Must-see restaurants in Kathmandu

This bakery-restaurant has decent cakes, breads and pastries, with bakery goods (but not cakes) discounted by 50% after 8pm. The pleasant, attached garden…

The food and warm and buzzy atmosphere here are excellent. Dishes range from chilli lemongrass chicken to healthy salads, but it’s really all about the…

This place is set in a traditional old Newari building and has bags of atmosphere, as well as a dance show at 7pm. Choose between the downstairs courtyard…

There are several sandwich shops in Thamel, but this French-style épicerie is a definite grade above them all. Choose from nak cheese from Jiri, French…

This bakery on the main Thamel junction does a roaring trade in sandwiches, bread rolls, pizza slices and pastries. Add an espresso and head upstairs to…

Next to the Century Lodge, this basic but friendly hang-out is one of few places that seems to have hung onto some of the mellowness of times past. Grab a…

This weekly organic food market in the Le Sherpa Restaurant is popular with foreign residents who come here for the French cheese, jams, breads and…

Bleary-eyed tourists crowd in here every morning for fresh croissants, quality breads and reviving espresso in the pleasant garden area at the back…

One of a chain of Bluebird Marts that offer one of the best selections of foodstuffs in the city.

The original Rum Doodle in Thamel was a favourite meeting place for mountaineering expeditions – Edmund Hillary, Reinhold Messner, Ang Rita Sherpa and Rob…

A long-running and relaxed place, perhaps too dingy for some, this is one of those rare Kathmandu hang-outs that attracts both locals and nostalgic former…

This is perhaps the best value of the several rooftop tourist restaurants that overlook Durbar Sq. The views over the destroyed Maju Deval temple are not…

This place has a reputation for good old-fashioned chips (French fries), with a variety of sauces (try the house sauce of mayo, ketchup and onions), as…