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Bamboo Garden Restaurant
This laid-back place serves all the usual traveller favourites and the terrace catches evening breezes.
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Bistro Caroline
Run by the same people as Chez Caroline in Kathmandu, this swanky place targets older travellers. It's more a place for a quiet romantic dinner than a noisy evening in the company of strangers but the European, Indian and Nepali food is excellent and there's a good wine list.
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Boomerang Restaurant & German Bakery
The bakery in front of the Boomerang Restaurant serves up fresh baked cakes and buns and decent coffee. There are two other German Bakery branches in Lakeside and one in Damside.
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Boomerang Restaurant & German Bakery
Probably the best of the 'garden and dinner show' places in central Lakeside, Boomerang has a large, shady garden and cultural shows nightly from . The roadside bakery is also popular - see the entry for Drinking.
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Caffe Concerto
Potted marigolds and jazz on the stereo add to the bistro atmosphere at this cosy Italian place. The thin-crust pizzas are the best in town, wine is available by the glass and the gelato (Italian ice cream) is delicious.
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Don't Pass Me By
A cosy little restaurant on the edge of the lake, where you can sit outside and enjoy pretty good travellers' fare at reasonable prices.
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Fish Tail Lodge
The restaurant at the Fish Tail Lodge offers a feast of an evening buffet in exclusive surroundings, over on the south bank of the lake. On clear days, it's worth coming here for a drink in the garden.
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German Bakery
Most people staying in Damside eat in their hotel, but there's a branch of the German Bakery chain for breakfast buns and a few traveller restaurants on the road to Birauta Chowk.
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Hungry Eye Restaurant & Bar
The restaurant at the Hungry Eye Hotel is a long-standing survivor. It looks a bit dated but the food is good and there's a popular cultural show from daily.
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Hungry Feel Restaurant
North of Lakeside on the road to Pame Bazaar, this welcoming Nepali-style restaurant sits right on the water. Views are the main attraction but the chef cooks up a mean curried lake fish.
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Indian Restaurant
Further along the strip, this place serves similarly good food but it has less atmosphere.
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Koto
The Pokhara branch of this popular Kathmandu chain, Koto never seems that busy but the Japanese food is faultless. The teriyaki beef is highly recommended.
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La Bella Napoli
Another stalwart on the strip, this traveller restaurant tries its hand at everything. The pizzas and pasta are tasty and good value.
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Laxman Restaurant & Bar
With video movies, a good selection of north Indian curries and not one but two open fires, Laxman is a great choice for lunch or dinner.
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Lemon Tree
Quite smart and sophisticated, Lemon Tree has a broader menu than most and excellent service. It's one of the few restaurants in central Lakeside to serve fresh lake fish.
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Lhasa Tibetan Restaurant
Piped temple music adds atmosphere at this big Tibetan place. The menu runs through familiar momos and thugpa (noodle soup) territory and you can warm up after dinner with a tankard of tongba (warm millet beer).
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Mike's Restaurant
Another enterprise by Mike of Mike's Breakfast in Kathmandu, this lakeside café serves good tea and coffee and gourmet sandwiches.
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Moondance Restaurant
Good service, good food and a roaring open fire all contribute to the popularity of this upmarket-looking place. The menu features salads, pizzas, steaks and decent Indian curries. There are pool tables upstairs but watch the spiral staircase after a few beers.
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New Everest Steak House
Carnivores flock to this old-fashioned steak house for two-inch thick hunks of freshly grilled beef. Steaks come with a carnival of sauces, but purists go for the 'half steak' - just grilled meat, veg and fries. Steaks come quite rare - ask for 'well done' unless you like it bloody.
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Pokhara Thakali Kitchen
This upmarket Nepali restaurant specialises in the traditional cuisine of the Mustang valley and the menu includes regional delicacies such as dried meat rolled in buckwheat.
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Pumpernickel Bakery
Down an alley off the main drag, this down to earth place has a quiet garden where you can read and munch on sticky cakes with convincing coffee.
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Punjabi Restaurant
An authentic, Punjabi-run place churning out tasty vegetarian curries and tandoori breads. The front dining room has quite a lot of character and the vegetarian curries with paneer (Indian cheese) are excellent.
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Rice Bowl Tibetan Restaurant
This inexpensive and laid-back place opens till late, serving decent Tibetan staples like momos and thugpa .
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Sheela Bakery & Coffee Shop
Right by Camping Chowk, this popular little bakery tempts early risers with cakes and freshly-baked baguettes.
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Tea Time Bamboostan
This place probably wins the prize for the most imaginative name in Pokhara. It's small and cosy and evenings feature DVD movies and cold bottles of Tuborg and Everest beer. The food isn't bad either.
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