Bursa Iskender

Bursa Iskender, known as the home and motherland of the famous and ‘certified’ Iskender kebab of Bursa, is one of the city's iconic eating and drinking places.

The large, not even flashy, yet small and sympathetic space, which offers its guests the sincerity of simplicity, attracts attention with its historical texture, where blue and white colors are heavy. Bursa Iskender, which has managed to maintain its atmosphere and design to a great extent since the first day it was built, is the most iconic place of İskender, which is a sociocultural food not only for Bursa but also for all of Turkey.

Founded in 1867 by Iskender Effendi, the wooden shop has kept the legendary tradition of taste alive today. It comes in a delicately determined portion of Iskender kebab, lamb-veal, with oily pita, tomato sauce, yoghurt, butter, green pepper. In addition to the order,ayran being Turkey's national drin is ordered, but these kebab, all made with organic oils, are also recommended for acid drinks in order to prepare mouths for the next bite and neutralize the taste.

At side-by-side tables, people you don't usually know can be guests, but it fuses with the positive emotions that come with the smiling face and the natural atmosphere. In fact, it's as if you and your friends of forty years are eating in this place.

Nevertheless, it is necessary to remind that the tails that lie outside Bursa Iskender can often make it necessary to act a little hasty. In the end, if you are interested in discoveries about historical tastes and if you are on your way to Bursa, Bursa Iskender is one of the places you should see. In the meantime, it is useful to say that the meat used in İskenderr is cooked in a charcoal fire.