Kalkanoğlu Pilavı
Tarihi Kalkanoğlu Pilavı
A century-old rice house in Trabzon, founded in 1856 and run by five or six generations of one family, serving only butter rice cooked in bone broth with stewed meat.
One of Trabzon's oldest restaurants. According to legend, its founder, Kalkanoğlu Süleyman Ağa, once cooked rice for soldiers gathering in Trabzon before a military campaign, and the family's fifth and sixth generations now run it. The rice is slow-cooked in butter and bone broth and served with sautéed meat (kavurma) or white bean stew, plus a glass of house-made dried-apricot drink. The restaurant is on Tophane Mosque Street in the old town near Pazarkapı (Moloz). It is small and unpretentious and crowded at lunchtime, but diners eat quickly and tables turn over fast. Prices are low, making it a convenient stop while exploring the old town.
Opening hours
Monday to Saturday about 9:00 am–7:00 pm; closed Sunday
Nearby sights
- Walls of Trabzon & Zağnos Valley
- Trabzon Museum (Kostaki Mansion)
- Gülbahar Hatun Mosque
- Meydan Park & Uzun Sokak
- Boztepe
- Hagia Sophia, Trabzon
- Kaymaklı Monastery
- Atatürk Pavilion