Nyaungshwe Restaurants

This place is great. As you can see from the photo, it's no great shakes decor wise, but the food is excellent. the choice is basically from a number of set Burmese curry meals, which come with (umlimited) rice and all the usual accompaniments.It's cheap, filling, and above all, damned tasty! You can also get a beer here to wash it all down.

Recommended.

Favorite Dish: Curry with all the trappings.

I generally find myself trying to visit as amny restaurants as I can when I visit a place - I like the variety. I did, however, find myself visiting this place several times.

If you look at the photo, you will see it's nothing spectacular from the outside. The inside is, however, quite spacious and airy with a good number of tables. there is also outside seating in a small courtyard should you wish to dine al fresco.

Shan Land serves up all the usual Shan and Chinese dishes prevalent in the region, but it does them very well. It's clean, the service is quick and friendly and the food is good - what more do you need to know?

Favorite Dish: I particularly liked the Hot and Sour pork - a favourite of mine.

This may well be one of the best tips I will post on my Myanmar pages, and it concerns the Indra restaurant. The reason I say it may be the best is that none of the guidebooks sem to mention it and the only Internet mention I could find on it was in French.

OK, so the decor isn't exciting - who cares? The two sisters and their extended family who run the place more than make up for that with their warm hospitality. It's a bit like having dinner at your favourite aunts. The place is so small everybody, staff and customers just sits about chatting.

As for the food, well, words almost fail me. I can honestly say it is some of the best Indian food I have ever eaten anywhere, including India. A variety of curries are offered, along with various types of bread and a superb array of pickles and chutneys. The rice just keeps coming until you're full. I would also recommend the massala chai (tea with spices). If you fancy something stronger, you can get a beer as well.

Simply put, if you're in Nyaungshwe, you must eat here at least once, but be aware, once won't be enough.

Favorite Dish: Any of the curries with chapati and all the accompaniments. Wash it all down with a massala chai.

OK, so I'm a bit of an evangelist about going to foreign places to eat the local food. I have never seen the point, for example, of British tourists going to Spain to eat fish and chips, complete with mushy peas and gravy. It is somewhat odd, I feel, that I find myself recommending a pizza restaurant in Nyaungshwe, but I have to tell you, the pizza there is very, very good.

The owner (an extremely friendly bloke) insisted on showing me the wood fired oven and told me how some Italian travellers had helped him with recipes etc. How true this is I have no way of knowing, but he certainly seemed to have got it right. As well as pizza they also have a fairly extensive range of Italian food, as you can see by the sign in the photo.

In a place where Internet access is at a premium, you can maximise your time by using the Internet facility there and having one of the very good pizzas at the same time.

Recommended.

Favorite Dish: Any of the wood fired pizzas.

To be perfectly honest, I can't remember now what toppings I had (I didn't take notes), but it was very good.

Forced to eat the Myanmar food that is to greasy for my tasting , and the bad indian food from aroma restaurant,I felt a little weak .Thank god for Golden Kite restaurant and their tasty italian food.
Indeed the reigning king of pasta as LP writes.

Favorite Dish: Gnocchi with spaghetti sauce , I regained my strength.

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Strolling away from the main road where all the restaurants are located ,we found this place.
Nice cosy restaurant with decent food.
Unfortunately for the owner , only people who wander of the main road find this place.
The owners speak very good english and are teaching their daughter to talk to tourist.In fact the little one is send out with such a charming "hello how are you" you can't but stay and eat there.

Favorite Dish: I had some fried chicken which the neighbours dog appreciated ;(
The spaghetti carbonara ,that my intelligent wife ordered,was excellent

Recommended by LP and having enough of the tasteless Myanmar food we decided to enjoy a good Indian dish...NOT
Aroma restaurant is a awful shaggy place.
The son of the owner was irritanting hanging around us kicking the table,waiting to take the order.
Food was expensive and very small portions,lots of chapatis but I consider that secondary.
The billboard said "no good no pay" , since our logo is "live and let live" we did pay.