Old City: Chorsu and Hazrati Imam
4.5 km · 3 h on foot · the UNESCO dome, the madrasahs and the Quran that moved · 7 stops
- Chorsu (metro)
- Chorsu Bozori
- Kukeldash
- Baroqxon
- Hazrati Imom
- Muyi Muborak
- Civilización Islámica
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This interactive map of Tashkent (Uzbekistan) brings together 145 hand-picked places: 55 attractions, 42 restaurants, 25 cafés and 23 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
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4.5 km · 3 h on foot · the UNESCO dome, the madrasahs and the Quran that moved · 7 stops
5 km · 3 h by metro and on foot · seven of the ten buildings inscribed in July 2026 · 7 stops
3.5 km · half a day · reach the plov before 1 pm or it's gone · 7 stops
4 km · 4 h · the koryo-saram trail, the bazaars and third-wave coffee · 7 stops
4.5 km · 4 h · cheap opera, the clock stopped at 5:23 and the Tashkent being built · 7 stops
Islom sivilizatsiyasi markazi · Olmazor
Uzbekistan's most ambitious museum opened in March 2026 under a 40 m dome: 2,000 objects, four themed halls and, beneath the dome, the Quran Hall.
Tip: The Uthman Quran is NO longer at Hazrati Imom: it moved here and was unveiled on 13 Nov 2025. Two-hour guided tour: 60,000 som adults, 25,000 for ages 7-17. Allow 3 hours and cover shoulders and knees.
🚇 G'afur G'ulom metro (O'zbekiston line), 12 min walk
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Show on mapHazrati Imom majmuasi · Olmazor
Tashkent's religious heart: two 53 m minarets, brick courtyards and the cluster of madrasas and mosques that outlived the 1966 quake.
Tip: The courtyard is free and open all day. Note: the Uthman Quran moved to the Center for Islamic Civilization, 400 m away. Bring a scarf for the working mosque.
🚇 G'afur G'ulom metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapMo'yi Muborak madrasasi · Olmazor
The small 16th-century madrasah that guarded the Uthman Quran for decades, now a library and manuscript room.
Tip: Heads-up POI: most guides still send you here for 'the oldest Quran'. The manuscript left in 2025. Still worth it for the other manuscripts and tilework, but the Mushaf is gone.
🚇 G'afur G'ulom metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapBaroqxon madrasasi · Olmazor
A 16th-century madrasah with a blue majolica portal and cells turned into artisan workshops and carpet shops.
Tip: Go into the back cells: that's where the hand-embroidered suzani is made. Ask to see the reverse of the cloth — it's the only honest way to tell hand from machine work.
🚇 G'afur G'ulom metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapTilla Shayx masjidi · Olmazor
A 19th-century mosque of carved wooden columns and painted ceilings, still in daily use for prayer.
Tip: It's a working mosque: avoid prayer times, take your shoes off at the door, and women need to cover their heads. The wooden front gallery is the best part.
🚇 G'afur G'ulom metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapKaffol Shoshiy maqbarasi · Olmazor
The 16th-century tomb of jurist and poet Abu Bakr Kaffol Shoshiy, Tashkent's patron saint and the complex's oldest building.
Tip: This is a pilgrimage site, not an attraction: you'll see people praying with open palms. Watch, don't interrupt. Free entry.
🚇 G'afur G'ulom metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapHazrati Imom masjidi · Olmazor
The Friday mosque built in 2007, with turquoise domes and twin minarets that dominate the whole old quarter.
Tip: Friday midday it fills up and is no time to sightsee. Come mid-afternoon: the light hits the portal tilework head-on.
🚇 G'afur G'ulom metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapKo'kaldosh madrasasi · Shayxontohur
The 16th-century madrasah planted on the Chorsu hill, still a working Quranic school, with its giant brick portal.
Tip: Climb the embankment by the entrance: from there you see Chorsu's whole blue dome — the best old-city photo, for free.
🚇 Chorsu metro (O'zbekiston line), 3 min walk
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Show on mapChorsu bozori · Shayxontohur
The 1980 blue dome UNESCO listed as World Heritage in July 2026: meat, dairy and spices inside, produce ringing it, clothing at its base.
Tip: The dome is NOT the cooked-food zone: inside it's meat, dairy and spices. Dried fruit and nuts are in the outer ring, and that's where you haggle. Produce 8 am to 8 pm.
🚇 Chorsu metro (O'zbekiston line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapMinor masjidi · Yunusobod
The white-marble mosque opened in 2014 beside the Anhor canal: spotless façade, turquoise dome and a startlingly bright interior.
Tip: Free entry and photos are allowed inside, which is rare. Best light is early morning, before the marble blows out to pure white.
🚇 Bodomzor metro (Yunusobod line), 10 min walk
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Show on mapShayx Zayniddin jome masjidi · Shayxontohur
A 12th-century mausoleum with a conical dome tucked into the Ko'kcha quarter, far from every tour bus.
Tip: It sits in a residential neighbourhood with no English signage: save the pin on your phone before you set out. The brick mausoleum at the back is the genuinely old part.
🚇 Tinchlik metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapSamarqand darvoza · Shayxontohur
The spot where one of the twelve gates of Tashkent's city wall once stood, now a modern monument on the old city's edge.
