From authentic plov to modern cafes
44 restaurants

A breakfast café near the Amir Temur monument.
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A shashlik house from a national chain within walking distance of the…
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An Uzbek restaurant by the Siab Bazaar and Shahi-Zinda.
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A restaurant and bakery by University Boulevard and the Rukhabad.
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A coffee shop by the Registan for a quick stop.
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A small specialty coffee shop by the Registan.
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A specialty coffee shop by the Registan that opens early.
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A family chaikhana by Bibi-Khanym and the Siab Bazaar.
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A chaikhana with open-air tapchans and pavilions over the water.
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A chaikhana with a traditional menu on the walking route by Chorsu.
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A restaurant with music in the evenings and an open terrace.
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An Italian restaurant with a wide choice of ice cream.
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A café with a terrace a short walk from Bibi-Khanym.
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A restaurant with an upstairs hall overlooking the Bibi-Khanym Mosque.
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A modern Uzbek restaurant in the Silk Road Samarkand complex.
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A large restaurant in national style next to the Khovrenko winery.
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A restaurant in a historic building with a garden atmosphere.
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A cosy restaurant with Uzbek dishes and meat-free options.
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A family home serving a traditional lunch, with cooking classes.
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A restaurant on Registan Street with a terrace and early breakfasts.
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A large Uzbek restaurant with live music.
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A restaurant with a panoramic terrace overlooking the Registan.
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A large restaurant in the “Eternal City” ethnopark.
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A late-night shashlik spot on Sharq Tongi Street.
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A small local kitchen for fans of traditional nakhot shorak.
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A manti house for anyone after real Samarkand manti.
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Flaky samsa in the Kokandskaya Street area — an address locals know.
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A samsa bakery on Termez Street with traditional baking.
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One of the city's best-known samsa bakeries, often called “the samsa o…
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A small shashlik house focused on charcoal-grilled meat.
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A city chaikhana in western Samarkand serving shashlik around the cloc…
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A popular shashlik house on Ayni Street.
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A well-known Samarkand shashlik house with family rooms.
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A plov house in the 8 Marta area — an everyday lunch option.
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A local plov house where everything happens in the kazan's two-hour wi…
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An oshkhona off the tourist trail where locals have lunch.
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A plov centre where osh is served not only at lunch but in the evening…
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A small plov centre on Ayni Street, known among fans of local osh.
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A neighbourhood plov centre where you can still find osh in the evenin…
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A local oshkhona that people visit for the plov and the feel of a real…
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A plov house with a short lunchtime window — for those who know when t…
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A famous plov centre on Ibn Sino Street that people travel to just for…
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One of the city's best-known spots for Samarkand plov.
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A late-night shashlik spot where locals go for hot shashlik until dawn…
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