A build-your-own pasta restaurant in Efeler, Aydın, letting guests combine pasta types with sauces, a concept that started in Aydın itself.
Overview
Pesto Makarna runs as a pasta restaurant on Doğu Gazi Bulvarı in Aydın's Efeler district, in the Cuma neighbourhood (a second branch sits on the same boulevard, at No:113/C). The business's own website highlights a build-your-own concept — 'combine different pasta types with the sauce of your choice to create your own recipe' — describing pasta, in its own words, as 'not just a dish, but a story,' one that it says began right here in Aydın, adding that it wants to bring more people along on this flavour journey. It offers pasta types including spaghetti, penne and fettuccine alongside a range of special sauces. It opens Monday through Saturday from 11:30am to 10pm, and Sunday from noon to 10pm. Efeler was created in 2012, when Law No. 6360 abolished Aydın's old central district, and is now considered the province's largest and central district; it had a population of 303,772 as of 2022 and is home to Atatürk Kent Meydanı and the main campus of Adnan Menderes University.