Where to eat in Karachi

1,655 independent restaurants, bakeries and food spots in Karachi. Chains are left out.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first. Showing the top 40 of 1,655.

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China Town
Near Bilawal House, Block 2, Clifton. Traditional, authentic and fresh Pakistani Chinese food at reasonable prices. Popular among local Chinese community. Cost per person is around Rs 800.
Closed · opens noon
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The Patio
Popular upscale and contemporary fine dining restaurant offering Pakistani and Pan-Asian cuisine. Outdoor seating also available. Price per head around Rs 1,500.
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Nihari Inn
Boat Basin. The restaurant is especially famous for its traditional Nihari (a popular meat dish of Pakistan) with piping hot hans. A plain nihari cost Rs 150 whereas special nihari dish cost per person around Rs 350. Located on the strip of Boat Basin food street.
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Pompei
Shapes Health Club Compound, old railway club
A fine dining restaurant serving Italian cuisine. Open air dining as is also available in beautiful garden. Interior is excellent Italian style. Cost per person from Rs 2,000.
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Dynasty
Avari Towers
Fatima Jinnah Road. Award winning top end restaurant serving truly quality and authentic Chinese cuisine with around 139 dishes in the menu. Restaurant is decorated in Chinese style and popular among expats. Cost per person is around Rs 2,000+.
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Fujiyama
Avari Towers
Traditional Japanese food, on the top floor of the 17-storey Avari Towers. It offers 360-degree panoramic views of the city. Cost per person is from Rs 2,000.
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BBQ Tonight
Main Bilawal Roundabout, Clifton. One of Karachi's most popular and splurge restaurants. Spread over four stories of seating, including partly covered rooftop seating, the restaurant is almost always completely packed, but the turnover is high, so reservations aren't required. It now serves lunch. The rooftop is good. Per person will cost at around Rs 900.
Closed · opens noon
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Sakura
Pearl Continental Hotel
Specialties includes spicy tuna tartare, Japanese green tea, noodles with shrimp, tempura and teriyaki. Located on roof top of the hotel. Cost per person is above Rs 2,000+.
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Chandni
Pearl Continental Hotel
Club Road. A fine dining restaurant in town offering quality desi Pakistani cuisine in buffet style only. Great atmosphere with live classical music daily. Cost per person is around Rs 1,500.
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Damascus
One of the oldest cafe in the city. Mostly a restaurant specialized in Arabic cuisine, also offers many seafood items.
Open now · closes 2 amRs 500-800
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Ginsoy
A pretty good Chinese restaurant offering some excellent authentic Chinese food in town at affordable prices and in a pleasant ambience. Overall, good value for money. Cost per person is around Rs 700.
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Angus
A very cosy cafe with nice interior. A good place to hang out. Food is excellent and offering gourmet coffee, desserts, grill as well steak.
Rs 800-1,000
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Clock Tower - The Food Bazaar کلاک ٹاور
On the edge of sea coast of Arabian sea, offers a scenic view of the beach. This themed restaurant depicts the village architecture of Pakistan and is popular for its authentic Pakistani food with live music and a buffet.
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Hot N Spicy
It is mainly famous for its delicious and best "Paratha Rolls" that can be eaten with a various array of different meats, e.g. chicken, beef and kebab. With different fillings and yea that includes cheese, chatni, ketchup, and garlic mayo. One average Paratha Roll without any fillings will cost you around Rs 100. The more fillings you add the more price increases this can go up to around Rs 120 per roll. Other than the Paratha Rolls, serve some great sandwiches, burgers, and crispy chicken filling rolls. Have outlets all over the city.
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Lal Qila
A theme restaurant built in the style of a 17th-century Moghul fort. Offering Pakistani cuisine such as Barbecue, biryani, and a local beef-based delicacy, haleem, in its open brick courtyard. Very busy on weekends. Buffet dinner costs per person around Rs 1,300, lunch costs Rs 750.
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Student Biryani
A popular and one of the oldest Pakistani food chain that is best known for selling its famous biryani dish, a variant of India's Bombay Biryani. It is a very much renowned Biryani center in Pakistan and has the most excellent biryani for biryani lovers. Having branches throughout the city with the flagship in Saddar. Home delivery is also possible. A regular chicken biryani plate, salad, raita with a cold drink will cost not more than Rs 250. Must try special zarda as well.
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Aqua Lounge
18-C, 1st Floor, 5th Zamzama Commercial Street, Phase V, Defence. An upscale premier restaurant serving almost all kind of quality sea food as well steaks. Popular among elites and very busy. Cost per person is around Rs 2,000.
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Bundu Khan
One of the oldest restaurants in Karachi. Serve authentic Pakistani food and delicious Bar B Q dishes.
