Istanbul · ice cream
Serez Dondurmacısı
The clearest documented case in Istanbul of a maker who built an ice-cream formula from first principles rather than inheriting one, explicitly reasoned against industrial shortcuts, and is independently supported by Time Out Istanbul's description of the same production philosophy.
What to order
Hacımemiş kurabiyeli (a cookie flavour singled out as distinctive by Time Out Istanbul).
What we know
- Founder explicitly rejected ready-made syrups, bases, artificial colourants and synthetic additives, building his own formulas from scratch after consulting academics, per the founder's own first-person account
- Sorbets stated as 100% fruit; 'gurme' range built on milk kaymağı (clotted cream) rather than a shared base mix, per the founder's own account
- Sells salep and a separate lactose-free salep as standalone product lines, and states its yoğurtlu (yogurt) ice-cream category contains milk and salep, per the business's own current product menu
- Featured on Vedat Milor's television programme in 2015, per the founder's own account (not independently corroborated by an opened Milor-authored review of this specific shop)
- Status
- open
- Address
- Kocayol Caddesi No:12/B, Bostancı Mahallesi, Bostancı, İstanbul
- Maker
- Serdar Kemahlı, founder
- Website
- serezdondurmacisi.com/hakkimizda
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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