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Akdeniz Tantuni
A good spot for a quick bite, this bustling eatery on the main drag features surprisingly pleasant surrounds. Enjoy your chicken sandwich while sitting around low wooden tables.
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Antep Ocakbaşı
This eatery is up some stairs in an unremarkable block. The stomach-groaning menu features all the usual suspects, including mezes, pide, grills and kebaps. The crowd ranges from chattering families to giggling students and crusty old men, giving the place a nice buzz.
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Ayça Pastaneleri
With its see-and-be-seen glass front on the 1st floor, mellow atmosphere, virginal white walls and sleek furnishings, this place screams trendy. Fortunately, there's substance behind the trappings, with toothsome baklavas and well-prepared snacks.
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Besse
If you're in search of a bit of sophistication, Besse fits the bill perfectly. It is done out in soothing yellow tones and features parquet flooring and dim lights. The kitchen turns out superior cooking, with an emphasis on grills, salads and stews - try the excellent ali nazik , Besse's signature dish. It's deep in the heart of a vibrant area on the 1st floor of a bland building. If only alcohol was available!
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Çavuşoğlu
Keep up your strength with a Turkish coffee and a delectable pastry.
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Çınar Restaurant ve Et Lokantası
It's more or less the same story as for Kebabistan in this long-standing favourite. The eclectic menu focuses on pide, kebaps, grills and stews. The chef recommends the kaburga dolması .
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İkizler Lahmacun Salonu
Make a beeline for this little den off the main drag. It has been serving up pide and lahmacun to ravenous locals since 1962, so it really knows what it's doing when it comes to the national dish.
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Kebabistan
Another bastion of well-executed Turkish fare, Kebabistan is well regarded for its expertly cooked kebaps. Portions are generous and service swift. Its second branch, across the street, specialises in pide.
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Saçi Beyaz Et Lokantası
Besse's main competitor, this shiny place adds a touch of glitz to Van's restaurant scene (which isn't, of course, saying too much). The food is well presented and of high quality, with service to match, although you can't help but feel you're paying more for the sleek setting than for the food. There's a separate entry for the eponymous pastry shop (on the ground floor), blessed with an agreeable terrace where you can unwind over a cup of tea or a delectable dondurma .
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Safa 3, Çorba 1 Paça Salonu
If Saçi Beyaz is too trendy for your taste, walk down Kazım Karabekir Caddesi to this quirky little restaurant, which serves soups and other goodies round the clock. If you want to impress your peers (and locals), check out the supposedly palate-pleasing kelle (mutton's head) - good luck! The lentil soup, though a bit spicy for the uninitiated, takes you into more traditional culinary territory.
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Simit Sarayı
Simit Sarayı Simit, , get us our simit fix! If you can't find this bustling simit shop on the main drag you've either lost your eyesight or your sense of smell.
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Sütçü Fevzi
Sütçü Fevzi has a few tables set up outside. Sütçü Fevzi will give you a typical Van breakfast experience. Van is famed for its tasty kahvaltı (breakfast). Skip the usually bland breakfast that is served in your hotel and head straight to Eski Sümerbank Sokak, also called 'Kahvaltı Sokak' (Breakfast St), a pedestrianised side street running parallel to Cumhuriyet Caddesi.
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Sütçü Kenan
Sütçü Kenan has a few tables set up outside. Sütçü Kenan will give you a typical Van breakfast experience. Van is famed for its tasty kahvaltı (breakfast). Skip the usually bland breakfast that is served in your hotel and head straight to Eski Sümerbank Sokak, also called 'Kahvaltı Sokak' (Breakfast St), a pedestrianised side street running parallel to Cumhuriyet Caddesi.
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Tamara Ocakbaşı
Impressive! In the Hotel Tamara, this eatery wows you with its 40 ocak - each table has its own grill. The décor is more over-the-top than recherché, but it makes for a welcome change from the usually mundane dining rooms that characterise many eateries in Anatolia. High quality meat and fish dishes feature prominently, so prepare to ease out your belt a notch.
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