Must-see restaurants in Myanmar (Burma)

  • Shwe Ohn Pin

    Myanmar (Burma)

    This basic tiled restaurant, located in the centre, has a buffet display of cooked dishes (including a decent bean-curd curry with rice). Just point to…

  • SP Bakery

    Mandalay

    This branch of a beloved national chain dishes out decent and cheap baked goods – sweet and savoury pies, buns and the rest. If you need to fuel up before…

  • Happy Restaurant

    Chin State

    Clean and basic, furnished with three small tables and serving fried rice and fried noodles. Conveniently located across the street from the spot where…

  • Bharat Restaurant

    Yangon

    Specialising in southern Indian dishes, Bharat’s tidy interior and marble-topped tables make a nice change from the long cafeteria-style tables at the…

  • Café Dibar

    Yangon

    Like your corner Italian place back home: not outstanding, but always reliable. It specialises in pizza and pasta, but with a few other dishes (sandwiches…

  • Buthi Kyaw Vendor

    Yangon

    Every day you'll find a vendor on this corner selling buthi kyaw (a tasty snack of battered and deep-fried chunks of gourd served with a spicy-sour…

  • Three Five Hotel

    Myanmar (Burma)

    This shabby but friendly place has a wide-ranging menu spanning Burmese and Chinese cuisine, with a few European dishes. At any time of day it's a popular…

  • Shwe Myo Daw Restaurant

    Chin State

    Decent Chinese-Burmese dishes – large portions – and beer on tap. Find it on the left-hand side of the narrow street that runs off Bo Gyoke Rd, opposite…

  • Kyaw Swa

    Myanmar (Burma)

    A few miles south of central Bago, this large and popular restaurant serves tasty and reasonably authentic Chinese food in nicer surroundings than most…

  • Shwe Zin Yaw Restaurant

    Myanmar (Burma)

    The menu here has a little more variety than most Bamar curry houses: you'll find goat and beef curries, as well as a sardine salad. It's reasonably…

  • Chin Taung Taan Food Centre

    Chin State

    Facing the clock tower, this aging and long-running 2nd-floor restaurant has an English menu of Chinese-Burmese classics, and curtained cubicles in which…

  • Corriander Leaf

    Yangon

    If you're looking for somewhere to eat Indian food in an upmarket atmosphere, the Corriander Leaf fits the bill. It has a good selection of vegetarian…

  • Mangala Restaurant

    Chin State

    Right at the junction of the main road and the Tiddim–Rihkhawdar road, this place does OK Burmese curry sets, as well as noodles. No English menu.

  • Noodle Shop

    Chin State

    This no-name noodle shop is busy all day serving up bowls of Shan-style noodles. It's just in front of the market, on the edge of the parking area.

  • Ocean Super Center

    Mandalay

    Central Mandalay's best-stocked supermarket is in the basement of Mingalar Mandalay Shopping Center, the city's biggest shopping mall.

  • Central Market

    Chin State

    During the daytime, head here for stalls selling just about everything, including fresh fruit, vegetables, noodles and street food.

  • Golden Duck

    Yangon

    One of the nicest branches of this upmarket Chinese restaurant is beside a small pond just south of Shwedagon Paya.

  • Champion

    Myanmar (Burma)

    Grab pastries and other baked goods from this popular spot on the main road in the centre of town.

  • Yatha Teashop

    Yangon

    A classic Muslim-style teahouse, providing fresh samosas and paratha (fried flatbread).

  • Point

    Myanmar (Burma)

    The best of the very few sit-down eateries in Mingun, with a nice river view.

  • Fried Grasshopper Vendors

    Mandalay

    Looking for something strange (though not uncommon in Myanmar) and a good source of protein? Hop on over to these stalls for fried grasshoppers.

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