Kathmandu's restaurants don't sort neatly, and this list of 12 doesn't pretend they do. It opens with a momo house on Pashupati Marga and ends at a bar whose kitchen lists everything from curry to cake. In between sit a French kitchen at Baber Mahal Revisited, a Korean barbecue open until 23:00, a fusion address on Freak Street, and a Thakali and momo station in Boudha. Two of the picks are in Thamel, and both are there for their Nepali cooking. The list is for visitors who want to eat the way the city eats on an ordinary weekday, and who would rather know a closing time than read an adjective. Every hour, street, and phone number below comes from a checked listing. The opinions are ours, and we have tried to keep the two apart. Where a kitchen's listing wanders across five cuisines, we say which part of it we would order from.
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1 Bota MO:MO (Kamalpokhari) (बोता म:म (कमलपोखरी))
Pashupati MargaMomo from a kitchen listed under local and regional cooking, with chicken named outright
Bota MO:MO on Pashupati Marga opens at 11:00 every day and closes at 21:00. The name tells you what to order, and which Bota this is: the Kamalpokhari one, a point worth settling before you give a driver directions. Skip the hotel-lobby momo plated for visitors who are afraid of the chilli. The case for this address is that its listing files it under local and regional cooking, with chicken named outright, which reads to us as a kitchen feeding its own city first. The 21:00 close makes this an early dinner, not a late one. To check before crossing town, the house answers on +977 01 4419400 and posts at botamomo.com.
- asian
- chicken
- local
- oriental
- regional
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-21:00
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2 The Best kathmandu Kitchen
bhagawatisthan thamel, Thamel, 44600Nepalese and Indian cooking from a 09:00 start in Thamel
On Bhagawatisthan in Thamel, in the 44600 postal area, The Best kathmandu Kitchen opens at 09:00 and runs to 21:30 every day. The name is a boast, and we'd set it aside. The listing shows Nepalese and Indian cooking alongside a local and multi-cuisine spread; don't bother with the multi-cuisine half of any menu in this part of town, because the Nepalese side is the reason to sit down here at all. That 09:00 start earns its place in any morning plan: it puts a cooked breakfast in reach before a day on foot. The kitchen takes calls on +977-01-4513355 and keeps a site at tkathmandukitchen.com.
- multi cusine
- local
- indian
- nepalese
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-21:30
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3 Kathmandu Steak House Restaurant
J.P. School RoadSteak, with pasta and coffee on the same listing
Steak, pasta and coffee share one listing at Kathmandu Steak House Restaurant on J.P. School Road. The hours are 12:10 to 22:00, every day of the week, and we like that 12:10: it is the opening time of a kitchen that will not pretend to be ready at noon. Skip the grills that treat steak as one more line on a laminated menu of everything; here it is the name over the door, and a place that names itself after one dish has nowhere to hide when the plate arrives. Pasta is the fallback for whoever at the table does not want beef, and coffee is the reason to linger afterwards. Book or ask questions on +977 1 4264946, or look at kathmandusteakhouse.com first.
- steak house
- pasta
- coffee shop
Hours: Mo-Su 12:10-22:00
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4 Paleti Bhanchha Ghar Restaurant & Bar
17 J.P. Road, Kathmandu, Thamel, 44600Trout on a Nepali and regional menu, with wine and beer
At 17 J.P. Road in Thamel, 44600, Paleti Bhanchha Ghar Restaurant & Bar runs a Nepali kitchen with a bar attached. The detail that earns its place here is trout, sitting on the listing beside Nepali and regional cooking, along with chicken, fish and chips, wine and beer, and a kitchen that calls out a fish by name is one telling you what it is proud of. Locals know that a Nepali menu with one particular fish on it is a better bet than the set meals sold by the dozen to trekkers. Listed hours are 10:00 to 22:00, Monday to Saturday, so plan Sunday elsewhere. The phone is +977 1-4212911 and the house site is paletibhanchhaghar.com.
- regional
- asian
- lunch
- dinner
- chicken
- fish and chips
- trout
- nepali
- wine
- beer
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-22:00
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5 The Threads
Freak Street, Kathmandu, 44600A fusion kitchen on Freak Street with a 23:00 close
The Threads runs Tuesday to Saturday, 11:00 to 23:00, so Sunday and Monday are out before you start. The address is Freak Street, Kathmandu, 44600, and the cuisine listing is a single word: fusion. Avoid the fusion menus that mean a curry with cheese melted over it; one word on a listing is a promise the kitchen has to keep on every plate, and a 23:00 close gives it a long evening to do so. The official web presence is an Instagram account, thethreads.ktm, so check the feed before you commit to see what the kitchen is running this week. If the feed leaves you unsure, the number is +9779807975223.
- fusion
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-23:00
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6 JAR-Just Another Restaurant (Old Baneshwor) (जार-जस्ट अनदर रेस्टुरेन्ट (पुरानो बानेश्वर))
Pipal Bot MargDiner cooking from breakfast to burgers, with coffee
Breakfast, burgers and coffee sit on one listing at JAR-Just Another Restaurant, which opens at 10:00 on Pipal Bot Marg. The name shrugs at itself and also places itself: this is the Old Baneshwor address. What happens here is a diner day, with chicken and Asian plates alongside the burgers, served every day until 22:00, which is better than the cafes that plate one toast and call it a morning. Of all the words on the listing, diner is the one we trust, because it promises nothing beyond a hot plate at whatever hour you walk in. The listed web page is a TripAdvisor entry, not a house site, so the direct line is the phone: +977 9802325777.
