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DOWNTOWN RESTAURANTS IN DUSHANBE
July 1998 ============================================================
Restaurant Elite
Varied selection of European and Tajik dishes with Elite specials. Any dish by
preliminary order. Full desert table and wide bar selection. Soft music and
nice Western interior. No credit cards accepted. The most expensive restaurant
in Dushanbe. Cash only.
$25-40 per person
Location: Chapaev Street (opposite Radio House)
Tel: {7}(3772) 21-25-12
Hours: 11 a.m.-11 p.m.
Bar-Restaurant Polonaise
Exquisite European and Tajik cuisine (red and black caviar, sturgeon, trout,
mushrooms, beef, lamb, smoked meat, and chicken.) Any course by preliminary order. Natural juices. Wide bar collection. Exclusively nice design. Cash only.
$5-20 per person.
Location: 2nd floor, 35/1 Bohtar Street (in building of Avtotranstechnika)
Tel: {7}(3772)21-25-26
Hours: 9 a.m.-11 a.m.
Restaurant Continent
Mostly European cuisine with Continent specials. Delicious desert. Wide range of Moldovan, Bulgarian, licensed French and Italian wines. Any dish on preliminary order. Nice indoor and outdoor seating. Cash only.
$5-20 per person
Location: 32, Buhoro Street
Tel: [7](3772)21-44-98
Hours: 12 p.m.-till last client
Bar/Restaurant Intourist-Tojikiston Two bars, four indoor (purely Tajik, European, and mixed design) and outdoor seating. European and Tajik dishes with restaurant's specials. Any dish by
preliminary morning order. Wide bar selection including Tajik, Georgian, and Moldovan wines. Cash only.
Breakfast - $4-5 per person
Lunch - $5-6 per person
Dinner - $7-10 per person
Location: 22, Shotemur Street
Tel: [7](3772)21-70-77, 21-33-52
Fax: [7](3772)21-64-26
Cafe Shahrom
European cuisine only (meat and vegetable salads, mushrooms, shrimps, clear and cabbage soups, fish, chicken, fried meat, and natural juices. Alcohol beverages are temporarily not available. Cash only.
Location: 16, Kirov (Husein-Zoda) Street
Hours: 12 p.m.-23 p.m. daily except Sunday.
Bar Manhattan
Excellent selection of poultry: chicken, duck, turkey, partridge. Rabbit, fish, and meat courses are also available. Anything by preliminary order. Private rooms available. Wide bar selection. Cash only.
$7-15 per person.
Location: 32, Shotemur Street, Dushanbe
Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m.daily except Sunday
Bar Vostochny
Tajik food mostly and some of regular European. Nice indoor and outdoor
seating. Private cabins for 8/6/4/2 persons are available. Various alcoholic
beverages. Ice-cream. Cash only.
$5 per person without alcohol, $6-7 with strong beverages.
Location: 56, Rudaki Avenue (along the main street of Dushanbe)
Hours: 11 a.m.-till last client daily except Sunday
Cafe Romashka
Snack and beer. Oudoor ground. No credit cards. Cash only.
$5-10 per person
Location: 33, Rudaki Avenue (along the main street of Dushanbe)
Hours: daily except Sunday
Restaurant Kapris
Standard European (salads, chicken, beefsteak, sausages) and Tajik food. Wide selection of Georgian wines, champagne, and liqueurs. No vodka. Indoor and
outdoor seating. Western interior and private cabins available.
$10-12.5 per person.
Location: 32, Ghafurov Street, 82-y mikrorayon
Tel: [7](3772)37-94-50
Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. daily
Source: Eleonora Yunusova, BISNIS Representative in Dushanbe