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Zahid Nihari
Famous for Nihari, a traditional thick stew dish. The restaurant unarguably serves the most delicious Nihari in town along with many other traditional dishes.
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Usmania Restaurant
Near Bilawal House, Block 2, Clifton. A fine dining restaurant serving quality and authentic Pakistan cuisine along with continental, Chinese and Indian dishes and Bar BQ. Restaurant offers air side as well for dining. Have branches throughout the country. Price per head around Rs 800.
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Boat Basin
A mile-long gastronomic delight strip of open-air eateries and restaurants. Boat Basin is where almost all of Karachi's late-partying citizens wind up, as food is often available here until five or six in the morning, and some restaurants serves 24 hours a day. Due to open air dining option available, the place becomes the most popular hangout place in the city. Like Burns Road, this bustling street offers a huge variety of local food, drinks and desserts. Boat Basin truly comes alive at night. Local style breakfast (such as halwa puri and anda paratha) is served at Boat-Basin as early as 06:00. At most of the eateries Rs 500 per person will be more than sufficient. If you're not the experimenting type then there's always the International fast food options apart from the authentic and traditional food.
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Burns Road
Burns Road is a historic traditional and bustling food street which offers a huge variety of local food and drinks. For authentic and traditional food of any budget this is the place to be. The street house countless famous and unique eateries that feature their own specialty dishes, crowded Burns Road is a must-see for curious eaters and food-lovers. The best tasting Nihari, Sajji, Bottis and Tikkas can be found in this congested corner of Old Karachi. Most of the restaurants here are built in really old pre-independence era Victorian style buildings which sort of gives you the feeling of being in a crowded part of Old Delhi. Hygienically this may not be the cleanest part of town, but if you are a big time foodie and you really want to taste real Karachi food then seriously this is the place to head to. If food preparation hygiene is really an issue for you then the best option is to head to Food Centre. Places to head to here include Punjab Lassi house for the best Lassi in town, Food Center and Sabri Nihari. Other than these there are many more eateries scattered throughout this street. Most restaurants and eateries accept only cash. Many places on the street are open during the day but like Karachi itself, Burns Road truly comes alive at night.
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Do Darya
Adjacent but far away from the Sea View beach is a unique food street Do Darya which is along the scenic sea front of Arabian Sea, and fastly becoming a very well known dining spot in city. Has the reputation of being one of the poshest food street of the country, this is the only food street of its kind in the country where you will be greeted by giant restaurants clustering at the edge of the Arabian Sea. Several restaurants here offering indoor and open air dining facilities. Here, the rocky shore provides shrimp which are used as bait to catch fish. You can feel the cool, relaxing sea breeze and enjoy the pleasant atmosphere from huts right above the shore giving a fulfilling experience. The choice of restaurants is endless here.
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Xander Cafe
Xander Cafe has multiple branches in Karachi. Here, you can find different types of pasta, a variety of burgers, pizza, Moroccan chicken, jalapeño orange chicken, grilled porcini steak, and Penang chicken curry.
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Cafe E Street
F44/2 E Street, Clifton
Open now · closes 1 am
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Bella Vita
Tipu Sultan Road
Closed · opens 8 am
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Cafe Flo
D82/1 Clifton Block 4, Clifton
Closed · opens noon
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Das Numberi
sea view park،
Takeaway · Vegetarian options
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Agha Sajji Corner
V248+M9 Shahrah-e-Liaquat, Gari Khata,
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Côte Rôtie
Clifton, Clifton
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Dairy Feast
Alamgir Road
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Mandi Al Khaleej
Shop No. 07, Saima Liberty, Allama Iqbal Rd, Block 2 P.E.C.H.S
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Meerut Famous Kabab Paratha
USMAN CORNER, Jamshed, JM-372 Jamshed Rd,
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Shams Chaat House
V2MM+RP shop # 3, Plot # 512/1, Sweet Homes building, near diamond Super Market, Garden East
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The White Biryani
Phase 6 Rahat Commercial Lane 2, Defence Housing Authority
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City Bistro -Port Grand
Port Grand
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Dossa Point Restaurant
V3M9+4R6, Bahadurabad BMCHS Sharafabad,
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Indian Kitchen
1. #4, Shaheen Tower building, lal kothi bus stop, Shahra e Faisal.\n
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Mirchili
Phase 5 Badar Commercial 10th Street, Defence Housing Authority
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New Little China Restaurant Higr Restaurant )
Najeeb Corner, 172/P Tariq Rd

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