Food guide
Teahouses, restaurants and cafes — menus, prices and dietary tags with their source.
Places to eat (14)
Restaurant
RestaurantBella Italia Trattoria
Wood-fired pizza and fresh pasta on the edge of the old town.
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Magok Coffee House
A coffee house with a window view of the 12th-century Magoki-Attori.
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Mekhtar Anbar Teahouse
A mahalla teahouse on the lane to Chor Minor, famed for breakfasts.
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RestaurantOld Bukhara Restaurant
Traditional Bukharan cuisine in the heart of the old town.
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CaféShirin Sweet Cafe
A family confectionery of eastern sweets and house ice cream.
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Silk Road Spices Teahouse
Signature saffron and ginger teas from a spice-trading family.
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What to try
Popular Uzbek dishes and where they are on the menu.
Plov (osh)The national dish: rice cooked in a cauldron with carrots, onions and meat.SamsaA pastry baked in a tandoor, usually filled with meat and onion; pumpkin versions also exist.LagmanHand-pulled noodles with a meat and vegetable sauce.MantiSteamed dumplings, usually filled with minced meat and onion.ShashlikSkewered meat grilled over charcoal.ShurpaA hearty soup of meat and vegetables.ChuchvaraSmall dumplings, often served in broth.DimlamaMeat and vegetables slowly stewed in their own juices in a cauldron.Non (flatbread)Round flatbread baked in a tandoor — a staple of every table.Achichuk saladA light tomato and onion salad, often served with plov.Green teaGreen tea, traditionally served in small bowls (piyola) in teahouses.Shivit oshi (green dill noodles)A Khorezm specialty: green noodles made with dill, served with a meat sauce.