Home Restaurants

One place to taste true Uzbek cooking is in an Old Town home restaurant. These establishments have no signs or shop fronts - just tables in a courtyard, where you're served one or two simple dishes, plus tea or beer.

One such neighbourhood, called Chigatay, contains dozens of these establishments. Boys practically drag you off the street for the midday and evening (after 19:00) meals. From Tinchlik metro, walk to the closest traffic signal on the main street, Beruni prospekti, and turn right into Akademik Sadikov kochasi. Most of the home restaurants are between five and 10 minutes walk along (or just off) this street. Look to pay about sum3000 per dish.