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Göreme Restaurants

Nazar Börek

1 reviews | Write a review

Good for: atmosphere, Solo Travellers, service

  • Address
    • Müze Caddesi
  • Phone
    • 0384 271 2441
  • Price
    • mains TL7

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Lonely Planet review for Nazar Börek

This expat and industry hangout joint on the canal serves simple yet delicious meals, and the atmosphere is eternally fun and friendly. Fresh plates of börek (filled pastries), gözleme (savoury pancakes) and sosyete böregi (stuffed spiral pastries served with yoghurt and tomato sauce) are presented by jovial men with can-do attitudes. The canal-side chill-out area is where you'll get the skinny on local people and places.

 

Traveller reviews for Nazar Börek (1)

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    Tasty börek, welcoming hosts, impromptu Turkish music!

    kmmp recommends this,

    We only stopped in at Nazar Börek when we were weary and cold after an afternoon walk in the snow and hoped a quick tea would warm frozen fingers and lift spirits. What a golden discovery! We emerged five hours later and it was much more than refuge from the cold that caused us to stay well into the night.

    Nazar Börek is a delightfully cosy restaurant serving basic, tasty food with such genuine hospitality that you feel you are in a friend’s home. The menu is simple and inexpensive consisting mostly of börek and gözleme, savoury and sweet. Portions are generous with savoury items accompanied by a deliciously fresh salad or yoghurt and tomato sauces. Efes beer is available and the lovely Cappadocian wines can be served on request.

    Your hosts are born and bred locals who can tell you a thing or two about changes in Göreme over the years (“we are original caveman”) and clearly enjoy receiving visitors and sharing their love of Cappadocia. You suspect they always have a good time and sincerely want their patrons to enjoy themselves too. At one stage a saz (lute) was produced from nowhere and drums passed around as we were treated to some folk music. Before we knew it belly dancing belts also appeared and most of the 12 patrons were dancing! Participation was encouraged but not forced.

    The warmth of our hosts, homely environment and seemingly spontaneous burst of live music and dance lent more authenticity to our evening than I ever imagined finding in such a backpacker haven as Göreme.

    Good for: atmosphere, Solo Travellers, service

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