Istanbul · ice cream
Yeşilköy Roma Dondurmacısı
A 56-year-old, still family-run neighbourhood institution, useful in this cohort chiefly as a counter-example: it shows how much of what Istanbul calls 'dondurma' is in fact unrelated Italian-style ice cream wearing local branding.
What we know
- Trading continuously in Yeşilköy since 1970 under the same family, per the business's own site and corroborated by Time Out Istanbul
- One of Yeşilköy's first shops when it opened, per Time Out Istanbul
- Now recruiting franchisees, per the business's own site - a production-model shift from single-family shop toward a small chain
- Around 20 flavours, with caramel, chocolate, sour cherry and gum-mastic (damla sakızlı) named as the most popular, per Time Out Istanbul
- Status
- open
- Address
- Yeşilköy Mahallesi, İstasyon Caddesi No:40, Bakırköy, İstanbul
- Maker
- Family-run since founding; no individual named in any source opened
- Opened
- 1970
- Website
- yesilkoyroma.com/
- Last checked
- 2026-08-21
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