Gulluoglu
“If you go and have no idea what to order, I would suggest trying the Menemen, scrambled tomato omelet, with a side of simit, turkish bagle and a SuBoregi, flaky pastry laced with cheese.”
“But today for lunch I just don't feel like sth sweet, so I got a Gul Boregi, which is a special filo for borek rolled with feta cheese and spinach: it was DELICIOUS.”
“It was started in 1871 by Gullu Celebi in Gaziantep, Turkey, a city that is 5,600 years old.”
Gulluoglu
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Accepts Apple Pay: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Outdoor Seating: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Hands down the best baklava in NYC!
This place came highly recommended from 2 Turkish friends and I have a friend who always brings baklava from here to parties and they are freakin amazing. It's very hard to put into words the experience you have when you taste them because there's nothing remotely close to these baklava. They are immensely dense and rich with flavor. Almost flakey and buttery at the same time. Sweet but not sugar tooth sweet like others. And beware, highly addictive and will make you one stingy mofo. Lol.
I highly recommend the baklava. I will have to try the green pistachio ones. I hear they are fantastic too!
Just the other my Turkish friends and I were chatting about this store. We had ramen across the street and was returning to the car, we instantly recognized Gulluoglu. We had to make a pitstop and wash down the fatty ramen stock with some Turkish tea and well, some pistachio baklava and Turkish delights. The pastries were so good it reminded me of my Turkey trip a few years ago. It was wonderful to run into the store by chance.
Very spacious diner. Stopped in just for coffee and baklava. My sister wanted a latte, I wanted a capuccino. Sadly, the coffee machine was not working do we settled for a turkish coffeewhich was….earth shatteringly amazing, served in the most fabulous little coffeepot. Fabulous!
Baklava was great. We opted for a different type of baklava, forgot the name, but it was something like a sweet bread pudding in syrup. $6.95. We opted to pay $8.00, to have it with "cream." The bread pudding was great, the cream on top was kinda tasteless and stiff with the consistency of a stick of butter. Ugh. Go cheap and skip the weird "cream."
Service was good. Attentive waiter who was very apologetic for the coffee maker issue.
Cute little spot. Nice and clean.
Just stopped in after walking by and noticed the pastry display. We ended up getting dinner. To share, we had this pastry with ground beef in it. I wanted beef and potatoes but they were out. I also tried the meneken (sp?) dish, which was basically really good ratatouille with soft Texas toast. Great portions. The sandwiches are also delicious. I tried one with chorizo and cheese. Baklava was small but great!
Overall, great prices for this part of the city. Very casual but still a nice ambience.
While walking around this part of midtown, I was hungry for something outside of the bagel/muffin realm of breakfast foods. In my journey, I found this place. I'm a big fan of spinach pie and cheese pie, so was excited that they were freshly made. My experience is with the Greek version of these dishes, but the Turkish is also delicious. The servings are quite generous and filling. Between the two pies, I was full for the whole morning and feeling good throughout the day.
It's a very cute place – looks like a lot of people are regulars. Friendly staff, though my questions were often met with a blank stare for a short while. Still, good times and good food. Especially for something to pick up on the go. I'm going to remember this place the next time I'm in midtown, where there's a lack of good options for this kind of snack/meal.
super friendly service and the food is delish. kinda wish the prices were a bit less expensive or the plate size a bit larger. we ended up ordering three times to get filled up. great tasting treats and baked goods. would recommend the dessert.
Jumped in for a quick coffee and pastry. The inside is delightful and bright with adorable and brilliantly colored light fixtures (if you're into ambiance). We got coffee (American) and baklava. The baklava Was really quite good and a bit of a spot hitter at the moment. The reason for four stars is that three tiny pieces of baklava And one cup of coffee set us back $15.00. Each small baklava was about three dollars each. Just a little pricy for what you are getting.
Güllüoğlu is a top brand in Turkey for baklava, yet they are doing a good job here in New York City when it comes to deserts. If you have never tried Turkish baklava before, you didn't have a real one. It's juicier and lighter than a lot of other dry ones on the market. They offer a good selection of Turkish brunch items as well, like soujouk eggs (a type of spicy Turkish sausage) and kumru sandwich. Too bad they don't have a store in Washington, D.C. where you ran into Turkish people in every corner. They might as well consider opening a location here.