Hafiz Mustafa 1864

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Oks

Level 13 Local Expert

Nice place with historical shade

Кирилл Ковалевский

Level 18 Local Expert

If Istanbul had a sweet heart, it would surely be made from Hafiz Mustafa baklava. The confectionery has been in existence since 1864, a figure that inspires respect. And already at the entrance it becomes clear why she has survived so many epochs. The showcase sparkles with golden syrup and nuts: pyramids of baklava, pistachio onions, pink slices of Turkish delight, glistening with sugar — everything is neatly arranged, like jewelry. We were greeted by friendly Turks in fezzes, offered to try different types of baklava and proudly told us what the secret of each is. We couldn't choose, so we took a few at random and didn't miss a beat: the sweetness is perfectly balanced, and the nuts crunch as if they had just been peeled. I liked baklava in the form of a sandwich and our favorite Turkish delight the most. Yes, the prices here are not small, but honestly, after Hafiz Mustafa, all the other sweets seem to be just a replica. We ordered tea, sat down at a table and watched as a red retro tram rang its bell along Istiklal Street. Life is rushing below, and we have our own little break with the taste of Turkish sweets and tea.

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Кристина Ткаченко

Level 12 Local Expert

## Review of Hafiz Mustafa confectionery **Legendary pastry shop** Istanbul, with a history dating back to 1864, is a must—have place for those with a sweet tooth. **** The atmosphere is luxurious: a traditional oriental interior in red and gold tones, friendly staff in national costumes. **Sweets** are amazing in their variety: baklava with pistachios, Turkish delight, oriental desserts. The quality is excellent — not cloying, with a rich taste. **** Presentable packaging: metal boxes with branded symbols, vacuum packaging is available. **Prices** are above average (from 175 lira per kg), but fully justified by the quality. **The result:** I definitely recommend it for exploring Turkish sweets and as a gift. 5 out of 5!

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Мария Палладий

Level 7 Local Expert

Sweets in Istanbul are a special pleasure, both in terms of visiting shops and tasting them. Hafiz is one of the oldest shops and has its own recipes. The cool thing is that the kits are sold in tin boxes, which means you'll definitely get them home. And Hafiz always has a cafe along with the store, so you can immediately try out sweets along with Turkish coffee. I highly recommend it!

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Айк Бабаян

Level 26 Local Expert

Istanbul's best desserts are here - light, crispy baklava with Turkish tea is very good. The place is filled with visitors, but the staff competently handles the traffic and we stood in line at a table on the second floor for no more than 10 minutes. The price tags are biting here, especially the gift sets.

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София Адамова

Level 14 Local Expert

A chic store with the most delicious desserts, cakes and baklava, their cost is certainly above average, but when you start to taste this incredible taste, you realize that you did not give this money in vain.

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Алесия Шадрина

Level 13 Local Expert

On the one hand, everything is beautiful, but on the other, they are trying to cheat out of the blue, the service is slow, the prices are too high, and the desserts brought to the cafe are not delicious, as if they were no longer fresh. After that, they are still very insistently asked to leave a positive review. The tea is mediocre. Walking around Istanbul, we found many better places (where it's delicious, the prices are lower, etc.). I don't recommend it. Designed purely for tourists, their shops are on every corner...

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Дарья Д.

Level 7 Local Expert

Delicious desserts and delicious coffee. Beautiful decoration of a historically significant room

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Ефимова Анна

Level 6 Local Expert

A great store, probably the best. The freshest desserts, just honeyThe staff is friendly, but there are always a lot of people in line. In some places, they may speak Russian. But it's worth it, a must-visit in Istanbul.

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Мария Байцева

Level 10 Local Expert

The impression is divided into exactly 2 parts. 1. Incredibly delicious, I want to come back here again and again for this gorgeous baklava (and Turkish delight). Very nice inside + very nice boxes for sweets. 2. Complete trash with service and furnishings. In order to order, you need to push through the screaming crowd (the queue is chaos), then you have a couple of seconds while they listen to you, you need to randomly choose sweets (since nothing is signed, and there is no time to explain something), but fortunately everything is delicious there. Then they give you a piece of paper with a number, and your order goes to another place where it is packed. At this time, you pay for your order at the checkout. And then you pick up the order with the receipt in the packing area. In my case, my order was given to the left dude)) And I had to choose everything all over again, wait again, etc. In such chaos, I'm not surprised that this happened. It's easy to confuse something there. And during this, the staff is yelling from just two corners, inviting customers. It's very loud, it's very hard to be there. In short, I almost lost my mind, but it was delicious)

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Вячеслав К

Level 15 Local Expert

A good cafe. There are tables outside, and there are two more floors inside the building. Smiling staff. You go to the floor and immediately they come up to you and offer accommodation. The order is delivered quickly. Although not particularly cheap, it is very tasty. We took, among other things, the attached ice cream - it was enough for two of us. A place where you can sit quietly and drink coffee with a delicious treat while looking at the Bosphorus.