Tip: Nothing of the actual wall survives: this is a commemorative monument. Useful as a starting point to walk into Chorsu through the old quarter.
🚇 Milliy Bog' metro (Chilonzor line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapNavoiy teatri · Mirobod
Shchusev's opera and ballet house — the one major building left unharmed by the 1966 earthquake, and the cheapest place in Central Asia to see opera.
Tip: The 1996 plaque speaks of 'Japanese citizens deported from the Far East', not prisoners — the wording is deliberate. Tickets from about 50,000 som, sold at the theatre box office.
🚇 Mustaqillik maydoni metro (Chilonzor line), 8 min walk
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Show on mapMardlik (Mujestvo) yodgorligi · Yunusobod
The split granite cube marking the epicentre of the 26 April 1966 earthquake, its clock frozen at 5:23 am.
Tip: Look at the bronze clock on the split block: it reads 5:23, the exact moment of the quake. Always open, always free, and floodlit at night.
🚇 Abdulla Qodiriy metro (Yunusobod line), 11 min walk
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Show on mapMustaqillik maydoni · Mustaqillik maydoni
The country's largest square, with the storks' arch, the Uzbekistan globe and fountains running well into the night.
Tip: The sixteen storks on the Arch of Good Hope are the emblem of independence. Come at dusk: the fountains switch on and the pavement stops radiating heat.
🚇 Mustaqillik maydoni metro (Chilonzor line), 4 min walk
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Show on mapAmir Temur xiyoboni · Amir Temur xiyoboni
The leafy central roundabout with Tamerlane on horseback, ringed by the Hotel Uzbekistan and the Timurid museum.
Tip: Kaufman, Stalin, Marx and now Temur have all stood on this same plinth: it's the most-recycled monument in Central Asia.
🚇 Amir Temur xiyoboni metro (Chilonzor line), 4 min walk
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Show on mapToshkent teleminorasi · Yunusobod
375 m of 1985 steel with a glazed observation deck and revolving restaurant — Central Asia's tallest structure.
Tip: Bring your passport: there's an airport-style security check and they sometimes ask. Open 10 am to 8 pm. With this week's heavy air, the view loses half the horizon.
🚇 Shahriston metro (Yunusobod line), 11 min walk
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Show on mapToshkent davlat sirki · Shayxontohur
The 1976 concrete flying saucer, one of the ten Tashkent modernist buildings UNESCO inscribed in July 2026.
Tip: Even if you skip the show, walk around it: the pierced concrete cornice is the best detail in local modernism. Performances mostly at weekends.
🚇 G'afur G'ulom metro (O'zbekiston line), 5 min walk
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Show on mapO'zbekiston tarixi davlat muzeyi · Mustaqillik maydoni
The national museum inside a 1970 modernist box UNESCO listed in 2026: Fayaztepa Buddhism, Sogdiana and the Silk Road.
Tip: Closed Mondays. Open 10 am to 5 pm; foreigner tickets run about USD 4-6. The reclining Buddha from Fayaztepa, on the ground floor, is what justifies the visit.
🚇 Mustaqillik maydoni metro (Chilonzor line), 5 min walk
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Show on mapO'zbekiston davlat san'at muzeyi · Mirobod
Russian and Uzbek painting, court costume and decorative arts, inside another of the ten buildings UNESCO inscribed in 2026.
Tip: Closed Mondays, open 10 am to 5 pm. The 19th-century Russian Orientalist painting room is the strongest and almost always empty.
🚇 Ming O'rik metro (Yunusobod line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapAmaliy san'at muzeyi · Yakkasaroy
Diplomat Polovtsev's house, decorated in 1907 by Turkestan's finest craftsmen — the building itself is the main exhibit.
Tip: Don't look at the cases, look up: the carved ganch ceilings and painted panels are the point. Open 9 am to 6 pm, about USD 2-4.
🚇 Kosmonavtlar metro (O'zbekiston line), 8 min walk
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Show on mapTemuriylar tarixi davlat muzeyi · Amir Temur xiyoboni
The 1996 turquoise-domed rotunda devoted to Amir Temur and his dynasty, with a monumental chandelier under the dome.
Tip: Open 9 am to 6 pm, about USD 3-5. The Samarkand model on the first floor sorts your head out before you head south.
🚇 Amir Temur xiyoboni metro (Chilonzor line), 5 min walk
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Show on mapQatag'on qurbonlari xotirasi muzeyi · Yunusobod
The canalside memorial telling the story of tsarist and Stalinist purges, on the ground where executions were carried out and hidden.
Tip: Entry is free, open 9 am to 6 pm. The memorial rotunda and the Shahidlar Xotirasi alley next door are part of the visit.
🚇 Shahriston metro (Yunusobod line), 9 min walk
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Show on mapTemir yo'l texnikasi muzeyi · Mirobod
A trackside yard of German, American and Soviet steam locomotives you can touch — and climb into several of them.
Tip: It's open-air with almost no shade: go early. Open 9 am to 5 pm, about USD 2-3. It's right by Toshkent station.
🚇 Toshkent metro (O'zbekiston line), 3 min walk
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Show on mapTamara Xonim uy-muzeyi · Mirzo Ulug'bek
The home of the dancer who unveiled herself on stage in 1928, with her hundred-plus dance costumes from across Asia.
Tip: It's a private house turned museum: best to call ahead or go mid-morning. Sometimes the guide sings one of the songs from her repertoire.
