Minnettar Bolulu Haşlamacı

About Minnettar Bolulu Haşlamacı

Minnettar Bolulu Haşlamacı is a traditional meat and soup restaurant beside the Hacı Bayram Veli Mosque in Ulus. The business says it has been serving Ankara since 1961 and is now run by the third generation of the same family, who reopened it in renovated premises in the mosque's historic surroundings. Reviewers describe an old konak-style interior and outdoor seating close to the mosque grounds. The name points to its speciality: haşlama, the Bolu-style dish of meat and potatoes slowly boiled in its own broth. What sets the kitchen apart is its cooking method: meat dishes are chopped by hand and cooked over a wood fire on traditional kuzine stoves, a technique that has largely disappeared from city restaurants. Alongside haşlama the menu covers slow-cooked kavurma, kuru fasulye (white beans) with rice, house soups including paça, pide and kebabs, and a candied pumpkin dessert (kabak tatlısı) that the restaurant prepares without glucose syrup and rests in the kuzine oven. Portions are generous. The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, opening early in the morning, and offers dine-in, outdoor seating and takeaway. Reviews are mixed, and visitors note that it can be stretched during Ramadan iftar and large group bookings. It is a convenient stop when visiting the Hacı Bayram Mosque, the Temple of Augustus and the Ulus old town.