Hafız Mustafa

Randomly stopped in here for coffee and some food while we were waiting for the Spice Bazaar to open.
The Turkish coffee was delicious and our cheese-​Danish-​y thing was delicious. Honestly, can’t remember what we got but it was good. They also gave us a Turkish delight sampler which was also good.
Good place to hang out. Lots of locals were stopping by before work. Service was friendly.

Stop in here and make yourself a custom box of Turkish delight. Perfect for gifting too. Still savoring every bite, over a month later. The staff is very friendly and are happy to let you sample the various flavors. Fig and pomegranate with bits of pistachio was exceptional. Don’t forget the pom tea while you’re there.

Amazing food, friendly service. The only thing can be improved is communication and attentiveness; then again, we are in a touristy area.

This is the perfect place to ease a sweet tooth in Istanbul. The dessert options are endless including traditional ones like baklava and delights. The stringy filo one with the nuts in the middle are fantastic. Grab an assortment of desserts with a Turkish coffee and sit at a table outside is a great way to end the day.

Old world charm + incredible desserts = AMAZING! As soon as you enter the old part of town heading towards the Mosque/​Palace area, you can’t help but notice this little gem. Probably because of the massive baklava tower they have in the window. Talk about a display of confection ;)
The baklava and other pastries they serve are authentic and incredible. There are many Candy stores in this part of town. This one is the original.

A tout les Unilocaleurs francophone, c’est l’une des meilleures pâtisseries de la ville si vous êtes à Eminönü n’hésitez surtout pas à faire une halte ici et préférez l’étage où vous pourrez trouver des tablesbau bord de la fenêtre et croyez moi vous reviendrez ;)

During my recent visit to Istanbul I was here or at one of the other shops of this Istanbul chain, on average twice a day. I simply got addicted to their fabulous puddings. My favourite: a base of milk pudding with bits of sponge cake and chocolate pudding on top. I can’t wait to go back to Istanbul to have more.

The staff is very helpful and the selection of turkish delight or baklava is wonderful. Ferhat was wonderful.

Yum!
Baklava is one of my favorite desserts, especially the pistachio variety, so Hafiz Mustafa was a dream for me. They have a variety of pastries as well as Turkish Delights and the guy working there was so eager to allow us to try some samples before we settled on what we wanted.

Love the waiters and staff! Once we discovered this place, we came back everyday for dessert. Everything here is amazing. We’ve tried the pistachio ice cream (so creamy), milk rice pudding, pumpkin, lokkum, baklava, pistachio and milk pudding and my favorite of them all, quince with clotted cream.
The guys there are so completely welcoming and offered us free apple tea. On several occasions, we were given free pomegranate tea. :) I bought some Turkish delights and baklava for gifts home… So excited…

This sweets shop, located on a big square, just begs you to come in with their windows full of different kinds of baklava, Turkish delight, and puddings.
Overall, I found the appearance of the sweets to be 5-​stars but the taste to be just 3-​stars.
We ordered a sampler of three different kinds of baklava and a chocolate and pistachio pudding. The pudding had an excellent consistency, but could have done with more flavor. The baklava was tasty, but didn’t really pop in the flavor department either.
The service, décor, and location were good, but I’d prefer a dingy back-​corner sweet shop with the best tasting baklava over this shop.

We went there because of the great reviews. It is conveniently at the Sirkeci stop. The place looks amazing and is constantly busy, so we sat outside at night. Their dessert menu is probably the most extensive one I saw in Turkey and they all look amazing. My guess is most are pretty good, but I was a bit disappointed in the ones we chose. Was not a huge fan of the katayif or chocolate baklava. Katayif — avoid the «clotted cream» unless you really like strong sheep milk flavor. Chocolate baklava — same sheepy flavor and hard to taste the chocolate. Their turkish delights were fine and relatively inexpensive, which was nice. The best thing we had was the chocolate and rice pudding. We would probably go once more to try some of the other things, but were disappointed from our visit.