🚇 Hamid Olimjon metro (Chilonzor line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapOqsaroy ilmiy-ma'rifiy majmuasi · Yakkasaroy
The memorial and museum to Islam Karimov, the first president, in a marble pavilion with symmetrical gardens.
Tip: Free entry with a permanent guard. It's an official, uncritical narrative: read it as such, and watch how Uzbeks who come to lay flowers use it.
🚇 Kosmonavtlar metro (O'zbekiston line), 7 min walk
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Show on mapXalqlar do'stligi saroyi · Chilonzor
The 1981 concert hall seating four thousand behind concrete latticework — another of the ten UNESCO inscribed in 2026.
Tip: Look at the screens: they're traditional Uzbek panjara translated into concrete, and that crossover is exactly what UNESCO rewarded. The exterior is always viewable.
🚇 Xalqlar Do'stligi metro (Chilonzor line), 5 min walk
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Show on mapMarkaziy ko'rgazmalar zali · Yakkasaroy
The 1974 Academy of Arts hall, with rotating shows of contemporary Uzbek art and another 2026 UNESCO inscription.
Tip: Shows change every few weeks and are usually free. Check the board at the door: there's no reliable online calendar.
🚇 Kosmonavtlar metro (O'zbekiston line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapAlisher Navoiy nomidagi kino saroyi (Panorama) · Shayxontohur
The 1964 panoramic cinema with its curved concrete canopy, now UNESCO listed and still screening films.
Tip: It's the oldest of the ten UNESCO buildings (1962-1964). Step into the lobby at least: the mosaic and staircase are original.
🚇 Paxtakor metro (Chilonzor line), 5 min walk
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Show on mapO'zbekiston mehmonxonasi · Mirzo Ulug'bek
The curved 1974 façade with its concrete grid — the most photographed Soviet building in the city.
Tip: Note: it is NOT on the 2026 UNESCO list, though everyone assumes it is. For the shot, cross to Amir Temur Square and shoot it head-on at dusk.
🚇 Amir Temur xiyoboni metro (Chilonzor line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapKosmonavtlar bekati · Yakkasaroy
The 1984 station devoted to the space race: blue ceramic medallions of Gagarin, Tereshkova and Ulugh Beg on a cobalt ground.
Tip: It's the only metro station UNESCO inscribed in 2026. Photography underground was banned until 1 June 2018: today it's allowed, no flash, no tripod.
🚇 Kosmonavtlar metro (O'zbekiston line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapAlisher Navoiy bekati · Shayxontohur
Blue brick domes and panels illustrating Navoi's poems: the station that mimics a madrasah below street level.
Tip: It's the most ornate on the network after Kosmonavtlar. Use the northern staircase: the domes read better from there.
🚇 Alisher Navoiy metro (O'zbekiston line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapMustaqillik maydoni bekati · Mustaqillik maydoni
One of the nine original 1977 stations, with fluted white marble columns and spherical lamps.
Tip: Until 1991 it was Ploshchad Lenina: if you're using an old map, that name is gone. It's the natural exit for Independence Square.
🚇 Mustaqillik maydoni metro (Chilonzor line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapPaxtakor bekati · Shayxontohur
Mosaics of cotton bolls bursting open across the walls: the station dedicated to the pickers and to the football club.
Tip: It's the interchange with the blue line (Alisher Navoiy): the transfer corridor is decorated and most people walk through without looking.
🚇 Paxtakor metro (Chilonzor line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapToshkent bekati · Mirobod
The station at the rail terminal, with ceramic murals devoted to the city rebuilt after the earthquake.
Tip: This is the stop for the Afrosiyob train to Samarkand. Buy tickets days ahead: they sell out, especially at weekends.
🚇 Toshkent metro (O'zbekiston line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapBodomzor bekati · Yunusobod
Ceramic panels of almond trees in blossom on a pale ground, on the green Yunusobod line.
Tip: Bodomzor means almond grove, and the cladding illustrates it. It's the easiest stop for the Japanese Garden and the TV Tower.
🚇 Bodomzor metro (Yunusobod line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapChorsu bekati · Shayxontohur
The bazaar station, clad in green and turquoise ceramics copying the old city's tile patterns.
Tip: The north exit drops you fifty paces from the blue dome. The south exit opens onto Kukeldash madrasah: pick by what you came for.
🚇 Chorsu metro (O'zbekiston line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapYapon bog'i · Yunusobod
A stroll garden with a lake, wooden bridges and a tea house, designed by Japanese landscapers inside Victory Park.
Tip: Late October is its best week: the maples are in colour and weekdays are quiet. There's an entry fee and it closes at sundown.
🚇 Bodomzor metro (Yunusobod line), 4 min walk
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Show on mapAlisher Navoiy milliy bog'i · Chilonzor
The big park on the city's south side, with a lake, the monumental Navoi statue and groves of century-old plane trees.
Tip: Free and open all day. The chinar plane trees on the central avenue are at full yellow this week — this is where locals walk in autumn.
🚇 Milliy Bog' metro (Chilonzor line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapToshkent Siti bog'i · Shayxontohur
The 18.7-hectare park of the new financial district, with the country's largest fountain and glass towers all around.
Tip: Careful with superlatives: the district is still a building site and the towers open one at a time. The park is finished and the fountain runs at dusk.
