Karakoram HighwayRestaurants

Pakistani restaurants in Karakoram Highway

  1. A

    Hidden Paradise

    This quaint restaurant has a big menu of inexpensive and delicious Hunza dishes; eg haneetze doudo and chapshuro. The cuisine is definitely not haute, but this is a great way to sample local food with friends and enjoy views of Altit and Duikar.

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  2. Glacier Breeze Restaurant

    High above the Highway, with a stairway to tastebud heaven, this excellent restaurant continues to astound travellers with its quality Hunza-inspired fare and incongruous location. Signature dishes include chicken cooked in local herbs, purziyh sahar (paneer with spicy fried spinach) and Hunza apricot chicken. There's even a kids' menu. The apricot cake is divine, and chocoholics will have their prayers answered. And there's real coffee!

    The tented accommodation is set up in summer and includes mattresses, sleeping bags, and hot showers. Entrepreneurial chef Ahmed Ali Khan can provide dried and vacuum-packed meals for trekkers, and runs cooking classes (Rs300, at least an…

    reviewed

  3. New Friends Cafe

    This busy curry and chapati eatery has a small selection of mutton and chicken dishes, such as the ubiquitous mutton karai (mutton braised with vegetables and served bubbling in its own pan. Vegetarians will hopefully find dhal but not much else.

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  4. Gulmit Biryani House

    A good road-stop restaurant on the Highway with a small selection of freshly cooked meals and hot chai. Usually it's a choice between chicken soup, chicken karai or chicken biryani accompanied by two chapatis.

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  5. B

    Baig's Restaurant

    Located opposite JSR Plaza, Baig's is gloomy but relatively clean, with good oily Pakistani dishes for those with strong constitutions.

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  6. Thai Hotel & Food Mella

    The bright Thai Hotel & Food Mella restaurant features a Thai Airways colour scheme but no Thai dishes - just Pakistani curries.

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  7. Hotel Paris

    Budget hotel restaurant churning out Pakistani basics like sabzi (curried vegetables), dhal and mutton curry.

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  8. Karachi Haleem & Fast Food

    Down at the chowk, this curry joint has snacks and cold drinks for those on the move.

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  9. Tupopdan Restaurant

    A few Gojali dishes feature among the usual multicuisine fare.

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  10. Rainbow Café

    Close to the New Friends Cafe and serving up similar food.

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  12. Evershine Restaurant

    Near the Gulmit Biryani House, and almost identical.

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  13. New Kaghan Café

    This inexpensive restaurant is the best option close to the bazaar. Recommended dishes are the chicken qormaa (yogurt-based curry), mutton palak (spinach mutton), chicken tikka and fragrant chicken biryani.

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