Fevzi Hoca Köfte-Balık Çayyolu

About Fevzi Hoca Köfte-Balık Çayyolu

Fevzi Hoca Köfte-Balık is a Black Sea fish and meatball restaurant whose Çayyolu branch is one of the brand's two Ankara outlets, alongside Söğütözü. The business traces its story to 1973, when founder Fevzi Hoca began selling köfte and fish from a handcart outside the Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium in Trabzon; it has since grown to branches in Trabzon (Akçaabat), Ankara and Istanbul. The restaurant says most of its fish arrives daily from Trabzon, cleaned straight after landing and packed in ice made from seawater. Depending on the season, the menu runs through Black Sea and Aegean staples such as hamsi (anchovy), mezgit (whiting), barbun, istavrit, palamut, lüfer, kalkan (turbot), sea bass and bream, with levrek buğulama and fried shrimp among the hot starters. Meat eaters are not forgotten: Akçaabat köfte and its accompanying bean piyaz are made by a cook from Akçaabat, and there is lamb şiş too. Regional dishes include kuymak (a cheese and cornmeal fondue made with butter and cheese brought from Akçaabat), hamsili pilav, cabbage sarma, turşu kavurma and kaygana, alongside cold meze such as deniz börülcesi (samphire) and kaya koruğu. Desserts lean towards the eastern Black Sea too: Hamsiköy rice pudding baked in the oven, Trabzon burma, quince and pumpkin desserts, and laz böreği, which the branch says comes from Trabzon daily and is baked on site. The branch lists opening hours of 08:00 to 23:00 every day, and reservations can be made by phone. It sits on a side street in Çayyolu near the Koru metro station.