Where to eat in Yangon

Where to eat in Yangon

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   Le Planteur Restaurant and Bar

   One of the best restaurants of Myanmar. It specialises in fine French cuisine with an Asian touch. The location of the restaurant (a former Australian Embassy) is spectacular and the service is impeccable.

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   Monsoon

   Burmese, Lao, and Thai cuisine. Restaurant and bar. Great ambiance and comfortable air conditioned surroundings with free Wi-Fi.

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   50th Street

   The only stand-alone Western-style cafe, restaurant and bar in Yangon. Amazing architecture and ambiance. Free Wi-Fi, multiple sport TVs, pool table, and dart board.

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   999 Shan Noodle Shop

   Tiny snack joint with very good noodle dishes. The staff will play harmless entertaining tricks on your table such as flipping the pepper bottle if you look friendly.

   Around 2,000 kyat

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   Aung Mingalar Shan Noodle Shop

   A lively restaurant specializing in Shan cuisine. The price is hard to beat and the waitresses are friendly.

   Closed · opens 9 am·2,000-6,000 kyat

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   Barbecue food stalls

   This road becomes busy between 18:00-19:00 when plenty of food stalls open. Choose your fish, meat or veggies to be barbecued on the spot.

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   Feel

   A wide variety of Burmese curry dishes displayed in the back. Salads and fries.

   ~2,000 kyat

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   Golden City Chetti

   Offers Indian food at very reasonable prices and free top-ups on the veg thali.

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   Hla Myanmar

   Shwe Ba Restaurant

   This is just a simple restaurant, but a good one for those on a budget. They specialise in Bamar (Burmese) curries, so this is a good opportunity to eat like the locals. You can just point at the curry you want and take a seat on one of the chairs. It is difficult to find, so ask the locals for directions. It is well-known among locals, because the famous actor Shwe Ba used to have his house in the area, and the restaurant is sometimes named after him.

   10:00-19:00 daily·2,500 kyat

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    Karaweik Buffet Restaurant

    A buffet restaurant inside the Karaweik, offers a wide selection of Asian dishes, and a 1-hr cultural show from 19:30 to 20:30. Costs 15,000 kyat/person.

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    Kyet Shar Soon Biriani

    Established in 1947, offers a dish of halal Burmese-accented biryani.

    700 kyat

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    New Delhi

    Better and cheaper than Golden City. Small Indian place, well known to the locals and tourists. Great taste and value.

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    Nilar Biryani

    A venerable, old Biryani restaurant serving chicken, mutton and vegetable biryani. Fast, delicious and cheap.

    Daily 08:00-20:00

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    Sabai Sabai

    The best Thai restaurant in town. Expect to pay about 7,000 kyat/person for drinks, soup, starter, and main. Most main dishes are around 4,000 kyat. This clean and atmospheric place is a favourite among expats and business people. Closed between lunch and dinner time (15:00-17:00). Closes at 21:00. Most taxi drivers know of the place. It's in an area with plenty of other mid-range restaurants.

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    Shwe Pu Zun

    Ice cream and dessert shop known for its faluda a dessert of rose syrup, sweet basil, string of jelly, pure milk, ice-cream and warm custard.

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    Soe Pyi Swar

    Vegetarian restaurant. Run by a delightful old couple and serving both vegetable and mock meat dishes. A few doors north on the same block is another veggie restaurant marked only by Chinese characters.

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    Strand Hotel

    Yangon's luxury colonial hotel, founded by the legendary Sarkies brothers in 1901, who also founded Penang's Eastern and Oriental Hotel and Singapore's Raffles Hotel. An interesting experience is to have an elegant high tea. Served in the restaurant of one of the classic examples of the colonial hotel in SE Asia. One can choose from either Burmese or English afternoon tea. The English variety includes delicate sandwiches, scones, tiny cakes, and tarts, while the Burmese afternoon tea has small spring rolls and samosas, and traditional Burmese sweets.

    US$18

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    YKKO

    A well-established restaurant that is known for its kyae-oh, a Chinese type of noodle soup. With white noodles, minced pork, pig body parts such as pork brains, fresh water cress, it is then mixed with spicy red sauce in the bowl and eaten with a porcelain spoon.

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    Fuji Coffee House

    University Avenue Rd

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    L'Opera

    A fine Italian restaurant in Yangon.

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    Signature Garden Restaurant

    A fine dining restaurant.

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    Family Thai & Chinese Restaurant

    Around 1,000-1,500 kyat per meal.

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Yangon (CC BY-SA 4.0).