Guidebook for Kathmandu
Food Scene
Cafe Soma
A cozy coffee shop, with limited food menu, to get your work done.
Summit Hotel
Kopundole HeightA mid-range hotel. We recommend it for their swimming pool.
Entrance Cafe
A little expensive, but it is just 1 minute walk away from your room.
Ghangri Cafe Patan
Popular restaurants among the locals. Try their 'Open Momo'! Great prices!
A popular restaurant that serves a wide range of business client. Their cocktails with aila (distilled alcohol made of rice) is a hit!
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Dhokaima Cafe (Yalamaya Kendra)
Patandhoka RoadA popular restaurant that serves a wide range of business client. Their cocktails with aila (distilled alcohol made of rice) is a hit!
An incredible Korean restaurant with helpful staff. Large portions on a budget price. Highly recommended!
Korean Taste Restaurant
An incredible Korean restaurant with helpful staff. Large portions on a budget price. Highly recommended!
An extremely popular coffee shop. Great Ambience. A little on the expensive side though.
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Top of the World Coffee Pvt. Ltd
764 Jhamsikhel MargAn extremely popular coffee shop. Great Ambience. A little on the expensive side though.
Black Pepper Cafe & Pub
Kupondole Heights RoadA good restaurant with decent prices. Just 5 mins walk away.
A really good restaurant. Great food and reasonable prices. Ask for their mouth-watering "Momocha".
Le Trio Restaurant & Bar
A really good restaurant. Great food and reasonable prices. Ask for their mouth-watering "Momocha".
A popular pizza-chain restaurant in the capital. They also serve wide pastas, sandwiches, and soups. Recommended!
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Roadhouse Cafe
A popular pizza-chain restaurant in the capital. They also serve wide pastas, sandwiches, and soups. Recommended!
Highly recommended for daal-bhat, the national Nepali cuisine. Eat as much as you can eat for less than 3 USD.
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Mustang Thakali Kitchen
Highly recommended for daal-bhat, the national Nepali cuisine. Eat as much as you can eat for less than 3 USD.
Upscale North Indian restaurant. Incredible Biryani. Home-made chocolate. Lunch boxes available.
11 locals raden deze aan
Tasneem's Kings Kitchen
Jhamsikhel RoadUpscale North Indian restaurant. Incredible Biryani. Home-made chocolate. Lunch boxes available.
A cozy, homey restaurant that serves good North Indian curries. Recommended: Potato chops and prawn curry.
mama's Curries
A cozy, homey restaurant that serves good North Indian curries. Recommended: Potato chops and prawn curry.
Sightseeing
An incredible temple complex surrounded by a range of restaurants. Our advice is to grab tea/coffee and watch people while you soak in the sun.
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Patan Durbar-plein
An incredible temple complex surrounded by a range of restaurants. Our advice is to grab tea/coffee and watch people while you soak in the sun.
A small temple complex that has been quite affected by the earthquake. A nice place to sit and watch people passby.
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Swotha Narayan Temple
A small temple complex that has been quite affected by the earthquake. A nice place to sit and watch people passby.
Bangalamukhi Temple
क्वबहा: - क्वन्ती लँA large, bustling Hindu temple. Go there!
Everything Else
This ATM allows you large withdrawals in Nepalese currency. You can withdraw 35000 NPR (almost 350 USD) at a time.
Nabil Bank ATM(2nos)
Yala Dhwakha MargThis ATM allows you large withdrawals in Nepalese currency. You can withdraw 35000 NPR (almost 350 USD) at a time.
Himalayan Bank Ltd. Patan Branch
पुल्चोक रोडAnother ATM right around the corner. 5 mins walk.
They are located in our building. Highly recommended. The masseuses are blind and well-trained. Plus, they are the nicest people!
Seeing Hands Clinic
Chhusya GalliThey are located in our building. Highly recommended. The masseuses are blind and well-trained. Plus, they are the nicest people!
Patan Dhoka Post Office
Patandhoka RoadLocal post office!
Nidan Hospital Pvt Ltd
A local hospital with 24 hour emergency facilities and pharmacy.
Drinks & Nightlife
An intimate bar, with occasional live music, popular among locals and expats alike.
19 locals raden deze aan
Base Camp: Outdoor Lifestyle
Jhamsikhel RoadAn intimate bar, with occasional live music, popular among locals and expats alike.
Shopping
Big Mart Pvt. Ltd.
Jhamsikhel RoadAn average grocery mart. Useful when you are in a rush.
A super-store where you can buy groceries, electronics, clothes, and any consumer item you can imagine. Just 5-7 mins walk away.
30 locals raden deze aan
Bhatbhateni Supermarket
Krishna Galli MargA super-store where you can buy groceries, electronics, clothes, and any consumer item you can imagine. Just 5-7 mins walk away.
An incredible bakery that also bakes European breads. Quite popular among locals and expats alike.
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Hermann Helmer's German Bakery
Jhamsikhel RoadAn incredible bakery that also bakes European breads. Quite popular among locals and expats alike.
A travel agent. Right outside the driveway. A good place to recharge your phone balance also. Ask us before you book a ticket here; we might be able to arrange one without commission.
Partra express Pvt. Ltd.
Pulchowk RoadA travel agent. Right outside the driveway. A good place to recharge your phone balance also. Ask us before you book a ticket here; we might be able to arrange one without commission.
Epic Mountain Bike
Jhamsikhel RoadBike rental and repair center.
Entertainment & Activities
Not the most fascinating zoo, but a good outing with kids. They have rhinoceros there, in case you are not making a trip to the Nepalese plains.
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Centrale Dierentuin
Jawalakhel RoadNot the most fascinating zoo, but a good outing with kids. They have rhinoceros there, in case you are not making a trip to the Nepalese plains.
Essentials
Just outside our driveway, this small moms-and-pops store is an all-purpose grocery. Highly recommended. We source our supplies from these guys :)
Saraswoti Cold Store
Maitri MargJust outside our driveway, this small moms-and-pops store is an all-purpose grocery. Highly recommended. We source our supplies from these guys :)
A hole-in-the-wall bakery that is run out of the ground floor of a residential house. Intimate. Not the best bread in the neighborhood, but they are just too cool!
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Secret Bakery
A hole-in-the-wall bakery that is run out of the ground floor of a residential house. Intimate. Not the best bread in the neighborhood, but they are just too cool!