Lhasa Restaurants

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The restaurant was on two levels with a stage one end (see Nightlife Tips about the Crazy Yak show). The décor was of local character, and one drink was included in the cost of the buffet. You could choose between beer, water and a soft drink. Any additional drinks had to be paid for individually.

The buffet consisted of many local dishes including sheep’s lung. The fried sheep’s lung had a very strange consistency; it was not ‘solid’ like normal meat. I would not recommend it! Other dishes ranged from Yak Chow Mein, Pork and Beans, Rice, Sweetcorn with Mooli (Oriental Radish), Peas and Yak meat, Momos, Fries, Cauliflower Curry to a dish of fried Greens. Most of it was very pleasant, but nothing spectacular. The show made it.

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The restaurant was small and very nicely (locally) decorated. We were the only two diners in there for quite while. We ordered yak chilli and yak spring roll, both of which were very tasty. The spring rolls were nice and crispy on the outside, whereas the yak chilli was spicy but the meat was a little chewy.

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Quite a nice restaurant, but a lot of confusion ensued when the food was brought out, as many of the dishes which arrived, no-one had ordered, including a steak sizzler. Sarah had ordered a pepper yak, and I am sure it was the same piece of steak taken off the sizzler and placed on a normal plate!

Dishes on the menu included Briyani (which looked very nice), chicken or steak sizzler, spaghetti bolognaise, chicken tikka, dhal and rice, tandoori chicken.

Favorite Dish: I had a Kyichu Special Steak which was described as sliced tenderloin of yak with a red wine and mushroom sauce. Served medium to rare (despite ordered blue), it was very lean and tender and the vegetables came al dente. This was followed by an apple pie, which wasn’t quite as nice as it looked.

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Although very nicely decorated and the tables looking very welcoming, this restaurant was a little disappointing. The service was VERY slow, and the food all arrived at different times, with as much of a time difference as 20 minutes from one dish to the next on the same table.

Their speciality was coffee, with 27 different varieties to choose from. They mainly served light meals for lunchtime dining.

I found the salt and pepper shaker very amusing, as we visited in September! I just HAD TO take a photo!

Their unisex facilities were very nice and clean, with the choice of Asian and a western sit down toilet. There was even toilet paper.

Favorite Dish: The Tibetan Pizza was very nice, described as having seasonal green chillies, dried onion, broth (????) and mixed vegetables.

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The Dunya Restaurant is very pleasant, but too full of tour groups for my liking. The interior reminded me of a ski chalet, with long wooden tables. Very noisy.

Favorite Dish: Nepalese Dhalbat – tasty but not too spicy.

Dunya Burger with Mushroom and Cheese – tender and juicy with a nice crispy outside, but so large it was impossible to eat.

Tibetan Fried Rice – absolutely superb, with nice crunchy vegetables.

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There were plenty of choices, both local and western. Items on the menu included (these were the choices of the other people in our group): lasagne (it was apparently very creamy), club sandwich, tomato soup, vegetable dhalbat, Tibetan chop suey (said by the person who ate it to be the best they had in Tibet), Shaptrak (like a beef stir fry – very tender meat, really nice), vegetable pizza, burgers, noodle soup, banana fritters, yak pepper steak (yummy), momo soup (meat dumplings) and cheese momos with a tangy sauce (quite spicy and VERY cheesy!)

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The restaurant is located on the first floor, and it fairly traditionally decorated. Extensive menu with western and Chinese dishes. We all chose various Tibetan dishes and everyone enjoyed their meals.

Favorite Dish: The yak curry set which consisted of rice, raw vegetables, hot pickle, vegetable curry, yak curry, dhal and garlic naan. The meat was tender and the sauce was very nice and spicy.

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We only ate breakfast in the hotel restaurant, which consisted of a Chinese/Western buffet. Mostly there were things that we recognised, but this orangey ‘thingy’ took us by surprise. We thought it was a potato type pattie, but it turned out to be a swede cake. It was very chewy, and we didn’t try it again!