The best Uzbek restaurants Samarkand

The interior is in the Uzbek style: small private rooms and another huge one for special occasions, but where groups will easily find their place whatever their number. If you are alone or in couple, you will certainly prefer the terrace, nicely arranged and protected from the street by a few green plants and curtains. In any case, you can eat excellent Central Asian specialities: soups, salads, shashlyks, plov... The products are fresh, well prepared and the choice is varied: an excellent address for local food.

The many tourist coaches lined up in front of this great restaurant are both frightening and reassuring. We are a little afraid of the factory, but we quickly understand that if many groups come to have their meals here, it's worth it. We savour a large choice of Uzbek, Russian and European recipes, well concocted and generously served. The owner, Azamat, is adamant about the quality and freshness of his products, and the result is as beautiful to look at as it is good to eat. Live music some evenings, non-smoking room.

This restaurant is an institutional address in Samarkand: a gigantic tchaikhana with a traditional menu that stretches over several floors, with crowded takhtans and balconies smoked by the cooking of the chachlyks. You will play there at double or nothing as you can either find the atmosphere very bland and touristy, or authentic, festive and warm. Everything will depend on the day's reservations: a tourist bus or an Uzbek wedding. In any case, always check your bill, because everything goes in a merry mess!