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Serves meat, vegan options available. Menu provides English descriptions and offers a few vegan items including mains, salads and sides. Rare opportunity to try vegan version of local Uzbek "plov" (a national dish). Be sure to discuss ingredients with the owner, who speaks good English. Reservations recommended, as restaurant tends to be fully booked by groups at peak meal times. Open Mon-Sun 10:00am-11:00pm.
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Abdurahmon Jomiy 100 (at Uzbekistan St), Samarkand, Uzbekistan, 140105
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Added by m@earthville on 12 Oct 2018
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34 Reviews
First Review by m@earthville
elenidragon
Points +339
Vegetarian relief - Edit
Very kind employees and yummy pumpkin mahnti!! AC and its cute inside
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2026-07-24
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RW74
Points +123
Hassle free vegan food at last - Edit
Enjoyable relaxing experience. We managed to find a quiet time to go. Had their Elixir salad, vegan plov and vegan halva for desert, together with bread and their own homemade juice. Finally somewhere where you feel you can have a normal meal. Our non-vegans were also happy with their food choices.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2026-06-26
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DerHenni
Points +34
When in Samarkand - Edit
In a country with not to much choice for vegetarians and vegans, this is a bright spot.
Read moreFriendly owner, various vegetarian and vegan choices of local food and not too expensive (201,000 Sum for soup, bread, main dish and beer).
Cons: 15% surcharge on top. mentioned in the menu.
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OliviaRinock
Points +67
Wonderful Options! - Edit
Best meal I've had in Uzbekistan so far. There are many labeled vegetarian options (I inferred what was vegan from the other HappyCow reviews). The food is delicious, and I was so happy to find some traditional Uzbekistan options to try! The staff was super friendly. English menu available as well.
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t0mmm
Points +33
best vege/vegan food i’ve found in uzbekistan. - Edit
very friendly staff who could speak some english. The food didn’t look the best but tasted nice. one of the best restaurants to have a big meal that’s full of nutrients. would go again.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2026-04-14
Pros: service, plenty of beans
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AliceMedolago
Points +143
Finally some good food! - Edit
It’s so hard to find vegan food in Uzbekistan, this restaurant was exactly what I needed! The proprietary is so nice and he understands what vegan means. He can recommend what to eat and adapt it to make it vegan. He always double check with the kitchen to make sure. Amazing ❤️
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2026-04-07
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SophiaRosengarten
Points +36
Manti und Elixier - Edit
Ich habe Manti und Shilpildoq gegessen und war super begeistert. Komplett vegan würde ich sagen, ist das Restaurant nicht, aber die Menschen dort sind super nett und helfen gerne weiter. Der Salat "Elexier" ist fantastisch und könnte auch vegan sein.
Read moreSuper sweet und ganz schlicht eingerichtet, aber man fühlt sich trotzdem sehr sehr wohl!
Pros: Super freundlich, Süßes Ambiente
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CarolineMH
Points +66
Lovely restaurant - Edit
Beautiful, quiet, calm restaurant. Was great to actually see the word 'vegan' in an Uzbek restaurant. I had the vegan plov which was good simple fare and, if I'm honest, a little bland, although the garlicky beetroot, carrot and cabbage salad was a perfect accompaniment.
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raul_mmm
Points +128
Vegan options on the menu. - Edit
One of the few places in Samarkand where I found vegan dishes on the menu. The food was not so good, though. Went in nov/2025.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2026-03-22
Pros: Vegan options
Cons: Quality
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Bhavalayrian
Points +47
Several vegetarian options - Edit
Clean, calm and well decorated sophisticated restaurant with a beautiful fireplace. Mashkichiri is a nutritious mung bean and black eye bean dish that filled me without anything else. Slightly bland but seems healthy and hearty (ask for lemon). Pilaf vegetarian might be a more universal choice, but I enjoyed my dish. Several vegetarian options in a genuinely nice restaurant. Feels upmarket. Taxi goes right to their door, easy to find.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2026-03-20
Pros: Ambience / decoration, Food presentation and quality, Vegetarian options
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Simon3107
Points +64
Lot's of vegetarian versions of meat dishes - Edit
You can get nearly every dish as a vegetarian option, they even wite that on their menu. Tastes fine, but is not especially cheap.
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Shre
Points +91
Good options but could taste better - Edit
Plenty of vegetarian options, especially the salads, and some can be made vegan. Only place I could find veggie plov at. Also tried the veggie lagman. Taste was average. Service was excellent though, the staff were so attentive and accomodating.