🚇 Alisher Navoiy metro (O'zbekiston line), 7 min walk
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Show on mapMagic City · Chilonzor
A theme park of stage-set castles, a dancing-fountain lake and a nightly light show, hugely popular with families.
Tip: The grounds open by day, but the fountain and light show is after dark — that's when it's worth it. Entry to the grounds is free; rides are extra.
🚇 Milliy Bog' metro (Chilonzor line), 10 min walk
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Show on mapHumo Arena · Chilonzor
The 12,500-seat indoor arena shaped like a bird in flight, home to ice hockey, concerts and the national team.
Tip: Humo means phoenix in Uzbek and the building draws it. It keeps its original name, with no sponsor attached: don't look for another.
🚇 O'zbekiston metro (O'zbekiston line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapMilliy stadion · Uchtepa
The 34,000-seat national stadium opened in 2012, home to Uzbekistan's national side and FC Bunyodkor.
Tip: It was renamed on 11 June 2018: once Bunyodkor Stadioni, now Milliy. FC Bunyodkor still plays here, but the stadium's name changed.
🚇 Mirzo Ulug'bek metro (Chilonzor line), 3 min walk
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Show on mapPaxtakor markaziy stadioni · Shayxontohur
Pakhtakor's historic ground in the city centre, with the memorial to the team killed in the 1979 air disaster.
Tip: Don't confuse it with the Milliy: Pakhtakor plays here, not there. In 1979 the whole squad died in a mid-air collision and there's a memorial on site.
🚇 Paxtakor metro (Chilonzor line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapToshkent Shimoliy vokzali · Mirobod
The main rail terminal, where the Afrosiyob to Samarkand leaves and arrives in a little over two hours.
Tip: You enter with your passport through an airport-style check: arrive 40 minutes early. Afrosiyob tickets sell out days in advance.
🚇 Toshkent metro (O'zbekiston line), 3 min walk
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Show on mapIslom Karimov nomidagi Toshkent xalqaro aeroporti · Sergeli
The international terminal 12 km from the centre, the country's gateway while the new airport is built.
Tip: Myth to break: there is no metro station at the airport. The nearest, Tolariq, is 1.5 km away. Take bus 67 to Oybek or order a Yandex Go; avoid the touts at the door.
🚇 Tolariq metro (Halqa yo'li line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapOloy bozori · Yunusobod
The tidiest central bazaar, refurbished and roofed, famous for seasonal fruit and dried-fruit stalls.
Tip: It's anor (pomegranate) and xurmo (persimmon) season: they're piled high and you can taste before buying. Pricier than Chorsu, but far calmer.
🚇 Abdulla Qodiriy metro (Yunusobod line), 4 min walk
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Show on mapMirobod bozori · Mirobod
The Korean quarter's market: spicy salads, morkovcha, homemade kimchi and one of the few places selling pork.
Tip: Find the aisle of Korean women: morkovcha (spicy carrot), funchoza and kimchi, all offered on a toothpick. It's the trace of the koryo-saram deported in 1937.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), 10 min walk
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Show on mapYangiobod baraholkasi · Yashnobod
The barakholka: Soviet badges, Raketa watches, samovars, Zenit cameras and anything anyone wants rid of.
Tip: Saturday and Sunday mornings are when it happens, and many antique sellers pack up by noon. Don't confuse it with the Yangiobod produce bazaar, which is elsewhere.
🚇 Yangiobod metro (Halqa yo'li line), 7 min walk
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Show on mapFleshka texno-bozori (Malika) · Shayxontohur
The electronics market where anything with a screen gets fixed, unlocked or sold.
Tip: If your charger dies or you need an adapter, this is the place and it costs a fraction. Haggle: the first price quoted to a foreigner is always higher.
🚇 Bodomzor metro (Yunusobod line), 14 min walk
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Show on mapUsmon Qur'oni ko'rgazmasi (bo'sh) · Olmazor
The spot every map still marks as 'the world's oldest Quran', inside the Muyi Muborak.
Tip: Two corrections: the Mushaf moved to the Center for Islamic Civilization in 2025, and UNESCO listed it in Memory of the World as one of the oldest surviving Qurans, not as 'the oldest in the world'.
🚇 G'afur G'ulom metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
Featured in: UNESCO Memoria del Mundo · iccu.uz 2025
Show on mapPaxtakor-79 yodgorligi · Yashnobod
The monument to the seventeen Pakhtakor players killed in the 1979 mid-air collision over Dniprodzerzhynsk.
Tip: There are always fresh flowers: the city has not forgotten. It stands in Botkin cemetery, east of the centre.
🚇 Mashinasozlar metro (O'zbekiston line), 13 min walk
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Show on mapO'zbekiston davlat tabiat muzeyi · Olmazor
A natural history museum with steppe and desert dioramas, and a room on the drying of the Aral Sea.
Tip: The Aral Sea room explains Central Asia's biggest environmental disaster better than any leaflet. About USD 2-4.
🚇 Chorsu metro (O'zbekiston line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapTemir yo'l texnikasi muzeyi pavilyoni · Mirobod
The railway museum's covered pavilion, with models, uniforms and the story of the Transcaspian railway.
Tip: If the air is heavy or it rains, this is the part of the museum you can see under cover. Same ticket.
