İstanbul · Kadıköy · Turkey

İnci Pastanesi

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8/10

best: morning, afternoon

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A local would say...

A 1958 corner bakery so small you'd miss it — but the ballı alone is worth crossing to the Asian side

This tiny corner bakery on Bahariye has been quietly turning out some of Kadıköy's best pastries since 1958. You'll walk past it if you're not looking — just a small shopfront packed floor to ceiling with fresh hamurişi. The ballı is what everyone comes for, a sticky honey-soaked pastry that's impossibly good, but don't skip the açma or the peynirli börek either. There are no seats inside — you grab your bag and go, or better yet, slip into the little tea garden next door and have your börek with a proper çay. If you're lucky, the elderly owner will be behind the counter. Try an ekler too, you'll thank us later.