evi
Ürgüp$
Aravan Evi is a family-run guesthouse restaurant in the village of Ayvalı near Ürgüp, listed with a Bib Gourmand in the MICHELIN Guide. It serves a farm-to-table set menu of traditional village…
Ziggy Cafe & Shoppe
Ürgüp$$
Ziggy is a long-running café-restaurant in Ürgüp housed in an old stone building, known for its traditional and contemporary Turkish meze and selected mains made from local seasonal produce. Its…
Old Greek House
Ürgüp$$
Old Greek House is a restaurant and small hotel in a restored Greek mansion in Mustafapaşa, the village formerly known as Sinasos. It serves traditional Turkish home cooking such as mantı, hünkar…
Barbarian Medieval Tavern
Ürgüp$$
Barbarian Medieval Tavern is a medieval-themed restaurant and wine bar on Temenni Hill in Ürgüp. Its menu centres on meat cooked over coal and wood fire, such as asado ribs, brisket and quail, with a…
Han Çırağan
Ürgüp$$
Han Çırağan is a long-running Turkish restaurant on Cumhuriyet Square in central Ürgüp, set in an old caravanserai-style stone building with a vine-shaded courtyard. It is known for regional dishes…
Tık Tık Kadın Emeği
Ürgüp$
Tık Tık Kadın Emeği is a restaurant in Ürgüp run by a women's cooperative that revives old local recipes using regional produce. Its home-style menu features Ürgüp specialities such as tık tık mantı,…
Gorgoli Lounge & Eatery
Ürgüp$
Gorgoli Lounge & Eatery is a relaxed restaurant in Mustafapaşa that cooks with produce from its own garden and local farmers. Its menu mixes creative takes on Anatolian ingredients with casual dishes…
Deve Hanı Cappadocia
Ürgüp$$
Deve Hanı is a restaurant in Ürgüp set in a former camel inn, with a private room built around an old tandır oven. It serves Cappadocian regional dishes together with tava (pan-cooked) specialities…
Seyyah Han
Avanos$$
Seyyah Han is a Turkish restaurant in the village of Çavuşin, between Göreme and Avanos. Its menu offers meze, salads, kebabs and regional Cappadocian mains, with vegetarian dishes and baklava for…
Apetito Restaurant
Ürgüp$$
Apetito is a Turkish restaurant on Ahmet Refik Caddesi in Ürgüp's Temenni quarter. It serves local home-style dishes and has terrace seating.