🚇 Toshkent metro (O'zbekiston line), 5 min walk
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Show on mapAlisher Navoiy nomidagi O'zbekiston Milliy kutubxonasi · Markaz
The national library in a monumental 2000s building, with open reading rooms and exhibitions.
Tip: Foreigners can enter with a passport. It's the city's best refuge on a bad-air day: quiet, climate-controlled and free.
🚇 Mustaqillik maydoni metro (Chilonzor line), 5 min walk
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Show on mapBesh Qozon o'rta osiyo osh markazi · Yunusobod
The two-metre cauldrons where thousands of portions of osh are cooked each morning, at the foot of the TV Tower.
Tip: Opens at 11 and closes when the plov runs out, often before 2 pm. Go at 11:30. Head up to the terrace to watch the cauldrons uncovered — that's the moment.
🚇 Shahriston metro (Yunusobod line), 8 min walk
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Show on mapMoviy Gumbazlar · Yakkasaroy
A white-tablecloth classic under blue domes, serving the full Uzbek repertoire properly.
Tip: Order the norin, the cold hand-cut noodles with horse meat that rarely make tourist menus. Book at weekends: it fills with family parties.
🚇 Kosmonavtlar metro (O'zbekiston line), 3 min walk
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Show on mapAfsona · Mirobod
Modern Uzbek cooking in a tiled, timber-lined room, built so a foreigner can read the menu without losing the soul of it.
Tip: Careful: there are five 'Afsona' in town. This is the one on Shevchenko, in Mirobod. Order the wedding plov and the pumpkin manti.
🚇 Ming O'rik metro (Yunusobod line), 3 min walk
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Show on mapCaravan · Yakkasaroy
A vine-covered courtyard with carpets and live musicians: the Uzbek restaurant that most feels like a country house.
Tip: Order the tandir somsa straight from the oven and the lamb shashlik. The courtyard is the good part: if they seat you inside, ask to move.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapEmber & Embar · Yunusobod
A contemporary grill with open fire and a short menu of aged meats and vegetables cooked over coals.
Tip: Book ahead: the room is small and fills Thursday to Saturday. Sit at the counter facing the fire if you're one or two.
🚇 Yunus Rajabiy metro (Yunusobod line), 2 min walk
Featured in: VisitTashkent 2026 · OSM
Show on mapFillet · Yakkasaroy
Steaks and international cooking in one of the city's best-rated dining rooms, in the heart of Yakkasaroy.
Tip: One of the few places in town where the steak arrives at the doneness you asked for. Book for weekend dinner.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapPro. Khinkali · Yakkasaroy
Georgian khinkali, Adjarian khachapuri and Caucasian wine in an informal room that never stops.
Tip: Hold the khinkali by the topknot, bite and drink the broth; you don't eat the knot. Order six per person and skip the cutlery.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapXon Chopon · Olmazor
Neighbourhood Uzbek cooking in Olmazor, with its own tandir and somsa coming out of the oven in front of you.
Tip: Order the somsa the moment it comes out: the pastry shatters and the lamb juices are still hot. Ten minutes later it's not the same thing.
🚇 G'afur G'ulom metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapMinor somsa · Yunusobod
Yunusobod's benchmark somsa shop: tandir pastries of lamb, pumpkin and potato, all day long.
Tip: It's pumpkin season: the qovoq somsa is at its peak until December. Pocket change, eaten standing up.
🚇 Bodomzor metro (Yunusobod line), 9 min walk
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Show on mapPlov va somsa Ivlevda · Yakkasaroy
A small neighbourhood spot where the plov goes from cauldron to plate with no stops, at local prices.
Tip: People who work nearby come at midday. If you turn up after 2 pm the plov has most likely run out.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), 13 min walk
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Show on mapSomsa va osh markazi · Yakkasaroy
A no-frills plov and somsa centre: big cauldron, plain tables and fast turnover at lunchtime.
Tip: Order the osh with a glass of kok choy (green tea): the tea cuts the lamb fat and it's what everyone here drinks.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), 7 min walk
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Show on mapSodam · Mirobod
Tashkent Korean cooking, the food of the koryo-saram deported in 1937: this isn't Seoul, it's Central Asia.
Tip: Order kuksi, the cold noodle soup that is the koryo-saram signature, and morkovcha to start. Don't look for it in Seoul: it doesn't exist there.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), 9 min walk
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Show on mapMannam · Yakkasaroy
A Korean restaurant with no English menu, full of Tashkent Korean families on Sundays.
Tip: There's no English menu: point at what the next table is eating, which is how everyone handles it. The banchan arrive automatically.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), 13 min walk
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Show on mapSeul koreys restorani · Yakkasaroy
Korean tabletop barbecue in Yakkasaroy, with the full run of banchan and spicy stews.
Tip: Order the pork barbecue: in a Muslim country it's not a given, and it's exactly what the Korean community comes here for.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapSeul · Mirobod
A neighbourhood Korean-Chinese dining room, opened by deported families and still run by their grandchildren.
Tip: The cold noodle soup and the funchoza define this kitchen. Also order pigodi, the stuffed steamed bun that is pure Tashkent.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), 8 min walk
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Show on mapKoinot restorani · Yunusobod
The revolving restaurant in the TV Tower, at 109 m: one full turn around the city every hour.
Tip: The food is fine; the view is the main course. Book a window table and bring your passport for the tower's security check.
