
1334 South Mary Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA
Nahita Bakery is a casual Turkish breakfast and bakery cafe located in Sunnyvale that features a small storefront opening into a spacious dining area with ample seating. The restaurant serves traditional Turkish breakfast items and baked goods including borek, menemen, pogacha, and simit, along with Turkish coffee and tea. Pricing is inexpensive and parking is readily available.
Staff has given verbal assurance of halal status. Featured by Instagram channel @halalbay.
Score reflects admin-confirmed halal status; no additional evidence on file yet.
Nahita’s Bakery is a casual cafe with a small storefront that opens into a surprisingly expansive dining area.The ample seating, self-serve Turkish tea, and generous portions — the "for two" special easily feeds three — make it a great brunch spot to linger and chat with good company. The food is impressively plated with individual small ramekins for a soft creamy cheese, a crumblier and saltier cheese, olives, jam, honey and kaymak cream mix, sujuk Turkish spiced sausage, and sliced cucumber and tomatoes. The wide variety of condiments covered the range of flavors from the briny olives, umami-packed sujuk and tomatoes, bright and fruity jam, sweet honey, and Turkish tea that you dilute to your preferred level of bitterness. However I did think that the jam was a little watery and could have been set firmer with more pectin. The honey was on the astringent side, so do mix it will with the kaymak cream to round it out. Four different types of pastries that served as a canvas for all these condiments. The toasted sesame seeds on the simit bagel gave each bite a roasty note and satisfying crunch, and paired with the creamy cheese. The pogacha cheese bun was softer and pillowy, which contrasted nicely with the crumblier cheese. The spinach börek has light, flaky layers that must be served very warm for the layers to not collapse and become dense. On our first visit we were lucky to have it fresh from the oven, cut and served to us right at the counter. On our second visit it was reheated but not quite enough and the difference showed. The highlight was the çılbır poached eggs with pida flatbread. Despite the fiery-looking bright red seasoned oil, the dish was actually gently seasoned. The pida bread on its own is hard and chewy but worked well for dipping in the yogurt and liquid yolk. The wide variety of pastries and condiments make this a great option for breakfast with a group. It’s a real treat especially especially if you happen to arrive just as a fresh batch comes out of the oven.