Ayan Meyan

An enriching appreciation of Antakya's unique food culture... Ayan Meyan, which is the popular address for dinners in Antakya with its elegant ambience and quality presentations, by offering 600 kinds of dishes and desserts serves, its guests the most special flavours of Antakyan cuisine, which has been awarded the Creative Cities Network in the field of gastronomy by UNESCO. The restaurant, which takes its name from a pun combining the phrase ‘‘as clear as the sky is blue” (ayan beyan in Turkish) with the local herb liquorice (meyan kökü in Turkish), reveals the 2,300-year history of the region behind its glittering glass walls.