🚇 Shahriston metro (Yunusobod line), 11 min walk
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Show on mapSarbon · Yunusobod
National cooking in a large Yunusobod dining room, the kind locals use for family lunch.
Tip: Start with shurpa: the lamb broth with whole vegetables is the autumn dish par excellence here.
🚇 Bodomzor metro (Yunusobod line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapLali · Yunusobod
A Yunusobod rooftop restaurant with a city view and a menu crossing Uzbek with European.
Tip: The terrace is still open in October with heaters. Ask for a table upstairs when you book or they'll seat you indoors.
🚇 Minor metro (Yunusobod line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapJumanji · Yakkasaroy
Grill and chef's cooking with an Uzbek stamp, in a Yakkasaroy house with a garden.
Tip: Order the qazi, the horse sausage eaten in thin cold slices: it's the bite that defines an Uzbek celebration table.
🚇 Kosmonavtlar metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapNavvat · Amir Temur xiyoboni
A local Uzbek chain with a picture menu — a good first meal with no surprises.
Tip: It's named after the rock sugar that comes with tea. Order green tea with navat and the name makes sense.
🚇 Mustaqillik maydoni metro (Chilonzor line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapBek Osiyo · Yakkasaroy
Neighbourhood kebab and charcoal chicken, the sort that works with smoke on the pavement and tables outside.
Tip: Lamb shashlik with raw onion and hot non is the everyday dinner. Arrive before 8 pm or you'll wait for a table.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapAfandim uyg'ur kabobbari · Chilonzor
Uyghur cooking: hand-pulled lagman, cumin-heavy kebabs and the dough worked in front of you.
Tip: Ask for pulled lagman, not cut: it's a different dish. And ask for it spicy — by default they tone it down for foreigners.
🚇 Novza metro (Chilonzor line), 3 min walk
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Show on mapMinor osh markazi · Yunusobod
A plov cauldron in Yunusobod next door to the somsa shop, running on the whole district's lunch rhythm.
Tip: Get there at 12: that's when they lift the lid and the rice still has the top layer of fat, which is the good one.
🚇 Bodomzor metro (Yunusobod line), 9 min walk
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Show on mapChina shashlik · Yunusobod
No-nonsense coals in Yunusobod: lamb, liver and rib skewers, with non and onion.
Tip: Order the jigar (liver) wrapped in lamb-tail fat: it's the skewer locals order and almost no tourist does.
🚇 Bodomzor metro (Yunusobod line), 9 min walk
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Show on mapMONA · Yakkasaroy
Fine dining in Yakkasaroy, with a tasting menu and local produce handled with European technique.
Tip: Uzbekistan has no MICHELIN restaurant guide, so there are no stars to chase here: this is as close to a tasting menu as the city gets.
🚇 Kosmonavtlar metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapAssorti · Mirzo Ulug'bek
A café-restaurant chain locals use for breakfast and working, with an enormous menu.
Tip: Opens early and has stable wifi, which is no small thing here. Useful if you landed at dawn and need to wait out a check-in.
🚇 Amir Temur xiyoboni metro (Chilonzor line), 3 min walk
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Show on mapRaj Kapur · Mirzo Ulug'bek
Long-standing Indian cooking in the centre, with its own tandoor and a strong community crowd.
Tip: A useful option after several days of lamb: it's the most reliable vegetarian food around Oloy.
🚇 Amir Temur xiyoboni metro (Chilonzor line), 3 min walk
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Show on mapOtto · Mirzo Ulug'bek
Pizza, burgers and local dishes in a modern room near Oloy, and it doesn't close early.
Tip: It serves late, which is rare in Tashkent: most kitchens shut at 10 pm. Handy after the theatre.
🚇 Yunus Rajabiy metro (Yunusobod line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapGosht · Shayxontohur
A contemporary grill in Tashkent City: fire-cooked meats, charred vegetables and a short menu.
Tip: It's in the new tower district: pair it with the park and the fountain at dusk, both a short walk away.
🚇 Xalqlar Do'stligi metro (Chilonzor line), 5 min walk
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Show on mapCity 21 Pan Asian · Shayxontohur
Pan-Asian cooking up high inside Tashkent City, looking over the towers and the park.
Tip: Ask for a window table when booking. At night you see the park fountain lit up from above.
🚇 O'zbekiston metro (O'zbekiston line), 5 min walk
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Show on map[KU:] ramen izakaya bar · Yunusobod
A ramen and izakaya counter near Oloy, with long-simmered broths and a short sake list.
Tip: The counter is the best seat and can't be booked: come early or wait. Open late.
🚇 Yunus Rajabiy metro (Yunusobod line), 3 min walk
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Show on mapGamarjoba · Yakkasaroy
A Georgian house in Yakkasaroy: khachapuri, badrijani and amber wine from Kakheti.
Tip: Order the adjaruli khachapuri and stir the yolk into the butter the moment it lands, before it sets.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapEfendi · Mirobod
Turkish cooking with a stone oven and mezze, a favourite for long group dinners.
Tip: Start with the cold mezze and the freshly baked pide. One of the few places where dining late isn't a problem.
🚇 Toshkent metro (O'zbekiston line), 13 min walk
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Show on mapBrauhaus · Mirzo Ulug'bek
A brewpub near Oloy making its own beer, one of the first to open in the city.
