Konyalı Hacı Usta

About Konyalı Hacı Usta

Konyalı Hacı Usta is a Konya-style pide and kebab restaurant in Cevizlidere, on the Balgat side of Çankaya. It has been serving since 2002 and describes its aim as bringing the distinctive dishes of Konya to Ankara. The heart of the kitchen is a stone oven, where the pides are baked fresh. The signature is etli ekmek, the long, thin meat-topped flatbread, made here in the Konya manner. Two other house pides sit beside it, bıçak arası and the Mevlana, a mixed pide, and the three are also served together as a sharing set. The oven also turns out tandır kebap, lamb cooked for hours, and turkey neck slow-cooked over a wood fire. The restaurant bakes a börek of thin pastry with a mix of four cheeses, and says its soups cook for seven hours; lentil soup is a staple. To finish there is saç arası, a traditional dessert. The restaurant runs its own online ordering and delivery service, and takes orders by phone and WhatsApp as well. Its website lists the Balgat branch as open every day from 09:30 to 21:00, so it suits anything from a late-morning pide to an early dinner.