Uzbek restaurants in Moscow
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Kishmish
Besides being a word that rhymes with itself, kishmish is a kind of a grape – often a dried grape or raisin – that is often used in Central Asian cuisine. This place is decked out like an Uzbek chaikhona (teahouse), complete with plush Oriental carpets, staff in national costume and painted ceramic place settings. Everything was imported from Tashkent (except the staff, presumably). It serves simple spicy standards such as shashlyk and plov at the cheapest prices you will find. The dastarkhan (salad bar), is chock-full of vegies and salads and kishmish to fill up the herbivores.
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Kishmish in Barrikadnaya
Serving simple spicy standards like shashlik and plov at the cheapest prices you will find. The dastarkhan, or salad bar, is chock-full of veggies and salads to fill up the herbivores. This place is decked out like an Uzbek chaikhana, or teahouse, complete with plush Oriental carpets, waitstaff in national costume and painted ceramic place settings. All the decoration was imported from Tashkent, except the waitstaff, presumably.
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Kishmish in Arbat District
Serving simple spicy standards like shashlik and plov at the cheapest prices you will find. The dastarkhan, or salad bar is chock-full of veggies and salads to fill up the herbivores. This place is decked out like an Uzbek chaikhana, or teahouse, complete with plush Oriental carpets, waitstaff in national costume and painted ceramic place settings. All the decoration was imported from Tashkent, except the waitstaff, presumably.
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Khodzha Nasreddin in Khiva
Khodzha Nasreddin is an Uzbek literary folk hero who epitomises the exoticism and eroticism of the mystical East. The restaurant attempts to do the same. Dine upstairs and you will be invited to remove your shoes and recline on plush pillows around low tables. The house specialty is undoubtedly the plov (pilaf rice with diced mutton and vegetables).
The showcase of the evening entertainment is, of course, belly dancers.
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Sherbet
Sitting amid plush pillows and woven tapestries, you’ll feel like a sheik in this extravagantly decorated eatery. Feast on plov (rice mixed with lamb and vegetables), shashlyk and other Uzbek specialities. And of course, it wouldn’t be Moscow if they didn’t also offer hookahs and an evening belly-dance show. There is another outlet of Sherbet in Tverskoy.
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Vostochny Kvartal
Vostochny Kvartal used to live up to its name, acting as the ‘Eastern Quarter’ of the Arbat. Uzbek cooks and Uzbek patrons assured that this was the real-deal place to get your plov. The place has since gone the way of the Arbat itself, drawing in more English speakers than anything else. Nonetheless, it still serves some of the best food on the block.
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White Sun Of The Desert
Based on a Soviet cult film of the same name, this place lends a comic touch to traditional Uzbek fare. The dancing sturgeon and Kalashnikov-toting mannequin are all featured in the film, in case you are confused by the incongruous decor. This is one of Moscow's oldest Uzbek restaurants, tribute to its extensive salad bar and delectable plov.
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Sherbet
Sitting amid plush pillows and woven tapestries, you’ll feel like a sheik in this extravagantly decorated eatery. Feast on plov (rice mixed with lamb and vegetables), shashlyk and other Uzbek specialities. And of course, it wouldn’t be Moscow if they didn’t also offer hookahs and an evening belly-dance show.
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Babay
The big-screen TVs do not exactly add to the authenticity of this place, but the spicy plov and accommodating service do. Televisions aside, the decor is not as interesting as some of the other ethnic restaurants in Moscow, but that may be because the focus is on preparing excellent, filling food.
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Uzbekistan
One of the city’s oldest restaurants, this place serves Central Asian fare in exotic environs, reminiscent of an Oriental palace. Make yourself comfortable on the plush cushions, order some spicy plov or delicious fried kebabs and enjoy the belly-dancing show.
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