Pakistani restaurants in Pakistan
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Usmania Tandoori Restaurant
One of Quetta's plusher restaurants (with a hard-to-miss orange sign), Usmania has a wide selection of tasty dishes at reasonable prices. We particularly liked the mutton tandoori (Rs 375), a serving big enough for two with bread, salad and raita, washed down with green Pashtun tea. Service is good, and there's a handful of Chinese and Continental dishes if you need a break from local tastes.
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Bundu Khan
With other branches in Lahore, Bundu Khan cooks up piquant Pakistani cuisine with menu items including a tasty mutton tikka and, for the more adventurous, brain masala. There's also a few non-Pakistani alternatives such as beef burgers and chicken corn soup. During lunchtime this branch mainly deals in takeaway, but in the evening diners can avail of tables and chairs set up outside.
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Village Garden Restaurant
Karachi's oldest restaurant, the Village Garden is a pleasant place to sit in the open air and catch a breeze. The menu here is heavy on barbequed meat, plus some tasty karais (food braised with vegetables, served bubbling in its own pan) and the like. The TV in the middle of the restaurant is permanently tuned to the cricket.
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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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Cooco's Den & Café
Set in an eclectic family haveli (traditional mansion), with glorious views of the Badshahi Mosque and environs, the vistas and ambience of this restaurant score slightly higher marks than the food (which is still not at all bad).
The owner, artist Iqbal Hussain, primarily paints portraits of the nautch (dancing) girls of Heera Mandi (Lahore's redlight district), the area in which the haveli is located.
The menu features Pakistani cuisine with traditional favourites and some more-unusual offerings include qeema wala naan (flat bread stuffed with spiced minced lamb) and for dessert, alamghiri laula (a seasonal carrot-based sweet).
Dinner is the most atmospheric time to dine …
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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…
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Lehri Sajji House
Prime among the group of sajji restaurants clustered in this area, this place could hardly be more basic, with plastic tables and chairs spilling out onto the road. But the sajji is fantastic - great hunks of lamb spit roasted, with crackly skin and sticky fat. It's better if there's more than one of you dining as you get a leg of lamb to yourself; there's also whole chicken cooked in the same delicious way. It's just off Jinnah Rd.
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Salt'n'Pepper
Recommended for its tasty Pakistani and Continental cuisine, this restaurant is a welcome retreat from the frenetic streets. A top seller is the boneless chicken handi (chicken dunked in a tomato based gravy). Or perhaps a club sandwich and slice of apple pie will suffice. Salt'n'Pepper has several branches in Lahore. Reservations are recommended on weekends.
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Arizona Grill
Those seeking a change from Pakistani fare will relish their choices here - all juicy steaks, pasta and salads, pepped up with some great fruit cocktails. Pepper steak with fries and salad hits the spot, but we also found the spinach ravioli well worth investigating for palates needing a break from meat-heavy menus.
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Boat Basin Restaurants
Over 40 simple but good-value eateries are strung along this informal open-air promenade on the edge of Clifton. It's pretty quiet during the day, getting going after 21:00. Perennially popular with Karachi society as a place to eat and meet, alfresco dining is particularly pleasant here during the cooler months.
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Bar.B.Q Tonight
A restaurant with a great atmosphere that delivers exactly what its name promises. Grab a seat outdoors, or allow a waiter to find you a table inside (ask for the rooftop). The chicken tikka and Afghan kebabs never disappoint, but we fell in love with the roast mutton leg, with the meat falling off the bone.
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Haleem Ghar
This buzzing and unpretentious Pakistani restaurant cooks up food that's pleasing to both the palate and pocket. Possibilities include chicken tikka, biryani or, for the more adventurous, brain masala. Solo women and families can avail themselves of the restaurant's family section.
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Shiraz Restaurant
There's something of a canteen atmosphere to this place, but you can fill up on a host of Pakistani dishes and its specialty - barbequed chicken. Always busy, with a quick turnover of tasty food. An offshoot of the fancier restaurant of the same name in University Town.
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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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Swat Garden Restaurant
On the ground floor of the Swat Continental Hotel. Come here to eat well in nice surroundings without breaking the bank. The Pakistani dishes are the best, as some of the Continental dishes get interpreted with eccentric flexibility.
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Kabul Restaurant
Carnivores can tuck into generous servings of succulent barbecued meat at this well-regarded Afghani restaurant. Salad, rice, yogurt and traditional-style bread beautifully accompany the tasty tikkas and kebabs.
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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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Shangrilla Gardens & Barbecue Restaurant
You can opt for standard Pakistani or Continental food here, eaten indoors or out in the garden. The jug of lassi (yogurt and iced-water beverage) is sure to quench the most savage summer thirst.
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Sheraz Bar.B.Q
A busy eatery if you just need to fill up and go. Sheraz is great for traditional Pakistani cuisine, with a decent selection on offer from tikka chicken and garlic naan to huge plates of biryani.
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Pizzerio Uno Chicago Grill
Decked out in an Al Capone theme, this is perhaps Lahore's best place to sink your chompers into a 12oz fillet steak. Its tandoori chicken pizza is also a treat, as is the Chicago cheesecake.
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Cookers
The outdoor dining area on The Mall is a great place to tuck into salt 'n' pepper squid, Arabian sole in lemon-herb sauce or coconut chicken curry. Bookings for dinner are recommended.
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Zamana
For light bites or more substantial meals (including buffets), the splendid Zamana offers a great selection of Pakistani, Chinese and Continental fare. Open 24 hours.
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Anwar Café
Opposite a mosque, this bustling basic street eatery has no English menu but the staff will help out. The chicken biryani, with chapatis and raita, is recommended.
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Larosh
This large, popular restaurant does reliable Pakistani standards such as chicken jalfrezi and mutton pilau. Finish off with the cool mango ice cream.
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Shezan
This family restaurant serves up Pakistani and Continental favourites including mutton handi and cheese stuffed chicken breast. Also does takeaway.
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