The best restaurants Region Du Lac Issyk Kul

A small cafe with a rather nice atmosphere, and having adapted to the touristic turn of the city. The menu is in English but the food and recipes are local (soups, laghmans, chachlyks...) but the portions are adapted to the appetites of the trekkers and the prices have remained reasonable. Unfortunately, this is not so much the case with more western recipes, and we recommend that you stay in the region for a while, otherwise you will be disappointed and wait a very long time for your plate. Good atmosphere and prime location in the city centre.

The only really lively restaurant in the evening. The hotel is a brand new hotel, the dishes are good and rich. There is no menu in English, but the servers are co-operative!

A very pretty pub where a notable effort has been made to make you feel at ease. Harmony of colors and materials, lighting, decoration: what's usually lacking in Central Asian restaurants is here perfectly studied and put to the service, what's not to spoil anything, of a high-flying cuisine that gives pride of place to nomadic traditions. Laghman beshbarmak, plov and, of course, a wide choice of salads and soups. A place that's as pleasant to eat as it is to stop for tea or coffee during the day.

In the north-west of the city, this friendly café is beautifully decorated with a variety of handicrafts, and is as welcoming as it is warm. In the evenings, you can come with family or friends in a friendly atmosphere (no alcohol on the menu!) to enjoy regional cuisine featuring Kyrgyz recipes as well as Dungan specialties: Chinese salads and fried ravioli rub shoulders with plov and beshbarmak, alongside the ever-present chachlyks. It's a little greasy, but the overall value for money is good!

You will find many stalls at the bazaar, all offering the same Dungan speciality: ashlyanfu. These are gelatinous noodles mixed with a (very) spicy soup, which you can calm down by accompanying it with a potato cake with spring onions. It is particularly invigorating in winter, to fight against the cold, but the locals manage to eat it even in the hottest weather! Count a hundred soms for the bowl of ashlyanfu. Add tea and a few raw vegetables and your complete meal will not exceed 250 soms.