Must see restaurants in Yangon

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The most central of this small chain of high-class traditional tea shops, Lucky Seven is much more than a pit stop for a cuppa. Its streetside tables are…

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This stylishly designed hipster teahouse is as popular with cashed-up locals as it is with travellers and expats – at peak meal times expect to wait for a…

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It's hard to believe that this trendy cafe, with its artfully distressed walls and minimalistic chic furnishings, was once a car workshop. The menu…

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Ticking all the right boxes, this restaurant gives a great first impression with its handsomely restored heritage building and elegant, two-level dining…

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This Yangon institution is a fine place to start discovering quality Burmese cuisine. There's a big choice of freshly made dishes on display – just go up…

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Swiss Michelin-star chef Felix Eppisser and his wife Lucia Eppisser are the genial hosts at this superb fine-dining restaurant on the shores of Inya Lake…

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Watch the chefs deftly stretch and chop the dough to make fresh la mian pulled noodles and dumplings served at this top-notch Chinese restaurant.

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Second branch of a classy modern restaurant where chefs make delicious, fresh la mian pulled noodles and dumplings.

Entering Burma Bistro, it's as if you've slipped through a time warp into a Hollywood version of colonial Rangoon, with the encaustic-tile floor, paper…

This admirable social enterprise serves delicious bakes, hearty sandwiches, fresh salads and good coffee, as well as various products to go such as Annie…

Playing up the handsome interior trimmings of the Sofaer Building, including encaustic tiles from Manchester and wood-panelled walls, Sofaer & Co conjures…

Vegan restaurants are a rare breed in Yangon, so Nourish comes as something of a blessing – doubly so as its menu of wraps, pitas, 'glo bowls', salads and…

This ethnically stylish and spacious restaurant specialises in the food of the Wa people, who live in the conflict-ridden, northern region of Myanmar…

Specialising in tasty galettes and crepes, Ô'Thentic is an affordable and pleasant spot in which to linger in the trendy Yaw Min Gyi district. The menu…

This stylish, popular restaurant and lounge bar offers its own take on Japanese and Korean food, including yakitori (barbecue), ramen and spicy Korean…

Pansuriya trades on its evocative building's heritage and is plastered with memorabilia and art, some of it for sale (it also has a gallery space a couple…

This cosy but artfully designed place has bags of atmosphere and is run by Bo, a friendly young Myanmar woman who used to live in Thailand. The food,…

A century-old wooden mansion has been expertly renovated into Yangon's most upmarket but still reasonably priced Shan restaurant. Among the delicious…

Many people tip this place as Yangon's best Indian restaurant – and we are not about to disagree. The food, which covers both northern and southern Indian…

This narrow, two-level space celebrates Burmese and Indian food with delicious curries and biryani; the latter are served steamed in clay pots with a…