Zaandukki — Restaurant in Bishkek City

Honestly, the food was OUT OF THIS WORLD. Cannot heap enough praises for it. BUT. And there’s a veeerrry big ‘but’ coming - the staff and owners are extremely rude, snobbish and racist. Looking at the colour of our skin, seeing that we were Indians, they made us shift tables and move to the back of the restaurant, hidden away from everyone’s view. They would also never come to our table to take the order. We always had to go up to them for any request. It was very unfortunate. Because I really wanted to like this restaurant for how good the food was, but I guess all credits to the chefs. That’s the only reason this restaurant is doing well. They were also looking visibly miffed and annoyed that we brought our 1.5 year old baby (not like she was making noise). Again, at the end of the meal, did not bring the bill. We had to go up to them to pay. Very...

I do not recommend you this place at all. We order Chashushuli and Khinkali. Where Chashushuli was super watery like a soup, it wasn’t boiled and steamed enough. Tomatoes and meat were hard to eat, not soft and steamed, how the beef stew supposed to be. Attention!!! This meal had a LOT OF GARLIC in it! (Difficult for digestion) Look at pictures to see the difference! Exceptions VS Reality. Khinkali, very small and had pretty strange flavor. When we kindly shared our feedback about the food, the waitress Bermet was rude and ignored us, she just turned her back to us and walked away, but saying other people...

Lunch here was a delight — I had lamb rib soup (very homey and flavorful, but the single rib I got could’ve used a little more cooking time, flavor was fortified with bits of fat and soft bone), cold tongue with horseradish cream (tender but slightly oversauced), and a whole dorado cooked in grape leaves and with nut sauce (very tasty with the sauce and cooked well because the leaves helped shield it from overcooking). Service is on the relaxed side, decor is nice, but there were several small, annoying flies in the air. Price is very reasonable, would...