Have you always wanted to try a Turkish breakfast in South Jersey?
Turkish breakfast is a vibrant, shareable experience built around an abundant spread of savory and sweet dishes. Across South Jersey, a growing number of Turkish restaurants and cafés are bringing this beloved Turkish tradition to the table, featuring both sweet and savory items and Turkish coffee or tea. Whether you’re discovering Turkish breakfast for the first time or seeking out your next favorite spot, these local destinations are serving up some of the best ways to experience an authentic Turkish breakfast in South Jersey.
Basak Bakery — Cherry Hill
Basak Bakery is known for fresh-baked goods, sesame simit, poğça pastries, borek, and sweet treats like baklava and other traditional desserts that pair perfectly with Turkish tea or coffee. But they also serve a FULL Turkish breakfast spread DAILY from 7AM-3PM. Take advantage of the Turkish breakfast for two for only $40.
1990 Route 70 E, Cherry Hill NJ, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003
Blue Fig Garden – Cherry Hill
Blue Fig Garden at the Cherry Hill Mall offers a Turkish Breakfast for Two, perfect for sharing and savoring a variety of traditional flavors. The spread includes muhammara, baba ghanoush, fresh tomatoes and cucumbers, freshly cut French fries with a waffle-cut cheese phyllo roll, two house jams, honey with butter, assorted cheeses and olives, Nutella, and your choice of two eggs prepared any style. The experience is completed with two cups of authentic Turkish tea.
2000 Route 38 space #1160, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08002
By Zena’s European Cafe — Moorestown
Offering far more than its fresh-baked pastries and award-winning cheesecakes, By Zena European Bakery & Café on Main Street in Moorestown invites guests to experience a traditional Turkish breakfast. The generous spread features Mediterranean feta and kasseri cheese, green and black olives drizzled in olive oil, house-made jam, honey and cream, fresh vegetables, and a pan-fried egg served with savory soujuk beef sausage. The meal is completed with sesame-crusted house-made simit bread (or your bread of choice) and authentic Turkish tea for a truly transportive morning experience. Served until 3pm daily.
41 E Main St, Moorestown, New Jersey 08057
Eastanbul Restaurant — Delran
Eastanbul Restaurant serves up authentic Turkish cuisine, and breakfast lovers will want to try their Serpme Kahvalti (a traditional Turkish breakfast spread), complete with eggs, cheeses, olives, jam, honey, butter, and more.
4000 US-130 Unit 6, Delran, New Jersey 08075
Jersey Kebab — Collingswood
A beloved South Jersey institution now in its new Collingswood space, Jersey Kebab offers more than its famed kebabs and Mediterranean classics; it also features a Turkish-inspired breakfast menu. Their breakfast lineup includes traditional takes like menemen (scrambled eggs with tomatoes and peppers), sucuk & eggs, Turkish cheese omelet, and hearty kuymak (a thick and creamy spread that’s similar to clotted cream) alongside breakfast pastries like poğça (a pastry-like bread). Turkish coffee and tea round out the experience.
729 Haddon Ave, Collingswood, NJ 08108
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