Bodhnath (Boudha) Restaurants

Restaurants in Bodhnath (Boudha)

  1. Flavor’s Café

    Formerly New Orleans, this upscale place has changed its name but not its menu, which covers everything from Nepali choyla (spiced meat curry) to Cajun chicken and steaks. There’s wireless internet, and tables are set in a calm, covered courtyard, or upstairs on the roof, for stupa views.

    reviewed

  2. Double Dorjee Restaurant

    On the lane north of the stupa, this cosy Tibetan-run place targets backpackers and the dharma crowd with good prices, tasty Tibetan and Western food and soft sofas to relax in.

    reviewed

  3. Zhungchuanluohuang Hotel

    This place may be a bit of a mouthful, but it's a damn good-tasting mouthful. It's a bit unnerving to see Chinese characters in the heart of Tibetan Bodhnath but the food is tasty and authentically Sichuanese. Try the gongbaojiding - chicken with chilli and peanuts.

    reviewed

  4. Rabsel Garden Café

    For some peace and quiet, head past the row of chörtens west of the Shechen Tengyi Dargyeling Gompa to this garden oasis. The vegetarian-only dishes stretch to lasagne, quiche, soup with homemade bread and veggie wraps, and there are good daily specials.

    reviewed

  5. Saturday Café

    Looking more like something you’d find in Portland, Oregon, this multistorey cafe serves excellent vegetarian meals, snacks and cakes. There’s a bookshop full of holistic titles and it even serves organic coffee. Come early for a seat with a view on the rooftop.

    reviewed

  6. Tibetan Eating Houses

    For those on a shoestring budget, there are plenty of small Tibetan eating houses in the streets behind the stupa that serve up authentic Tibetan thugpa (noodle soup) - any place with a curtain across an open door is probably one.

    reviewed

  7. Garden Kitchen

    A partly open-air place near the Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Gompa, serving the usual globe-trotting menu in pleasing surroundings. Reasonable prices attract many long-term dharma students.

    reviewed

  8. Café du Temple

    Run by the same people as the Café du Temple in Patan, this smart and efficient place targets tour groups with a solid menu of international food, plus grand views.

    reviewed

  9. Stupa View Terrace & Restaurant

    The views are as good as they claim at this superior traveller-oriented place to the north of the stupa, with good vegetarian food and proper clay-oven pizzas.

    reviewed

  10. Festive Fare Restaurant

    On the southwest side of the stupa, this place serves up set meals to tour groups. The rooftop tables have fabulous views.

    reviewed

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