Restaurants in Bihar & Jharkhand
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Original Pole-Pole
Opposite the Burmese Vihara on Bodhgaya Rd is the long-running and popular semi-tent restaurant Original Pole-Pole . It's pretty basic and has a varied but standard travellers' menu of breakfast fare, pancakes, pasta and Indian and Chinese, along with sweets such as chocolate-chip cookies or cinnamon rolls.
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Gautam
Situated opposite the Burmese Vihara is this basic semi-tent affair with a sit-out garden. It offers a standard travellers menu and the banana pancakes are the best in town.
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Takshila
Hotel Chanakya in Birchand Patel Path has two good restaurants. One of them, the upstairs Takshila exudes the ambience of the North-West Frontier with its solid furniture and exposed brick decor. The speciality is meat-heavy Mughlai, Afghan and tandoori dishes. Vegetarians, try the Diwan-i-Handi, a creamy mixed-vegetable masala with fluffy butter naan (only a half portion is needed). You can order beer from the Madera Bar, or drink a well-cooled Kingfisher there with a ready supply of pappad and masala peanuts.
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Tibetan Om Cafe
Lies within the western courtyard of Namgyal Monastery. It’s run by friendly Tibetans who know all about traveller hunger for momos (dumplings), pancakes, brown bread, pies and cakes. The food is cheap and superb, and you can loiter for as long as you like. For just Rs. 5 you can refill your water bottle with ‘well-boiled filter water’. A small shop here sells Tibetan items and clothing.
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Swagat Restaurant
This is a really good choice with an innovative menu of veg and non-veg dishes, such as mutton badam pasanda (mutton stuffed with almonds and cooked in an almond gravy), Portuguese-style fish and a creamy malai-kofta (fried cottage-cheese dumplings served in a spicy tomato and onion based gravy).
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Bellpepper Restaurant
The Bellpepper is an intimate, contemporary restaurant popular for its tandoori dishes. The murg tikka lababdar (tandoori chicken basted with garlic, ginger, green chillies, and pistachio-and cashew-nut paste) is divine and shares the menu with Afghani dishes and Hyderabadi biryanis. No booze available.
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Lotus Restaurant
At the Centaur Hokke Hotel, this elegant restaurant with high-backed chairs and long tables is part Japanese, part Indian. The Japanese menu features soba noodles, teriyaki and tempura with authentic flavours and fresh ingredients. A memorable dining experience.
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Planet Masala
Spotless and with a funky interior – high ceilings and a glassed-in upper AC level – this modern cafe is a great escape from Main Rd. Along with a full menu of dosas, thalis, veg pizzas and Chinese dishes, there’s proper coffee, sundaes and chocolate biscuits.
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The Nook
The best restaurant in the train station area; the dining room in Hotel Kwality Inns is comfortable and the service attentive without being obsequious. The food is good - plenty of taste without over-relying on chillies and beer is available.
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Harri Om Cafe
At the northern end of the Kalachakra Maidan, this is the only place in Bodhgaya for real coffee. It also does good pasta and has Korean items on the menu, and while you wait you can get a body work-over in the massage centre.
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Mohammad’s Restaurant
A small tent restaurant behind the well-lit Fujia Green. OK, it’s not a flash joint, but it has some of the town’s best Indian food and those in the know flock to it. Mohammad also runs one of the temporary tent restaurants.
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Fujia Green
Another popular year-round tent restaurant, Fujia Green serves up wonderful Tibetan fare such as momos (dumplings), thukpas and thenthuks (types of noodle soup), as well as tasty chicken dishes.
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Siam Thai
This is a new restaurant serving some authentic Thai dishes. The walls are decorated with all the menu items you might consider, while an inscrutable and plump Buddha observes everything. Service is friendly and helpful.
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Hotel Rajasthan
Children drag their parents here for 16 types of ice cream and single/double/triple sundaes. Good food but typically North Indian rather than Rajasthani. Try the almond soup.
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Basant Vihar
There’s nothing like a delicious dosa (paper-thin lentil-flour pancake) to tide over a lunch-hungry stomach. It’s the 1st-floor restaurant you need, not the ground-floor one.
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Samarat
Hotel Chanakya in Birchand Patel Path has two good restaurants. One of them, the downstairs Samarat is a multi-cuisine family restaurant.
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Vishnu Restaurant
Opposite the park, a reliable travellers menu of Indian, Chinese, continental and Tibetan food. Cramped inside but there are shady tables out the front.
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Bansi Vihar
Locals crowd into this spotless air-conditioned restaurant to enjoy cheap South Indian masala dosa, Chinese specials and friendly service.
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Garden Court Club
Few places are as enjoyable for lunch or dinner as this plant-filled, open-air rooftop terrace, serving Indian and Chinese dishes.
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Green Restaurant
Opposite the hot springs just south of town, this simple restaurant offers some of the best Indian meals in town.
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Ajatsatru Hotel
This hotel has a multi-cuisine restaurant that is a useful place for a bite while waiting for a train.
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Mamta Bar and Restaurant
A pleasant place for a few beers and meal chaser. The food and service excel.
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