Baklavacı Hacıbaba Balgat

About Baklavacı Hacıbaba Balgat

Baklavacı Hacıbaba is a family baklava house that has been serving Ankara since 1949, and its Balgat head branch on Mevlana Bulvarı is where the business also runs its full restaurant. The Baday family have made baklava for three generations: they started out in Gaziantep, the homeland of baklava, and in 1949 began selling it to Ankara from a shop on Denizciler Caddesi, later trading in the bazaar opposite the old Parliament building and on Necatibey Caddesi. The restaurant is built for every hour of the day. The menu runs from breakfast through main dishes, salads and starters, with dishes made especially for children, all served in a warm, relaxed setting. In Ramadan the restaurant takes group iftar reservations. Whatever you eat, leave room for dessert. Alongside baklava, Hacıbaba makes a wide range of traditional Turkish sweets, from syrup-soaked pastries to milk puddings, and the family also runs event halls for weddings and celebrations, the largest seating 800. Hacıbaba also has dessert shops around the city, including on Necatibey Caddesi in Sıhhiye and in Keçiören, Söğütözü and Çayyolu, but Balgat is the place for a sit-down meal.