- asian
- breakfast
- burger
- chicken
- coffee shop
- diner
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
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7 Chez Caroline
Baber Mahal Revisited, KathmanduFrench cooking, the only cuisine on its listing
Chez Caroline holds French cooking at a fixed address in this city: Baber Mahal Revisited. French is the only word on the cuisine listing, and there is no hedge towards pizza, no safety net of fried rice. That single-mindedness is the argument for coming. Skip the continental menus that wedge a croque monsieur between a chow mein and a club sandwich. The hours run from 9:30 to 22:00, early enough for a late breakfast and late enough for an unhurried dinner, and we would choose the dinner. Reserve on +977 1 4263070, or read the menu first at chezcarolinenepal.com.
- french
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8 Ageno Thakali & Momo Station
Boudha, Kathmandu, 44600Thakali and momo by name, with a listing that also covers pizza, burgers, Indian and ice cream
Read past the sign at Ageno Thakali & Momo Station, because the listing behind it runs to pizza, burgers, Italian, American, Indian, ice cream and coffee. That breadth is useful if you are feeding a table that cannot agree, but it is not the reason we'd send you to Boudha, Kathmandu, 44600. Skip the pizza. The name over the door says Thakali and momo, and a kitchen is usually best at the thing it chose to be called, so keep the table on the house specialities and let the undecided order chicken or a burger. Open every day from 10:00 to 22:00. Call +9779823855753 or check agenothakali.com.np.
- pizza
- burger
- italian
- chicken
- asian
- ice cream
- american
- indian
- coffee
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
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9 Syanko Katti Rolls (Sinamangal) (स्याङ्को कट्टी रोल्स (सिनामंगल))
सिनामंगल मार्गKatti rolls, with breakfast, noodles and coffee from 09:00
Syanko Katti Rolls opens at 09:00 every day in Sinamangal. The address is recorded in Devanagari, सिनामंगल मार्ग, and that is the form to show a driver. Order the rolls. The listing adds noodles, chicken, burgers and coffee under a local and regional heading, and you can work through any of that, but a kitchen that names itself after the roll is telling you where to start. What shapes a visit here is the hours: 09:00 to 20:30, so treat it as breakfast or lunch and never as a late dinner. The phone is +977 9849207240 and the site is syankorolls.com.
- breakfast
- burger
- chicken
- coffee shop
- local
- noodles
- regional
Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-20:30
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10 Orchid Garden Restaurant
Sama MargaChinese seafood and noodles in a fine-dining register
Call 014432354 before heading to Orchid Garden Restaurant on Sama Marga, since the phone is the contact it lists. What sets this kitchen apart from the rest of the selection is plain from the listing: Chinese cooking, seafood and noodles, filed under fine dining. Skip the canteens where every dish arrives in the same brown sauce. A kitchen that names seafood and calls itself fine dining is asking to be judged on a higher bar, and we'd hold it to that by ordering the fish, with a bowl of noodles for the table alongside. Open every day from 10:00 to 22:00, which leaves room for a long lunch or a proper evening.
- asian
- fine dining
- noodles
- seafood
- chinese
Hours: Mo-Su 10:00-22:00
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11 Gangnam Galbi Barbeque
44600Korean barbecue, with galbi in the name and a 23:00 close
Gangnam Galbi Barbeque runs its Korean kitchen until 23:00, every night of the week. Doors open at 11:00, but the late close is what earns this place a spot on our list: barbecue is an evening meal, and not every kitchen stays open long enough to serve it properly. The cuisine listing is a single word, Korean, and the name itself narrows that further to galbi, which tells you something about the focus here. We'd skip any pan-Asian menu that tosses in one Korean dish as an afterthought. One practical note before you go: the address on file gives nothing beyond the 44600 postal code, so call 014434780 for directions and ask about a table while you have them on the line.
- korean
Hours: Mo-Su 11:00-23:00
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12 Rum Doodle 40,000 ½ ft. Bar
Sama MargA bar kitchen with a very wide listing, led by steak, grill and barbecue
The listing for Rum Doodle 40,000 ½ ft. Bar tumbles from hot dogs to curry to cake without pausing for breath. Steak, grill and barbecue are on it, and so are pizza, pasta, burgers, sandwiches, sausages, fish and chips, Indian dishes, breakfast, ice cream, tea and coffee. A menu that wide isn't worth agonising over: order from the grill, which is what a bar kitchen does best, and leave the rest to the indecisive. The address is Sama Marg, and the listed week runs Sunday to Friday, 10:00 to 22:00, making Saturday the day to go elsewhere. Come for the bar in the name and stay for a plate. The house site is rumdoodlebar.com.
- chicken
- hot dog
- noodles
- beef bowl
- fish and chips
- sandwich
- sausage
- coffee shop
- curry
- ice cream
- barbecue
- tea
- pizza
- burger
- steak house
- cake
- fish
- pasta
- breakfast
- grill
- indian
Hours: Su-Fr 10:00-22:00
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