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This local favourite may look like just another Adana kebap-döner salonu, but the mains and meze are a cut above. This is an excellent place to try Adana kebap, and you'll get meze, salad and perhaps kadayıf (dough soaked in syrup and topped with clotted cream) with your meal.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Eastern Mediterranean attractions

1. Atatürk Statue

0.04 MILES

Adana's monument to modern Turkey's founder presides over the busy centre of the city.

2. St Paul's Catholic Church

0.13 MILES

Built in 1870 by the Armenian community, this church is still in service today as a Roman Catholic place of worship.

3. Yeni Cami

0.16 MILES

Built in 1724, the central Yeni Cami follows the general square plan of the city's Ulu Cami, with two rows of five domes.

4. Yağ Camii

0.21 MILES

The Yağ Camii, with its imposing portal and typical Seljuk-style architecture, started life as a Crusader church dedicated to St James but was converted…

5. Kuruköprü Memorial Museum

0.27 MILES

Just off İnönü Caddesi, what was until recently the city's ethnography museum has now reopened as an art gallery with some ethnographic exhibits,…

6. Covered Market

0.32 MILES

The large covered market is just south of the Great Clock Tower.

7. Great Clock Tower

0.33 MILES

Near Adana's sprawling covered market (kapalı çarşı), the Great Clock Tower dates back to 1881.

8. Ulu Cami

0.37 MILES

The beautiful early 16th-century Ulu Cami is reminiscent of the Mamluk mosques of Cairo, with black-and-white banded marble and elaborate window surrounds…