Midyeci Ahmet Bahçelievler

About Midyeci Ahmet Bahçelievler

Midyeci Ahmet Bahçelievler is the Ankara Bahçelievler branch of Midyeci Ahmet, a mussel chain that began in Istanbul. The branch is on 54. Cadde in Bahçelievler, and the brand's website lists it as its Ankara Bahçelievler branch. The brand's own story, told on its website by its founder, starts with a family that moved from Mardin to İzmir in the 1980s and taught him the trade. He began selling mussels from a stall outside schools in Istanbul at the age of seven, later ran a home kitchen doing deliveries only, and in 2014 opened his first shop in Beşiktaş. A mussel-eating contest he organised brought the name wider attention, and from 2018 the business began to grow; around 2019-20 it opened a production facility in Thessaloniki, Greece. The company says it now has many branches in Türkiye and abroad. Mussels are the point of a visit. Reviewers on Tripadvisor describe the Bahçelievler branch as a mussel shop that also serves kokoreç, with takeaway available, and the brand promotes its own rice (pilav) on social media. This is a casual, quick place to eat rather than a sit-down restaurant for a long meal. The branch keeps late hours: the brand's Ankara Instagram account, which gives the same phone number, lists 11:00 to 03:00 on weekdays and 11:00 to 04:00 on Fridays and Saturdays. Hours can change, so check before a late-night visit.