I adored this place so much I went back twice! It was heaven, pure Baklava loving heaven!
The Husband and I stopped in after spending almost 5 hours walking around Topkapi Palace, we earned our sugar. It was so nice to take a seat upstairs, enjoy our drinks and sweets, and people watch. I have to recommend their hot chocolate, it’s divine. It might be overkill for some to have hot chocolate with their sweets but hell, I was on vacation. Strict eating rules went out the window! During both visits, the Husband and I shared a sample of Baklava. My favorite: the Pistachio Cream. What I would give to find Baklava like that in Houston!
If you are wanting to purchase Turkish Delight, this is where you need to do it. It’s not overpriced like what you’ll find at the Grand Bazaar or the Spice Bazaar and it tastes so much better! Ask to sample some, you will be not be told no.
I would go back to Istanbul just to eat here again.

Absolutely love this place!
With all the hype and series of unpleasant waiters and servers from Turkey, I didn’t expect much given that I am going to get disappointed again but this place, they were very very very very (can I say very once more?) friendly and helpful. And it might be their confidence (that I will buy once I try their desserts), they kept offering free stuff and guess what? We kept on buy more and more.
I wouldn’t say this was the highlight of our trip but it certain ranks up there.
And for those who are visiting, do stop by. My family and friends loved their sweets!

You walk down a set of stairs to enter the coffee shop. In the front is a shop where you can buy lokkum and other sweets to take with you. Further inside it becomes a coffee shop with three different rooms, which helps maintain the cozy atmosphere even when it is more crowded. The first time we went it was mostly empty, and we sat in the streetside room, and the next time it was quite crowded and we sat in the middle room. It is a nice place to stop for tea or coffee and something sweet after dinner or between visiting attractions in the Sultanahmet area.
The menu is extremely extensive and has pictures of all the sweets, which can be an advantage if you are unfamiliar with the different things on offer.
The first time we tried fıstıklı kesme maraş (pistachio ice cream) and çikolatalı kek (chocolate cake). The second time we had çikolatalı fıstıklı baklava (chocolate pistachio baklava) and fıstıklı muhallebi içindekiler (pistachio and custard layered pudding).

Came across this place as we were looking for a place to stop and enjoy a coffee. I only wish I hadn’t just eaten breakfast as their pastries and puddings looked fantastic. I will definitely need to return here if ever in Istanbul to partake of some of these. This small shop has done a good job of utilising the small space. There is one area for the puddings, another for the Turkish delights, and another for the baklava and pastries. There are one or two tiny tables to also sit at, however if you climb the tiny stairs to the top you will find a small area to sit and enjoy the view of the street outside — fantastic people watching from here. The ladies serving us were extremely friendly and prompt. With our coffees they gave us a small dish of their Turkish delights and sweets to sample. It was the best Turkish delight I had during my trip — very fresh. That sold me.
After the coffee I went downstairs to the store area and they were very helpful and instead of getting a prepackaged box, for the same price, I could self select my own options, the ladies cut them right there and prepared a fresh box for me, and then they vacuum sealed them for my flight back home. This way they would last for up to three months they said.
Beautiful little shop with amazing treats, and friendly people! This place is definitely well known as there were MANY people always flowing in and out of here.

Happened to walk by this place after watching the dance show at the cultural center, and was enticed by all the lovely sweets on display. Got sucked in to try the rice pudding, which turned out to be the MOST DELICIOUS THING ON EARTH. Light, sweet, creamy, and refreshing… we vowed to come back to try the other sweets.
We ended up here 3 out of the 6 days we were in Istanbul. The chocolate and pistachio pudding was rich and great, chocolate baklava tasted like cocoa crispies, pistachio baklava was surprisingly not so sweet, Turkish tea was nice, and Turkish coffee was STRONG and bitter with coffee granules at the bottom.
Definitely a must-​try when you are in Istanbul. Too bad not enough time to eat everything in this wonderful place. My friends and I bought boxes of Turkish Delight to take home. Oh yeah… and free wi-​fi! :)