Mawlamyine
Humble Daw Yee does some of the best Burmese food you'll find anywhere. It has a great selection of curries, including an insanely fatty prawn curry, all…
Must-see restaurants in Mon State
Mon State
No longer a grungy beer station, Dream has been transformed into a bar-cum-restaurant that's unusually sophisticated for provincial Myanmar. The picture…
Mawlamyine
There's a big menu here, mostly featuring Chinese-inspired dishes but also including a few Thai ones and even some spicy Rakhine State–style soups. It's…
Mawlamyine
The advertising tagline for this new riverside place is 'Beyond the boundaries of taste'. We're not so sure about that, but there is a big selection of…
Mon State
On the main street in Kinpun, this amiable, Mon-run place cooks up a big selection of reliable curries – fish, chicken, pork and mutton – for lunch, as…
Mon State
A reasonably authentic take on Thai food is offered here – the husband and wife owners worked in Phuket for five years. There's no English menu, but there…
Mawlamyine
This busy place serves excellent Muslim-style Burmese cuisine; in particular, a rich biryani and a delicious dhal soup. Look for the small yellow English…
Mon State
This modest but popular place serves a limited menu of Thai classics – curries and rice and noodle dishes – and you get to eat by the lake. It's on the…
Grandfather & Grandmother Restaurant
Mawlamyine
The money raised at this teashop and simple restaurant goes to a charity helping the town’s elderly. No alcohol is served, but it does have decent fruit…
Mawlamyine
Standard Burmese-influenced Chinese dishes are available here. It's as much a place to drink as it is to eat, and the riverside setting and draught beer…
Mawlamyine
The tasty and substantial vegetarian thali platter is the reason to come to this hole-in-the-wall restaurant, although it does serve chicken dishes as…
