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| Eatouts in Pokhara |
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| Restaurants are everywhere in Pokhara, and food is a major preoccupation. Lakeside, in particular, is one long trough of feeding opportunities. Eating also sets the social agenda: there's not much nightlife after around lO.3Opm, but the congenial restaurants and cafes around the lake are easy places to make friends and find trekking partners. Most tourist restaurants boast a more or less standard menu, featuring an implausibly international selection of dishes and local fish prepared umpteen different ways. The places recommended here pull it off with a bit more authenticity than the rest.What you get might not bear much resemblace to what you ordered, but it'll probably taste pretty good .
If pseudo-Western food gets you down, many restaurants do set Nepali meals and some pretty good Indian dishes. |
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| Lakeside |
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| Beam Beam |
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| lively place with a bar and back garden. Inexpensive. |
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| Bhanchha Ghar |
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| A humbler branch of the famed Kathmandu restaurant, fine Nepali and north Indian cuisine, nightly music and dance. Moderately priced. |
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| Boomerang |
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| Great for breakfast or an afternoon snack, seating under umbrellas and thatched pavilions on a vast lawn sloping down to the lake. There are several similar outfits nearby, but this is still the best Inexpensive. |
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| Ganga Restiurant/Ganesh Bakery |
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| Good bread and croissants; lively for dinner. Cheap. |
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| Hungry Eye |
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| Sit outside for sedate dining by candlelight, or indoors for the nightly culture show in an acoustic purgatory. Moderately priced. |
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| Laxman |
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| Funky, shoestring decor and a laid-back feel. |
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| Lhasa |
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| Serene atmosphere, though Tibetan food is almost an afterthought Inexpensive. |
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| little Tibetan Tea Garden |
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| Tibetan and Western food in a lovely little bamboo grove. Inexpensive. |
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| Maya Pub |
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| opular and efficient restiurant/bar serving good soups, pastas, sizzlers and vegetarian dishes. Loud music. Inexpensive. |
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| Moon Dance |
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| The epicentre of Lakeside eating, with reliable food (especially pizza) , a great atmosphere, a roof terrace and a fireplace for winter evenings. Inexpensive to moderate. |
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| Nirula's |
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| A branch of the Indian fast-food-and-ice-cream chain (real sundaes and milk shakes). Inexpensive. |
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| Once Upon a TIme |
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| Cosy Swiss Family Robinson decor, rooftop seating and loud tunes. The food is interchangeable with that of the neighbouring Maya Pub. Inexpensive. |
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| Tea TIme |
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| One of Lakeside's original bamboo joints, good for daytime people-watching, drinks and snacks. Inexpensive. |
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| Damside |
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| Damside's guest houses tend to have their own se]f-contained restaurants, so there are fewer separate eating places to recommend. |
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| Bamboo Garden |
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| Simple, friendly hangout Cheap to inexpensive. |
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| German Bakery |
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| A fine candidate for breakfast or lunch ingredients, good views, tolerable croissants and wholegrain bread. Cheap. |
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| KC |
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| Patio dining by the lake, or indoors by the fire in winter. Steaks, fish, cake and pie. Inexpensive to moderately priced. |
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| Hotel Himalaya |
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| Marwari restaurant specializing in south Indian dishes. Cheap to inexpensive. |
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| Hotel Tragopan |
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| Decent north Indian food in a vaguely upscale setting. Inexpensive to moderately priced. |
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| Loss TIme |
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| Passable all-rounder, better for Indian food. Inexpensive |
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| Rodee Lakeview |
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| Lovely patio seating right beside the lake, and the home of Damside's premier cake display. Excellent for breakfast Inexpensive. |
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