Kathmandu Restaurants, Cafes & Bars
A quick guide to some restaurants, cafes & bars to explore while in Kathmandu …
RESTAURANTS
THAMEL
Kathmandu Guest House (garden restaurant & café, good coffees, teas & Indian)
Roadhouse Café (Italian, wood-oven pizzas, steaks, salads, stylish decor)
Fire & Ice (Italian pizzas, pastas & ice-cream)
New Orleans (great atmosphere, garden, live music evenings)
The Third Eye (Indian, classic KTM haunt, great food)
Yin & Yang (Thai, same owners as Third Eye, next door, great food)
Dechenling (Bhutanese, Indian & Nepali garden restaurant)
Forest & Plate (Mandala Street, vegetarian food)
Himalayan Java (Himalayan coffee, bakery, local hang-out, atmospheric)
OR2K (Middle Eastern, bohemian atmosphere, good food)
Little Tibet (a friendly, casual Tibetan restaurant)
Café Mitra (European food, small & intimate inside with outdoor cafe, good)
Jatra (mixed food, live music Fri & Sat, great ambiance)
Organic Café (salads, good, healthy food)
Kilroy’s (famous chef, mostly European food)
K-Too (run by Kilroy’s, steakhouse)
Flat Iron Grill (especially if you’re in the mood for good steaks & meat)
Mandap (good bakery, Indian)
Koto’s (Japanese)
Pumpernickel (famous KTM bakery, garden café)
Café Mitra (atmospheric outdoor café with high quality food)
Gaia (lovely atmosphere, also good for dinner, continental)
Narila’s (Middle Eastern, casual, popular and inexpensive)
Funky Boudha (garden, good juices, generally nice atmosphere)
Yala Cafe
LAZIMPAT (& AROUND)
Dusit Princess Rooftop (café, restaurant, infinity pool)
Kotetsu (Japanese restaurant)
Bawarchi (Indian, good food, across from Ambassador Hotel)
Bhumi (Nepali & Indian food, good atmosphere, local &Western hangout)
La Terrace (Chun Devi, garden and indoor dining, stylish, good food)
Nina’s (Maharajgunj just north of Lazimpat, well known stylish restaurant, specializes in meat)
Café Soma (Baluwatar, across from Russian Embassy, outdoor garden café with bakery & juice)
BOUDHANATH
Café Caravan (Boudhanath – stupa view)
Roadhouse Café (Boudhanath – stupa view)
The Hub
PATAN & BHAKTAPUR
3G Honacha (Patan, goat lungs, buffalo tongue and other specialties of the Newari ethnic groups)
Raithaane (Patan, rustic dishes from Nepal’s many regions & ethnic groups)
Tusa (Bhaktapur, 7 course meals, ‘Nepal’s most ambitious restaurant’ – NYT)
Yala Garden Cafe & Restaurant (Patan, Lalitpur)
Tasneem’s Kings Kitchen (Patan, Lalitpur)
Jimbu Thakali by Capital Grill (Patan, Jhamsikhel)
Cafe Swotha (Patan)
El Mediterraneo (Patan)
ELSEWHERE
Janakpur Dahi Lassi Bhandar (Indrachowk, near Durbar Square, foodstand that whips up delicious sweet yogurt lassis)
Mezze (by Roadhouse, Durbar Marg, top floor of corner mall)
Krishnarpan (Dwardika’s, said to be one of the finest Nepali dining experiences in Nepal)
Mike’s Breakfast & Indigo Gallery
Mako’s (Dwardika’s, Japanese)
Toran & Fusion Bar (Dwardikas, Friday jazz & buffet by the pool, a must-do in KTM)
The Cafe (Hyatt, good buffet)
1905 (Durbar Marg, owned by Kilroy, Kantipath)
Nepali Chulo (just before Durbar Marg, authentic Newari & Nepali restaurant)
Barc (Bluestar Complex, Bluebird Mall, Tripureshwor, Yak cheese, buffalo jerky & Nepali ingredients flavor the drinks at Barc, a cocktail bar)
BARS
Sam’s Bar (classic Kathmandu open-air bar, music)
Dusit Princess Rooftop (Lazimpat, café, restaurant, infinity pool)
Marriot Rooftop Bar (Lazimpat, café, restaurant, infinity pool)
Bar Bar (draws Nepali cool kids & expats for its cocktails and DJs)
Musicology (in a backstreet house and garden, serves up Nepali beers and live music)
Barc (Bluestar Complex, Bluebird Mall, Tripureshwor, Yak cheese, buffalo jerky & Nepali ingredients flavor the drinks at Barc, a cocktail bar)
Rox Restaurant & Bar (Hyatt, popular bar Friday night, restaurants)
Upstairs Bar (popular Lazimpat bar, live music Wed & Sat)
Fusion Bar (Dwardika’s)
Rum Doodle (Everest bar, this incarnation it’s third or fourth …)