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In the shadeof bougainvillea.

A small family café on İcadiye Street in Kuzguncuk, Istanbul. Breakfast spreads, homemade jam, freshly ground coffee and purple basil sherbet.

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Tuesday – Sunday 09:30 – 22:00, Closed on Mondays, İcadiye Cad. 147, Kuzguncuk

Breakfast spread, Fig jam, Purple basil sherbet, Freshly ground coffee, Pişi, Tamarind, Kuzguncuk

Jam homemade,tea bottomless,sherbet purple.

Step inside and it feels like a home kitchen: brick walls, walnut shelves, a tiled counter, jar after jar of jam. This is a family-run place. The jam, the poğaça and the acuka are homemade; the chat comes free.

Sherbet o’clock

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Purple basil sherbet

Made from purple basil, deep violet and ice cold. Often praised in reviews.

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Tamarind sherbet

Somewhere between sour and sweet, amber in the glass, a traditional cooler. Made for a hot afternoon.

Magazines on the table: Magazines on the table, Uykusuz, Cins, Kafkaokur, Sabitfikir, Bilim ve Ütopya, Varlık

A quiet table

Some open a laptop and work, some just sit with a sherbet. Music low, magazines on the table, nobody in a hurry.

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In Kuzguncuk, on İcadiye.

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Open

09:30 – 22:00

Closed on Mondays. Even the tea rests on Mondays.

Address
Kuzguncuk Mah. İcadiye Cad. No:147
34674 Üsküdar / Istanbul
Just north of Botanik Bahçe Kuzguncuk.Open in Maps
Phone
+90 532 253 56 65Coming for a weekend breakfast? Calling ahead is a good idea.

Come,sit down.

Tea brewing, jam in the jar, a table in the shade.

Directions+90 532 253 56 65@gulekafe