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Дарья

Level 15 Local Expert

A wonderful cafe! And the cakes and coffee are very tasty. The cake is huge, you can take half of it with you)

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Sergey Nazin

Level 10 Local Expert

A wide selection, delicious desserts, but the price tag is high. The establishment is online. This particular cafe is very crowded, 500 meters away there is another one and there are fewer people there.

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Римма Морозова

Level 5 Local Expert

The most delicious desserts. The staff is very friendly. Stop and have a cup of coffee or tea with any dessert. Good service. A rarity for a coffee shop in Istanbul.

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Александр Шиндиков

Level 13 Local Expert

Very tasty! The famous pastry shop, one might say, I visited Istanbul for it! The most delicious Turkish delight, no other company is even close!

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Ульяна Ключникова

Level 4 Local Expert

This place, which fascinates me especially with its desserts, offers a great menu that appeals to every taste. The appetizers I tried to start with were quite delicious, but the desserts were the most fascinating. Also, their homemade ice cream is definitely worth trying; especially the peanut and vanilla flavors were amazing. I would definitely recommend this restaurant to dessert lovers. The service was also very fast and friendly.

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Svetlana K

Level 13 Local Expert

Bomb desserts. Not only baklava in various guises, but also cakes. There was a queue at the entrance (at the tables), but they didn't wait long

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Юлия Крицкая

Level 9 Local Expert

It's a great place, everything is delicious, the portions are huge, everyone will find something interesting for themselves, the service is fast, the staff is pleasant, I highly recommend this place for exploring local sweets, the kunef and dessert with Dubai chocolate were wonderful

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Елена Белоусова

Level 13 Local Expert

Very tasty, autumn is hospitable! Sweets here are very different from other places. It's such a pleasure to drink dumb coffee with authentic sweets. The place is a must-visit

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Елена А.

Level 13 Local Expert

The famous Turkish sweets cafe chain. The service is fast enough despite the high workload. It's a pity that all the desserts are very satisfying, it's hard to try many different ones at one time. A colorful place, worth visiting at least once.

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ya-donrus

Level 15 Local Expert

The oldest and perhaps the best baklava, although more expensive than the rest. I like it here, especially since I don't like sweets, but pistachio baklava and Turkish tea, I can't deny myself the pleasure...

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Оксана К.

Level 9 Local Expert

Mustafa is a must-visit! Very tasty baklava and desserts! Baklava that melts in your mouth! We've never tasted better anywhere! It's a little expensive, but...You can lick your fingers, how delicious! I definitely recommend it!

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Ирина С.

Level 19 Local Expert

Nice cafe and shop. Everything we've tried is delicious. You can buy a bagel with you in a beautiful metal box. A good gift option.

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Ангелина

Level 4 Local Expert

"Hafiz Mustafa is a pastille for himself, kosko is a gift." Baklava is the most delicate, the showcases are like a work of art. The interior is clean and the employees are interested in sales. Eyes scattered, they tried to take just a little bit. And it turned out A LOT! On your next visit, be sure to come here.

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Марианна Сорокина

Level 10 Local Expert

An amazing selection of desserts (baklava of all shapes and types) is the hallmark of the chain of these establishments. The coffee is excellent, too, for every taste. Well, specifically in that place - a pleasant view from the window, atmospheric Turkish!

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Роман Е.

Level 23 Local Expert

Very tasty baklava, the most delicious from a well-known chain. There are several tables outside. It is very pleasant to sit here in the morning and drink tea with sweets. The traffic on the street is not very busy.

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Александр

Level 18 Local Expert

We bought various sweets from Mustafa there. The range is large, for every taste and color! True, there are always a lot of people, but the sellers are nimble, they try to serve quickly.

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Анна Шабанова

Level 8 Local Expert

If you try Turkish delicacies, then here. The freshest baklava from Antep and more, delicious Turkish delight with honey, milk pudding made from chicken breast - all this can be enjoyed in a cafe or bought in reserve.🤭

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Валякина Анжелика

Level 5 Local Expert

Such cakes and sweets as here cannot be seen in any confectionery in the world. The taste and aroma of oriental sweets, the aesthetics of this place will not leave anyone indifferent and will bring you here many more times.

