Barbarian Medieval Tavern

Useful Information

Location:	Temenni, Bey Sk. No:4, 50400 Ürgüp/Nevşehir. (38.632428, 34.907844)
Open:	All yer Mon-Fri 13-00, Sat, Sun 12-00. [2026]
Fee:	Barbarian Asado Board for 2 TRL 2600, Barbarian Brisket Board for 2 TRL 2740. [2026]
Classification:	Cave House
Light:	Electric Light
Dimension:
Guided tours:	self guided
Photography:	allowed
Accessibility:	no
Bibliography:
Address:	Barbarian Medieval Tavern, Temenni, Bey Sk. No:4, 50400 Ürgüp/Nevşehir, Tel: +90-384-341-7474, WhatsApp: +90-542-341-7476. E-mail:
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History

Description

Barbarian Medieval Tavern is listed because it is located underground in caves carved from the rock. Actually this was originally not a cave house but an old underground barn. The oldest parts of the tunnels show traces of Hitites and Roman soldiers. On top of this cave is an arched stone building on the ground floor which was used as stables and as post Office during in the Ottoman period. This continued into the Republic period. In this era mail was delivered by camel and horses, which were the reason for the stables. Later the building was restored and used as the residence of the Erinal family. They lived here for 17 years, but when the tourism in the area boosted, they had the idea to convert it into a restaurtant, which is still operated by the family. The topic of this tavern is Medieval food and beverages, wines and beers. Typical is carefully selected local meat, slow cooked on coals, accompanied by local wines. The restaurant also has a small conceptual souvenir shop with authentic hand made objects.