Yangon
The most central of this small chain of high-class traditional tea shops, Lucky Seven is much more than a pit stop for a cuppa. Its streetside tables are…
Must-see restaurants in Yangon
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Yangon
This stylishly designed hipster teahouse is as popular with cashed-up locals as it is with travellers and expats – at peak meal times expect to wait for a…
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Yangon
It's hard to believe that this trendy cafe, with its artfully distressed walls and minimalistic chic furnishings, was once a car workshop. The menu…
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Yangon
Ticking all the right boxes, this restaurant gives a great first impression with its handsomely restored heritage building and elegant, two-level dining…
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Yangon
This Yangon institution is a fine place to start discovering quality Burmese cuisine. There's a big choice of freshly made dishes on display – just go up…
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Yangon
Swiss Michelin-star chef Felix Eppisser and his wife Lucia Eppisser are the genial hosts at this superb fine-dining restaurant on the shores of Inya Lake…
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Yangon
Watch the chefs deftly stretch and chop the dough to make fresh la mian pulled noodles and dumplings served at this top-notch Chinese restaurant.
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Yangon
Second branch of a classy modern restaurant where chefs make delicious, fresh la mian pulled noodles and dumplings.
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Yangon
Entering Burma Bistro, it's as if you've slipped through a time warp into a Hollywood version of colonial Rangoon, with the encaustic-tile floor, paper…
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Yangon
This admirable social enterprise serves delicious bakes, hearty sandwiches, fresh salads and good coffee, as well as various products to go such as Annie…
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Yangon
Playing up the handsome interior trimmings of the Sofaer Building, including encaustic tiles from Manchester and wood-panelled walls, Sofaer & Co conjures…
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Yangon
Vegan restaurants are a rare breed in Yangon, so Nourish comes as something of a blessing – doubly so as its menu of wraps, pitas, 'glo bowls', salads and…
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Yangon
This ethnically stylish and spacious restaurant specialises in the food of the Wa people, who live in the conflict-ridden, northern region of Myanmar…
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Yangon
Specialising in tasty galettes and crepes, Ô'Thentic is an affordable and pleasant spot in which to linger in the trendy Yaw Min Gyi district. The menu…
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Yangon
This stylish, popular restaurant and lounge bar offers its own take on Japanese and Korean food, including yakitori (barbecue), ramen and spicy Korean…
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Yangon
Pansuriya trades on its evocative building's heritage and is plastered with memorabilia and art, some of it for sale (it also has a gallery space a couple…
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Yangon
This cosy but artfully designed place has bags of atmosphere and is run by Bo, a friendly young Myanmar woman who used to live in Thailand. The food,…
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Yangon
A century-old wooden mansion has been expertly renovated into Yangon's most upmarket but still reasonably priced Shan restaurant. Among the delicious…
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Yangon
Many people tip this place as Yangon's best Indian restaurant – and we are not about to disagree. The food, which covers both northern and southern Indian…
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Yangon
This narrow, two-level space celebrates Burmese and Indian food with delicious curries and biryani; the latter are served steamed in clay pots with a…
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Yangon
A huge array of meat, fish and veggies is lined up on skewers awaiting your grill orders at a number of lively places along 19th St.
Yangon
Located off U Wi Za Ra Rd, in a mock-Tudor colonial villa stuffed with antiques and old photos (and including an office where Bogyoke Aung San once worked…
Yangon
This friendly Muslim restaurant is a fine spot for kebabs, curries and biryanis, with paratha (Indian-style bread) to accompany them. The kebabs are…
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Yangon
Even though it's on the edge of an industrial estate, this combined modern bakery, cafe and dessert bar drags in the crowds. It's famous for its faluda (…
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Yangon
Based in a beautifully decorated mansion close to the north shore of Inya Lake, this fine-dining restaurant offers great value. It's run as a social…
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Yangon
This vast hall is Yangon’s most famous and most popular hotpot joint. Join hundreds of other diners in choosing the raw ingredients (on platters that are…
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Danuphyu Daw Saw Yee Myanmar Restaurant
Yangon
A long-running and consistent choice for decent Burmese food downtown. It's a little more expensive than similar places, but the various curries are tasty…
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Min Lan Rakhine Monte & Fresh Seafood
Yangon
Spice-lovers should head directly to this boisterous Rakhine-themed grilled-seafood hall, popular with local families on a night out. The eponymous monte …
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Yangon
Ye Htut Win (aka Sharky) worked in catering for 20 years in Switzerland before returning to Yangon with the dream of making cheese and other quality eats…
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Yangon
Occupying the old ferry terminal, this pleasant Chinese restaurant is one the best places in town to soak up a river view (not that it has much…
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Yangon
Occupying a corner of the Red Cross Building, this restaurant and bar ooze urban sophistication with nods to its dockside location in the artwork. The…
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Yangon
This modern Asian cafe serves Singaporean dishes such as laksa noodles, which are perfectly fine if not amazing. You can also enjoy light bites such as…
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Yangon
The tables are spread across two cramped floors at this always busy eatery behind City Hall. The menu includes Shàn k’auq swèh (thin rice noodles in a…
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Yangon
In a quiet residential neighbourhood, this breezy open-air restaurant and bar under a covered patio is a relaxing place to put the cares of Yangon behind…
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Yangon
This colonial-style tea salon, patisserie and restaurant occupies a chic whitewashed mansion. There's a takeaway section stocking all the lovely cakes,…
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Yangon
The original Kosan is an all-day cafe serving snacks such as banana and honey toast and pancakes. However, you can still just get a reasonably decent…
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Yangon
Popular for breakfast meetings with the embassy and business crowd (it does excellent dim sum until 2pm), the Garden Bistro is also a pleasant spot for a…
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Yangon
This long-standing institution is an ideal place to sample a wide range of Myanmar food – everything from rich, meaty curries to light, freshly made…
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Yangon
One of Yangon's most elegant restaurants, L’Opera is staffed by well-trained and smartly dressed waiters, but more important is the Italian owner and chef…
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Yangon
Giant cauldrons full of spices, broths and rice bubble away at the front of this Indian joint. It’s always packed, and with good reason: for this price,…
