Rumeli İşkembecisi Tunalı

About Rumeli İşkembecisi Tunalı

Rumeli İşkembecisi Tunalı is the Kavaklıdere branch of Rumeli İşkembecisi ve Lokantası, one of Ankara's best-known tripe-soup houses, on Bestekar Caddesi close to Tunalı Hilmi Caddesi. The other Ankara branch is in Kızılay. The business traces its story back to 1945, when it opened in a modest room with four tables in Hamamönü. According to its own history it then moved through Denizciler Caddesi, the Şehir Çarşısı in Ulus, Sakarya Caddesi and Bayındır Sokak in Kızılay, Maltepe and even Karaköy in Istanbul, and opened here on Bestekar Sokak in 1992. İşkembe çorbası, tripe soup traditionally eaten late at night or after an evening out, is the speciality, alongside other soups and lokanta-style cooked dishes. A Hürriyet piece quoted on the restaurant's website calls it the address for tripe soup in Ankara and notes that, although it gets crowded, service is quick. The Bestekar location puts it among the bars and meyhanes of the street, which is exactly when many people stop in. Practical notes: the website says Rumeli serves around the clock, but does not list hours for each branch, so check with the branch on +90 312 467 13 62 before a very late visit.