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Карпин

Level 5 Local Expert

Great. Incredibly delicious sweets, coffee and tea. I recommend coming in the morning. After lunch, and especially in the evening, it's not crowded, both to choose sweets with yourself and at the tables.

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Мансур Усманов

Level 10 Local Expert

A decent pastry shop has nothing more to say . Payment is made both by bank card and in cash, and you can also drink tea or coffee with the desserts you sell.

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Анна Бармина

Level 5 Local Expert

A wonderful cafe.The service is fast, attentive waiters.The choice of sweets is great.They took a piece of cake- they couldn't eat it, it was very big.I recommend it for a mandatory visit!

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Илья Моисеев

Level 9 Local Expert

Delicious and varied. I liked the candies. Plus, they give you a taste and choose what you want to buy.

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Александр А

Level 17 Local Expert

Delicious cakes, Turkish delight and coffee. When we left, we collected these sweets for gifts to our friends!

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Georgy Pashinov

Level 6 Local Expert

A great place for a sweet tooth. Baklava, lukum, cakes, puddings - desserts for every taste. Excellent tea, delicious coffee. The atmosphere is excellent, the waiters are polite and cultured.

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евгений МАРАМЫГИН

Level 11 Local Expert

Excellent pastry shop. Delicious coffee. Awesome baklava and onion. The cakes are wonderful. The prices are really high. You can buy gifts at home. Everything is packed in a vacuum.

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incognito name

Level 4 Local Expert

I love this network, and I spend half my time in Istanbul with them - meetings, negotiations, just relaxing over tea and sweets - all at Hafiz Mustafa. And of course, their quality cannot be compared with other establishments, and therefore the price tag is appropriate.

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Наталья Трунова

Level 24 Local Expert

The most delicious desserts in Istanbul. A huge selection. It's very atmospheric, there are always a lot of people, everyone wants to enjoy an unforgettable dessert and a cup of fragrant coffee.

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Tati Lev

Level 13 Local Expert

A wonderful place where you can buy sweet gifts for yourself and friends for every taste and pay in any currency convenient to you, lira, dollars, euros. Some sweets can be tasted before purchase.

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Роман Фамилия

Level 9 Local Expert

A popular brand for tourists. Beautiful, good service, beautiful packaging. But the sweets themselves are sugar with sugar. We took several different ones, there is no taste, only sugar. That is, the subtle taste of baklava (nuts, honey, dough) I couldn't catch it.

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Александра Т.

Level 7 Local Expert

Delicious. Friendly staff. There are very long queues, but they serve quickly) even though they have zero knowledge of the language, they were able to choose sweets)

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Елена П.

Level 9 Local Expert

The bomb shop. There is coffee, tea, and various sweets in beautiful packages. I definitely recommend it.

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Игорь Помазан

Level 9 Local Expert

It's expensive, but it's worth it. The network is large, we bought it in Eastlake, there is more choice there. Perhaps the best baklava in Turkey.

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Татьяна Малыгина

Level 19 Local Expert

Connoisseurs of sweet delights and true gourmets should definitely treat themselves to a delicious variety of desserts here! This network has the most delicious and fresh desserts!

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Ольга

Level 20 Local Expert

Not the most cozy cafe in this chain. We were on the second floor - very low, oppressive ceilings. They took tea, baklava and cake. Delicious, plus or minus prices, as everywhere, a very large assortment of desserts. 2 teas, a piece of cake and a piece of baklava 375 lire. There was an extra item in the receipt, I noticed and it was removed, I don't know if it was a hoax or just a mistake

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Яна Политюкова

Level 11 Local Expert

Amazing! Very tasty! Not cloying… The tea is real! Custard and not powder! I'll definitely go there when I get back!

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Дмитрий Волгин

Level 14 Local Expert

Delicious, but very expensive. There's a lot of choice, and the queues are long. If you have the time and money, then it's definitely worth going! Everything I've tried is delicious.

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Александр Гадзыра

Level 18 Local Expert

The best baklava and Turkish sweets I've ever tasted. Unfortunately, our money is now quite expensive, but it's definitely worth trying at least once!

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Нина Архипова

Level 18 Local Expert

Delicious desserts, a quiet place and the opportunity to slow down in the middle of the crowd on Istiklal. Staid waiters, vintage photographs, a pause in the midst of the bustle

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Олег Гон

Level 4 Local Expert

Very high-quality oriental sweets. We tried it with my son in ten places, but we liked it the most here and in another store. We took it to friends and family as a gift. Everyone liked it.

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Hafiz Mustafa 1864

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