Pokhara Restaurants

  1. Bamboo Garden Restaurant

    This laid-back place serves all the usual traveller favourites and the terrace catches evening breezes.

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  7. Indian Restaurant

    Further along the strip, this place serves similarly good food but it has less atmosphere.

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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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