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Restaurant in Cholpon-Ata
Cholpon-Ata has so many restaurants during summer seasons. You can find them even in the small street but I cannot promise you that they always serve great dishes. So, here are some restaurants, which I recommend to go. Every restaurant serves Kyrgyz food or European style food (but they are not real European).
The average price is around 120com for one dish and 300com for one skewer of Shashilik (Central Asian BBQ) Beers cost around 80com-100com. Vodka is 50com for a shot. Halal restaurant (we have only one near the Ruh Ordo cultural center, called “Burchin”) do not serve alcohol.
open only summer
open whole year
1
U rubaka
Food: Kyrgyz/Asian/Russian/European style cuisine
Budget: middle - high
Alcohol: OK
English menu: Yes
Recommendation: Shashilik(Kyrgyz BBQ), Frikasse (Chicken with cream)
Open hour: summer 9:00-24:00
winter 11:00-22:00
One of the famous restaurants in Cholpon-Ata. As it is full of tourists and summer visitors, you cannot find the seat in summer time. The price is not cheap, but even local people like to go and eat here. Opens throughout year.
2
GREEN PUB
Food: Russian/Kyrgyz/European style cuisine
Budget: high
Alcohol: OK
English menu: Yes
Recommendation: Russian food/Chinese style cabbage hot salad
Open hour: summer 10:00-24:00
winter 11:00-22:00
If you want to enjoy one of the best Russian foods in Cholpon-Ata, then you should visit here! Restaurant itself is not so big, but the good atmosphere is always welcome the tourist. (They even have English menu!) The price is expensive for local, but not that much for Tourists.
3
Skazki bostoka
Food: Pizza/Russian/Kyrgyz/others
Budget: middle
Alcohol: OK
Recommendation: Boso lagman/Pizza (classic)/manti
English menu: No
Open hour: summer 10:00-24:00
winter 11:00-22:00
(depends on the day)
A specious hall and 2 separate rooms can host more than 50 people. They have many variants of food other than Kyrgyz food such as Pizza. As local people like to go to this restaurant to hold the party, you can see traditional Kyrgyz disco party sometimes! (But because of the loud sounds, you cannot talk with your companions during the party)
4
U rubaka chai hana
Food: Kyrgyz food/Russian food (mainly light meal)
Budget: economic
Alcohol: OK
Recommendation: Saliyanka/every kinds of salads (They are cheap)
English menu: No
Open hour: summer 10:00-22:00
winter 11:00-19:00
(depends on the day)
This is the sister restaurant of U rubaka (mentioned above). Even the atmosphere is not good as U rubaka , they serve food cheaper than U rubaka and less customers all the time. It is suitable for the people who prefer to have meal quiet place.
5
Ak Jol
Food: Kyrgyz food
Budget: economic
Alcohol: OK
Recommendation: Lagman/Gan fan/Kyrgyz style Cutlet/Plof
English menu: No
Open hour: summer 10:00-21:00
winter 11:00-19:00
(depends on the day)
It looks like a simple cafeteria, but popular among the local people. Also, their price range is reasonable and their food’s tastes have no complains at all! Hand made laza(spicy souse) with lagman or manti is the best way of enjoying their food.
6
Mir Sultan
Food: Kyrgyz food/Russian food
Budget: economic-middle
Alcohol: OK
Recommendation: Lagman/ French style meat pot
English menu: No
Open hour: summer 10:00-22:00
winter 11:00-19:00
(depends on the day)
Mir sultan is located in outskirts of city center but full of tourist in summer. This Kyrgyz/Russian cuisine restaurant is one of the famous restaurants in Cholpon-Ata and many local hold parties in the off-season.
7
Sambuca
Food: Kyrgyz/Russian/European style food
Budget: high
Alcohol: OK
Recommendation: meat dishes
English menu: No
Open hour: summer 10:00-22:00
(open only in summer)
Even it is open only in summer, interior design is sophisticated and the services are also good. It is not an economic budget restaurant among locals, but you can get delicious food with good atmosphere.
8
Talant
Food: Kyrgyz/Russian/European style food
Budget: high
Alcohol: OK
Recommendation: special salad
English menu: Yes
Open hour: summer 10:00-22:00
(open only in summer)
This restaurant is adjacent to guesthouse "Talant" and along side of the street, which forward to the beach. One of the regular customer said that its food is really delicious, that is why many people stay guesthouse "Talant" every year.
However I recommend some restaurants, you can find many restaurants along the main road and Goriky St.
"Тамагыңыз таттуу болсун!" (Enjoy your meal!!)
What is Kyrgyz cuisine!?
Kyrgyz cuisine is represented by "Meat" and "Bread". As it is said " Any meal without meat is not meal. " by Kyrgyz locals, most of the Kyrgyz dishes contains flesh and tasty meat! (Sorry for vegetarian...)
Below are descriptions of some of famous Kyrgyz cuisine.
Besh Parmak
Besh Barmak is the national dish of the Kyrgyz Republic. It is made with long, thick noodles and slices of beef or mutton. After the meat and noodles are mixed, a small amount of broth is added.
Plof
Plof is a traditional Central Asian dish made with rice. While there are many varieties of this dish, it typically has large pieces of beef or mutton, carrots garlic and onions.
Gan-Fan
Gan-Fan is a traditional Dungan dish. It is a soup dish with rice that contains meat, as well as many vegetables, including peppers, onions, garlic and carrots. Tomato paste is added to the broth to add flavor.
Lagman
Lagman is a noodle dish made with meat and vegetables, similar to Gan Fan, but without the rice. It is traditional to make lagman noodles by hand.
Boso-Lagman
Boso-Lagman is like Lagman, but is made without a broth base. The meat vegetables and noodles are mixed and fried before serving.
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