Tip: Uzbekistan is Muslim but alcohol is legal and easy to find: this is the most convenient option near the centre.
🚇 Yunus Rajabiy metro (Yunusobod line), 3 min walk
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Show on mapFurusato · Yunusobod
Careful Japanese cooking near Oloy, with sushi and homely simmered dishes.
Tip: It's small and fills up: book. The lunch set is noticeably cheaper than the evening menu.
🚇 Minor metro (Yunusobod line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapSuro restorani · Mirobod
A Korean-Japanese dining room in Yashnobod, with spicy stews and barbecue, well off the tourist trail.
Tip: You're far from the centre: take the metro out on the circle line and order a Yandex Go to get back at night.
🚇 Toshkent metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapXon Saroy · Yunusobod
A Yunusobod banquet hall where to'y — Uzbek weddings of hundreds of guests — are celebrated.
Tip: Peak to'y season ends with the cold: you're in the last weeks of the year for it. If you see a marquee and music outside, that's a wedding.
🚇 Shahriston metro (Yunusobod line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapAffresco · Yakkasaroy
The Caravan group's Italian, with fresh pasta and a wood oven in Yakkasaroy.
Tip: Same group as Caravan: if the courtyard next door is full, there's usually a table here.
🚇 Milliy Bog' metro (Chilonzor line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapSato · Yakkasaroy
The Caravan group's Asian room, with wok dishes, sushi and a menu built for sharing.
Tip: Dishes arrive as they're ready, not all at once: say so if you'd rather they come in waves.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapTomYumBar · Mirobod
Thai cooking in Mirobod, with curries and genuinely hot soups if you ask for them that way.
Tip: By default they tone the heat down for local palates: ask for 'thai spicy' explicitly.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), 8 min walk
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Show on mapThe Curry House · Yakkasaroy
North Indian curries in Yakkasaroy, with bread made to order and plenty of vegetarian options.
Tip: In a lamb city, you eat well here without meat. The lunchtime thali is the best value going.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapRayhon (Qoratosh) · Shayxontohur
An Uzbek family-cooking chain: manti, samsa and plov in generous portions.
Tip: Note: there are several 'Rayhon' branches around town. Order manti and eat them with your hands, which is how it's done.
🚇 Xalqlar Do'stligi metro (Chilonzor line), 8 min walk
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Show on mapYetti Terak choyxonasi · Chilonzor
A neighbourhood teahouse with tapchan, the wooden bed-tables where afternoons pass one teapot at a time.
Tip: Take your shoes off to climb onto the tapchan and sit cross-legged. Order kok choy (green tea): the first cup goes back into the pot three times before serving.
🚇 Milliy Bog' metro (Chilonzor line), 10 min walk
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Show on mapChoyxona Eski Chilonzor · Chilonzor
Old Chilonzor's teahouse: samovar, shaded tapchan and men playing cards all afternoon.
Tip: It's a traditionally male space: nobody will turn you away, but if you're a woman you'll notice. Order tea and non, which is all you need.
🚇 Novza metro (Chilonzor line), 11 min walk
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Show on mapAfsona choyxonasi · Shayxontohur
An Olmazor teahouse with a shaded courtyard and samsa coming out of the tandir beside the tables.
Tip: The Uzbek snack is green tea with samsa and navat. Ask for navat, the big sugar crystals: you suck them, you don't stir them in.
🚇 G'afur G'ulom metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapDoDa choyxonasi · Mirobod
A Mirobod teahouse, handy for a stop between the Korean market and the centre, with tea and simple plates.
Tip: Order shurpa if it's cold: lamb broth with whole vegetables is exactly what people drink this time of year.
🚇 Qiyot metro (Halqa yo'li line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapChoyxona O'zbegim · Yunusobod
A large teahouse in the city's north, the kind that fills with whole families on Sundays.
Tip: Sunday lunchtime is when you see the whole scene. If you want quiet, come on a weekday mid-afternoon.
🚇 Shahriston metro (Yunusobod line), 4 min walk
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Show on mapYopkan non nonvoyxonasi · Shayxontohur
A non bakery beside Chorsu: the bread is slapped onto the tandir wall and comes out stamped with the chekich.
Tip: The pattern in the middle is made by the chekich, a nail stamp. Never lay non face down or cut it with a knife: you tear it by hand.
🚇 Xalqlar Do'stligi metro (Chilonzor line), 11 min walk
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Show on mapToshkent Non · Olmazor
A benchmark bakery in Olmazor, making the thick obi non that defines the capital's bread.
Tip: Tashkent non is thicker and softer than Samarkand's, which keeps for months. Buy one hot and eat it the same day.
🚇 Tinchlik metro (O'zbekiston line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapChorsu nonvoyxonasi · Shayxontohur
A non stall at the bazaar entrance, stacks of fresh bread propped up on the pavement.
Tip: Buy the patir, the flaky version made with lamb fat: it's better and almost nobody takes it.
🚇 Xalqlar Do'stligi metro (Chilonzor line), 10 min walk
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Show on mapMinor somsa do'koni · Yunusobod
Yunusobod's somsa counter, where you buy four at a time and eat them on the pavement.
Tip: Bite one corner first and let the steam out, or you'll burn yourself. The lamb juice is the best bit and it spills if you hold it wrong.
