Restaurants in Mazar E Sharif & Northeastern Afghanistan
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Ibn Sina Restaurant
An Afghan place worth making the effort to get to, the Ibn Sina has a well-stocked menu including mantu,ashak and a variety of soups and qorma. The white tiles give it a canteen appearance, but you can spread out on the takhts (raised seats) as well as sitting at tables. The restaurant’s sign is fairly inconspicuous, so look out for the big tree outside the entrance.
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Delhi Darbar
This trusty Indian restaurant is something of an institution among Mazar-e Sharif’s expats. The menu is mainly north Indian cuisine, with a refreshing choice of vegetable dishes. The meat/vegetarian thalis (South Indian all-you-can-eat meal) are excellent at US$6. Eat inside, or in the walled garden in summer, enjoying a cold beer at the same time. There’s a sister branch in Kabul.
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Kookcha Restaurant
Here’s something blessedly different: chicken and chips. Almost finger-lickin’, but after a diet of meat and rice definitely worth the trek to Shahr-e Nau. ‘China soup’ with noodles is also on offer. Look for the green restaurant front. There are several more standard chaikhanas along the same stretch of the main road.
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Bahaar Restaurant
There aren’t so many surprises at this restaurant in terms of the menu, but it’s better quality than most, with several interesting pulao and qorma on offer. With the restaurant on three glitzy storeys above its own supermarket, this is about as fancy as Afghan dining gets in Mazar-e Sharif.
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Grilled Chicken
A seemingly endless round of kebabs and pulao can get pretty boring at times, something this place addresses wonderfully, with great chunks of delicious barbecued chicken. Next to the Bahaar Supermarket, there’s a small off-street seating area hidden behind a wicker screen where you can tuck in.
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Ice Cream Shops
If you’re hankering for dessert, head here for a bowl of thick hand-churned ice cream, piled high in tiny bowls. There are a couple of un-named shops – several locals claimed that the one with the flame decor serves the best ice cream in the north.
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Juice and Ice Cream
Immediately north of the main square, there are several juice stands and shops selling hand-churned ice cream. The usual caveats about where the ice comes from aside, they’re a great way to cool down on a hot Kunduz day.
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Juice Stands
This cluster of juice stands are a great refreshment stop. The banana or mango smoothies with cream and chopped almonds make a breakfast in themselves, while the sharp lemonade will cool you down on a scorching summer day.
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Tashkent
In the middle of the divided road, this is an Afghan fast-food place that delivers exactly what is promises. The pizzas (200Afg) aren’t bad, but the burgers (110Afg) are tastier, served with a handful of chips.
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Chaikhanas
For the usual kebabs, pulao and shorwa, there are plenty of chaikhanas clustered west of the main square. Decent fare but no great surprises.
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Pisarni Hamidi Restaurant
One of the better chaikhanas near the shrine, this basic place has good mantu amid the expected piles of meat and rice – a reliable standard.
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Chaikhanas
A host of chaikhanas are clustered along the southern edge of the main square – offering exactly what you’d expect from such places.
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