How this list is built
This ranks the most-reviewed restaurants in Ankara by their public Google review count. Review volume measures foot traffic and attention, not a judgement of quality, and it is not our own endorsement. The star figure beside each name is Google's public rating, shown for reference and linked through to the listing, where you can open Google Maps for the actual reviews. These Google facts are kept entirely separate from e.restaurant diner reviews and never mixed into our own scores.
One honest caveat about Ankara: the single most-reviewed venue is a park-and-dining complex rather than a conventional restaurant, and the Aspava grill-house format the capital is known for repeats several times further down the list. We have noted both so the ranking is not misleading.
The ranking
Ranked by public Google review count. Ratings are Google's, shown for reference, not our endorsement.
- 1 Eryaman Göksu Parkı Etimesgut A park-and-dining complex in the Eryaman suburb; Ankara's most-reviewed venue.
- 2 Anzelha Eryaman Etimesgut A high-volume döner and grill spot in the Eryaman suburb.
- 3 Aspava Restoran Ankara A flagship of the Aspava grill-house tradition the city is known for.
- 4 Gulcimen Aspava Emek Çankaya Another central Aspava branch, in the Emek quarter of Çankaya.
- 5 Akkaya Aspava YDA Yenimahalle A further Aspava branch in Yenimahalle, underlining how far the format spreads across the capital.
- 6 IF Sokak Ankara Çankaya A cafe-and-bar strip venue in central Çankaya's nightlife quarter.
- 7 Otto Filotto Cafe Restaurant Çankaya A cafe-restaurant in the same central Çankaya cluster.
- 8 Lavinia Meyhane Çankaya A meyhane in Çankaya; the highest rating on this list, with far fewer reviews than the volume leaders above.
The pattern is unmistakably Ankara: after the Eryaman park complex, the list is dominated by the Aspava grill-house format repeated across Etimesgut, Çankaya and Yenimahalle, exactly the practical, no-frills eating the capital is known for. The one outlier is Lavinia Meyhane, whose 4.8 rating on far fewer reviews shows that the highest-rated venue in a city is not always the busiest. For a full, filterable list, the Ankara city page opens every listing with its rating and links.
Use it as a starting point
Treat this as a way in, not a final answer. The most-reviewed places are popular for a reason, but Ankara's best eating is spread thin across its suburbs and rarely concentrated in one quarter the way Istanbul's or İzmir's is. Our neighbourhood guide to Ankara is the better tool for navigating Çankaya and the wider suburbs district by district.
Why review count favours certain venues
A high review count mostly measures footfall, not merit. A park complex that draws weekend crowds from across the city, or an Aspava branch that turns tables fast at lunch for office workers, will accumulate reviews far quicker than a small meyhane that quietly holds a 4.8 rating on a fraction of the visits. Read the count as popularity and the rating as a separate, complementary signal, and use both together rather than either alone.
This guide is e.restaurant's own editorial. Listing data comes from open global sources; where a restaurant is named, any star rating shown is Google's public rating, labelled and linked to the listing, and is kept separate from e.restaurant diner reviews. See our methodology for how we build and stand behind our listings.