Mandalay
Come hungry to this downtown spot that clocks in with over 80 varieties of meat, vegetables and side dishes, all stored in colourful bins in refrigerators…
Must-see restaurants in Mandalay
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Everything is outsized and every appetite satisfied at Prime. The menu covers Burmese, Southeast Asian and Western favourites, ranging from tea-leaf…
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Mandalay
This massive, two-storey, traveller-friendly favourite doubles as a traditional Burmese pick-and-pig-out kind of spot, or you can sit down and order by…
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Mandalay
Saying it's easily the best Japanese restaurant in Mandalay isn't necessarily high praise, because competition is slim. However, Hana Yakiniku could hold…
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Mandalay
Excellent, beautifully presented Chinese food in very generous portions, plus typical Burmese dishes, barbecues and cheap draught beer in frosted glasses…
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Plastic stools and chairs? Check. Delicious aroma of food awaiting your inspection? Check. And the friendly sisters who run it will offer you a taste of…
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Brightly lit, this simple but historic thick-walled colonial-era-merchant's building houses central Mandalay's most popular upmarket curry eatery. There's…
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Fill your bowl with a mix of veggies, meat and seafood, weigh it at the cashier and wait as the whole thing is cooked up. You know things can get hot when…
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This gently buzzing lounge-style cafe-restaurant is set behind palms; indoors is a little bare bones. The predominantly Western menu has lots of coffees,…
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Mandalay
An all-vegetarian menu fits the owners' stated principle: ‘Be kind to animals by not eating them’. The food largely references Sri Lanka, India and…
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This basic, archetypal local restaurant is a garage-style room with whirring fans and light panels that indicate (in Burmese) which of some three dozen…
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It doesn't look like much – you sit on pink plastic chairs in a floral-ceilinged box room – but the curries at this neighbourhood Muslim joint are clean,…
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Blandly modern, if sparkling clean, this contemporary Thai place makes up for its lack of atmosphere with convenience (close to several recommended hotels…
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This is basically Burmese cuisine for tour groups, though individuals can usually get a slightly adapted version with six or so dishes on request. The…
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Red 'leather' booths and classic vintage signs add to the feeling of a comfortable, Myanmar version of a retro American diner. The menu ranges from steaks…
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Easily missed in the gold-pounders' area, Cafe House is dimly lit with forgettable decor but strong air-con. The big draws are the dumplings and the…
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Quench your pizza cravings with locals and the Mandalay expat community, especially on trivia-night Tuesdays (7pm), which is popular with teachers who,…
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Frigid air-conditioning, friendly staff and excellent coffee greet you at Nova, which is popular with Mandalay's young laptop-toting crowd. The menu runs…
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This Mandalay classic is a regular hangout for the expat/NGO/businessperson crowd, who pack in for stiff cocktails and good Western food. It's one of the…
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Mandalay
Detox smoothies and other juices and teas targeting specific 'conditions' – the rage elsewhere in the world – have come to Mandalay in the form of this…
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Popular with cashed-up locals and sometimes tour groups, this place, set in an attractive art-deco building with simple, peach-coloured decor, offers a…
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This simple, long-running restaurant is known for consistently good, Shan-inspired dishes. Point and pick, and pay per dish – a couple of curries and some…
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Bustling with in-the-know locals slurping down authentic noodle dishes, this basic fast-food-style place also does a mean (and massive) plate of vegetable…
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The true tell for the quality of the food here is that it's embraced by the local Indian community – regulars who enjoy spicy curries, biryanis, tandoori…
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The manager at this better-than-average beer garden speaks good English, which is a plus when you're ordering food and requesting a channel change on the…
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Mandalay
This large, bustling Chinese restaurant, a local institution with sweet views across the moat, is often filled with busloads of tour groups. Roasted duck…
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Respected home-style local fare, precooked and served in a bland box room with unflattering fluorescent light. Pick your main curry (prawn recommended)…
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Long-running place that serves up roti-style dough formed into turnover pancakes, as well as biryanis and rice.
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Plenty of travellers (but few locals) climb through the treasure-packed family 'antique' shop to a covered balcony with tinkling wind chimes and assorted…
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Mandalay
This garden-style, two-storey beer station is a popular spot for a beer, several packs of cigarettes, soccer on TV and quality barbecue with many less…
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Mandalay
This branch of a beloved national chain dishes out decent and cheap baked goods – sweet and savoury pies, buns and the rest. If you need to fuel up before…
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Central Mandalay's best-stocked supermarket is in the basement of Mingalar Mandalay Shopping Center, the city's biggest shopping mall.
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Looking for something strange (though not uncommon in Myanmar) and a good source of protein? Hop on over to these stalls for fried grasshoppers.