Local Restaurant Xiva Kafe Milliy taomlar and Central park hostel — Restaurant in Khiva

Good food, reasonable price, friendly atmosphere, English menu.

I agree with all of the previous positive reviews about this restaurant. It is a relaxing no-frill type of restaurant where you can eat tasty Uzbek + Khiva food at a reasonable price. If you are on the hunt for "cheap" food, I wouldn't particularly recommend this place, but if you are in search of good tasting food at the family owned restaurant and willing to pay for it, then I would definitely recommend this place. The restaurant has English menu, so it was easy to order my food.

I had Lagman in Tashkent and Samarkand, but the Lagman from this restaurant was by far the best one I've had in Uzbekistan so far. I also ordered Somsa that was juicy and flavorful. I initially didn't understand why it needed the sauce as it was great without, but the right amount of tomato based sauce on super juicy Somsa created an interesting flavor. I appreciate the sauce more after experimenting the amount of sauce to put on Somsa.

To the owner: Is there a reason you don't list your restaurant on Tripadvisor? Restaurants for tourists in Khiva are very limited. I wonder if more tourists could enjoy your restaurant if you put it on Tripadvisor. I wouldn't have known about your restaurant if I happened to...

The food was more expensive, less tasty, and in smaller portion than in others towns.

We ordered a local soup, "shivit oshi" (local pasta), and a piece of bread. We received a half piece of bread (for 10.000 sums), it was tasteless, you can find the exact same bread 2min away in a small supermarket where it cost only 3.000 soms (the full piece). The rest of the food was similar, my soup was not at all as described nor like on the photos (consisting of a piece of fat with a bit of meat, a potato, an other vegetable I couldn't recognize, some water and some dill). The pasta were "ok" but again not at all like described and we received a complimentary long hair with the dish!

Total price was 65 000 soms but the owner decided to round it at 70 000 soms ("service" was the explanation)

The owners (probably husband and wife) were quite friendly. I don't often write comments especially bad one so I'm sorry to do this but I can't recommend this place and I really can't understand the good reviews (perhaps the owner changed or it's not the same...

The food was average, but not bad. Unfortunately I can not recommend because of staff. After we paid (they counted more for service which was not mentioned, but it was not much so we didn’t care) they didn’t bring us back change- we waited some time but then we saw the waitress talking on phone, later with some friend etc. After 10-15min we went to her but she pretended she didn’t know what we ask about, later she gave us back the rest of our money. Edit: yes we ate in restaurant 15th June 2025, I’m adding...