Best Restaurant

The Gobi


Clean and friendly, this local favourite doles out excellent Mongolian dishes; they recommend the bainshte shöl (dumpling soup). Ask for the English menu – they only have one, and it sometimes takes a while to find. There's no sign but it’s above a small supermarket.


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