Uludağ Kebapçısı (Ulus)

Uludağ Kebapçısı opened in 1956 as a four-table restaurant on Denizciler Caddesi in Ankara's Ulus district, and has kept serving from that same street for more than six decades — long enough that the business now markets itself under the line 'Since 1956, the Capital's Flavour.' What began as a single small dining room has since grown into a four-location operation, with the original Ulus address joined by branches in Çayyolu, the Panora shopping centre, and Gaziosmanpaşa. The kitchen is built around İskender kebab and döner, backed by a broader repertoire of grilled skewers, soups, seasonal salads, olive-oil dishes and mezes, with traditional desserts and fruit plates to close the meal. Its drinks list — ayran, freshly squeezed orange juice, carbonated soft drinks, fruit juices, water, Turkish coffee, instant coffee, tea and fruit teas — contains nothing alcoholic, and no pork product appears anywhere on the menu. For a city where kebab houses come and go quickly, the six-decade run of this original Ulus address is what locals point to when they call it one of Ankara's oldest surviving grill restaurants.