Read morePros: Veggie options, Veggie version of national dish, Service
Cons: Average taste, Cash only
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AlexMichael
Points +208
Vegan plov - Edit
Great service, many Veggie options that can be veganised. Helpful and friendly staff
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WhereIsOrtica
Points +169
Good and easy - Edit
Very friendly staff with good english, menu has some vegetarian and vegan options (lot of salads, plow and manti seemed vegan - ask for no egg in plow & ask for confirmation). Not very crowed but we visited at 4PM.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2024-10-31
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john2304
Points +209
Amazing food - Edit
I love the many options that vegetarians can have, especially the vegetarian plov ♥️ the prices are great and the team is very nice
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beeco
Points +121
Excellent - Edit
Really good range of vegan and vegetarian options of traditional Uzbek food. It was all tasty and varied. The owner is friendly and helpful. Best we had in the country
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HayleeLouise
Points +130
Amazing food!! Quality service!! Great price!! - Edit
All three dishes I had, the elixer salad, oriental veg manti and veggie pilaf were incredibly tasty and delicious! The staff were also kind and friendly! Don’t miss this place!
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kirsten309
Points +226
Happy to find a Uzbek veg friendly place - Edit
Place was lovely, had several Uzbek dishes with were vegetarian or vegan. We had the Plov which was vegan and tasty, and the Shilpildok (which comes with yoghurt, but it can be left out if you ask), and the elixir salad (with beetroot). All tasty and happy I found options I could eat. Staff is really friendly and helpful. We paid €13 in total including drink.
Read morePros: Vegan options (which is rare in Uzbekistan), Reasonable prices
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Jspears
Points +1726
Decent for Uzbekistan - Edit
Knowing Uzbekistan is a hard country for vegan food, we know a good option is to get Lobio, Lavash, and a salad and then put it all together for a burrito-style meal that’s pretty tasty (kid approved). They also had somsa, and lagman. Just make sure to tell them your preferences since veganism isn’t well understood in the country nor is it common. We came late at night which means they ran out of the vegetarian plov which was really disappointing since that was the reason we came to the restaurant (not near many of the tourist sites).
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2023-09-03
Pros: Cheap, Quick Service, Friendly
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ViolaLidia
Points +15
Vegan/vegetarian choice and kind staff - Edit
Staff was really kind and helpful. We had a good and fresh salad (apple, carrots and raisins), a passable vegetarian somsa (small portion with not much filling in it) and very good and light vegetarian dumplings.
Read morePrice was okay!
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TadejBreznik
Points +43
Questionably vegetarian - Edit
We went to this restaurant as it had good reviews. I ordered the “vegetarian” lagman (noodle dish in some kind of soup with vegetables), for which the waiter ensured that is vegetarian, long story short, I found two pieces of meat. Since the dish came very quick, I doubt they had the time to make a separate vegetable soup stock. I assume they serve the “vegetarian” lagman by just picking out the meat from the ordinary lagman. The other side dishes we ordered were also not particularly good. We left with very bad aftertaste.
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Nicolaswdf
Points +23
Great place to eat in a strong meat cultural country - Edit
The restaurant is nice with an outside and inside (w/ AC) location to eat. If vegetarian or vegan, precise it to the owner who will prepare a tailor made vegetarian or vegan Plov, the national Ouzbek dish. Others VG dishes were available: samsas, salads, etc. The staff is also very friendly and accommodating.
Read morePros: Vegetarian options, Traditional dishes VG, Nice staff
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Adeline.b
Points +58
Vegetarian plov and other Uzbek receipes adaptations - Edit
Lot of vegetarian options and it's not vegetables salad but Uzbek traditional receipes adaptation. The owner is very nice and will take care of you. I really advice this restaurant and I tried the vegetarian plov, samsa and mantu.
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BrusselsSprout
Points +109
Vegan… but not really! - Edit
The owner is very friendly and helpful, but the «vegan» lagman we ordered came with two small pieces of meat in it, which seems to corroborate the suspicion raised by the reviewer below that the meat is simply removed before serving. We were also not 100% sure about the broth of the two soups we ordered - despite the owner’s insistence that these were vegan…
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2022-08-07
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raelo
Points +699
Be careful - Edit
I ordered the veg plov, and it arrived after 3 minutes, i highly doubt they had prepared a vegan version of plov. And the color it had and everything looked like it was cooked with meat, just removed... disgusting experience. I also ordered the manti, but who can trust now...
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Happymouse
Points +489
Great food - Edit
We had a tasty Laghman here (vegan) as well as a veggie stew and the somsa. We also asked if he could prepare us a vegan bean salad (the owner speaks English and knows veganism) and the beans came with garlic, dill and oil, finally something a bit different than the cucumber-tomato-combination!
Read morePros: Tasty laghman & bean salad, Cheap
Cons: Portions are not very big
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guidoclaessen
Points +22
Samarkand, vegi 2022 - Edit
Nice place with good vegetarian options. Very friendly people.
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