Restaurants
Tibetan cuisine is known for its use of noodles, goat, yak, mutton, dumplings, cheese (often from yak or goat milk), butter (also from animals adapted to the Tibetan climate) and soups. The cuisine of Tibet is quite distinct from that of its neighbors. Since only a few crops grow at such high altitudes, many features of Tibetan cuisine are imported, such as tea, rice and others. Below we introduced the top restaurants for your reference.
Best Restaurants in Lhasa
Tibetan Traditional Cuisine
1. Crazy Yak Saloon
It is located on Beijing East Road. It has unique Tibetan-style decoration and furnishings and provides Tibetan food with a good reputation here. The yak meat is strongly recommended. Besides, it serves aweto chicken and aweto beef as well as some common dishes. Another feature of this restaurant lies in the Tibetan song and dance show from 19:30 to 20:30 every evening.
2. Makye Ame
It is located in the southeast corner of Barkor Street and its famous cuisines are roast mutton chops, acid turnip fried beef, Tibetan roasted natural mushroom, yogurt and ginseng fruit sweet salad, tsamba ball, fresh Tibetan barley wine, etc.
3. Lhasa Kitchen
It is located on the main drag to the Barkhor Street. The restaurant is upstairs and it looks out towards the square in front of the Jokhang Temple. This restaurant mainly provides Tibetan cuisine, but offers a variety of other food, too, for instance, Indian, Nepalese, Chinese, Western, as well as various snacks.
4. Potala Atmosphere Restaurant
The atmosphere in the restaurant is an excellent conglomeration of Chinese and Western culture and Tibetan flavor. The Potala Atmosphere Restaurant is famous for Tibetan-flavor hot pot and Potala-flavor pizza. Typical Tibetan snacks and beverage are also available.
5.Tibetan Family Kitchen
Tibetan Family Kitchen is a small home-style restaurant offering authentic Tibetan taste. This restaurant is also the Lhasa’s No.1 Restaurant listed on TripAdvisor. Their menu covers hot dishes, vegetarian dishes, curry food, noodles, salad, soup, and some other specialties.
Western Style Cuisine
Snowland Restaurant
It is a mid-range restaurant located on Zangyiyuan Road, near the famed Barkhor Square and Jokhang Monastery. This ground-floor restaurant offers all kinds of food at a moderate price, including western food, Tibetan food, and Nepalese food.
Dunya Restaurant
It is located in the old center of Lhasa nearby the Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple. It is a great place to relax and enjoy delicious food from the oregano-flavored pizza crust to the Italian imported pasta. Only top quality meats and vegetables are used in the kitchen. English Menu is provided.
Best Restaurants in Shigatse
Wordo Kitchen
There is a very famous, ancient Tibetan restaurant – Wordo Kitchen in the second largest city, Shigatse in Tibet. Woo Do kitchen means “herdsman family kitchen”. This restaurant offers conventional Tibetan, Chinese, and other dishes. Vegetarian dishes are also available.
Third Eye Restaurant
The Third Eye restaurant is located in Zhufeng Road, Shigatse. It is a Nepali-run restaurant that is popular with both local Tibetans and tourists. This restaurant serves Chinese, Tibetan, Nepali, and Indian dishes.
Gyantse Kitchen
The popular Gyantse Kitchen is centrally located in the busy shopping street of Gyantse. From outside it looks a little bit dark and unattractive, but inside it is very spacious and the meals are delicious. It offers the usual range of Tibetan, Chinese, Indian, Nepali, and Western dishes.
Tashi Restaurant
As one of the best restaurants in Shigatse, Tashi Restaurant is run by Nepali people. This restaurant offers Nepali, Indian, Italian, Chinese and Tibetan foods in a good ambiance. It is a popular travelers’ hangout with various kinds of comfort foods.
