Little Buddha Ankamall

About Little Buddha Ankamall

Little Buddha Ankamall is the Ankara branch of Little Buddha, an Asian-cuisine restaurant brand from Happy Group, the company behind the Happy Moon's cafés. It sits on the ground floor of the ANKAmall shopping centre in Yenimahalle, and is one of only three Little Buddha branches, alongside Akmerkez in Istanbul and Kepez in Çanakkale. The brand opened its first branch at Akmerkez with the stated aim of making Asian food "accessible": restaurant-style dishes at shopping-centre prices. The menu runs to more than 170 items prepared by chefs who, according to the company, have worked for years in established Asian restaurants in Turkey. Around 55 kinds of sushi sit alongside noodle dishes, wok dishes, main courses and set menus, and the brand singles out starters such as corn tempura, dynamite shrimps and truffle edamame with ponzu sauce. There is also a cocktail list, with drinks named Bergamot, Butterfly and Lavender. The Ankamall branch is a casual sit-down restaurant with wooden tables, red wall panels and blue upholstered seating. A price-free PDF menu is published on the Happy Group website; the QR menu at the table shows current prices. Practical notes: the branch does not take reservations, so it is worth calling ahead at busy times. ANKAmall is on Mevlana Bulvarı in the Gazi neighbourhood of Yenimahalle, and Little Buddha is on its ground floor (Zemin Kat).