🚇 Bodomzor metro (Yunusobod line), 8 min walk
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Show on mapShavi Coffee Roasters · Mirobod
A Georgian roastery landed in Tashkent, with filter and single-origin espresso that would hold up in any capital.
Tip: Order filter, not espresso: they roast light and it shows far more in a V60. They sell beans to take away, properly labelled.
🚇 Mustaqillik maydoni metro (Chilonzor line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapRassvet · Mirobod
A specialty café in Mirobod, among the first to bring third wave coffee to Tashkent.
Tip: Opens early and has power sockets: one of the few comfortable places to work for a while in the centre.
🚇 Ming O'rik metro (Yunusobod line), 8 min walk
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Show on mapZira · Shayxontohur
A bakery and café in Tashkent City, with butter pastries and sourdough bread that are rare here.
Tip: Morning bake: by mid-afternoon the good stuff is gone. Pair it with a walk around Tashkent City park.
🚇 Xalqlar Do'stligi metro (Chilonzor line), 5 min walk
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Show on mapTim's · Mirobod
A Mirobod roastery with a filter bar and a regular mid-morning office crowd.
Tip: Ask what they're roasting that week: they often have micro-lots that never make the menu.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), 8 min walk
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Show on mapCake Lab · Mirobod
A modern patisserie with a cake display and decent coffee, hugely popular with younger locals.
Tip: There are several branches around town. The honey cake (medovik) is the classic to try.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), 5 min walk
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Show on mapSafia · Yakkasaroy
A local confectionery and sweet-bread chain with branches in nearly every district.
Tip: It's half the city's quick mid-morning stop. Order chak-chak, the fried dough in honey that's a celebration sweet.
🚇 Novza metro (Chilonzor line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapBon! · Mirobod
An Uzbek café chain with breakfasts, good for sorting out the day's first meal in any district.
Tip: There are branches everywhere and they open early. They take cards without fuss, which smaller places often don't.
🚇 Ming O'rik metro (Yunusobod line), 8 min walk
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Show on mapBrotmeister · Sergeli
A German-style bakery with rye bread and savoury pastries, a rarity in a tandir city.
Tip: Useful if you need bread that lasts more than a day: non goes hard within hours. Closes early in the afternoon.
🚇 Tolariq metro (Halqa yo'li line), 7 min walk
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Show on mapBuxoro kafesi · Yunusobod
A café at the foot of the TV Tower, the natural stop before or after going up to the deck.
Tip: The tower queue gets long at weekends: leave someone in line and wait here with a tea.
🚇 Shahriston metro (Yunusobod line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapBreadly Ecopark · Mirzo Ulug'bek
A bakery-café inside the Ecopark, with outdoor tables beside the park's paths.
Tip: The outdoor tables still work in late October, with highs around 20°C. After six it cools down noticeably.
🚇 Hamid Olimjon metro (Chilonzor line), 7 min walk
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Show on mapBon! Mirobod · Mirobod
The chain's Mirobod branch, handy for breakfast before heading down to the Korean market.
Tip: Opens at 8, earlier than most. Mirobod market is a short walk away and starts early.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), 5 min walk
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Show on mapЖемчуг · Mirobod
An old-school neighbourhood café in Mirobod, with Soviet-era pastry and prices from another time.
Tip: Order ptichye moloko or medovik: these are the cakes people ate here in the seventies and they haven't changed.
🚇 Kosmonavtlar metro (O'zbekiston line), 5 min walk
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Show on mapChor Minor · Mirzo Ulug'bek
A Mirzo Ulug'bek café with a long tea list and local sweets, away from the central circuit.
Tip: Order the black tea with milk and salt, shir choy: it sounds odd and it's the traditional mountain breakfast.
🚇 Buyuk Ipak Yo'li metro (Chilonzor line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapGrand Somsa Osh Markazi · Yakkasaroy
A somsa and plov counter near Mirobod, with a constant churn of neighbourhood regulars.
Tip: High turnover means fresh somsa: check the tray is nearly empty before you order.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), 12 min walk
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Show on mapOlot somsa · Yakkasaroy
Olot-style somsa, flatter and crisper than the Tashkent version, with several outlets in town.
Tip: Olot is a Bukhara town and its somsa is different: thinner and flakier. Worth comparing with Minor's on the same day.
🚇 Novza metro (Chilonzor line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapOsh Makon (sobiq "Ukraina" restorani) · Mirobod
A plov canteen in the old Ukraina restaurant premises, keeping the signage and dining room of another era.
Tip: The old name still shows on maps and on the façade: if you're looking for 'Ukraina' and can't find it, this is it.
🚇 Ming O'rik metro (Yunusobod line), 7 min walk
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Show on mapHuman House · Yakkasaroy
A multi-brand gallery and showroom in Mirobod with designers from across Central Asia: textile, ceramics and objects.
Tip: Since designers come from several countries, ask explicitly which piece is Uzbek if that matters to you. The staff answer straight.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapHunarmandlar ustaxonasi · Chilonzor
Artisan workshops beside the Friendship Palace: ceramics, woodcarving and miniature, with the master at work.
Tip: There is no official craft authenticity seal you can check on a label: verification is behavioural. Ask who made it and ask to see them work.
🚇 Milliy Bog' metro (Chilonzor line), 7 min walk
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Show on mapKalahona masjid keramika markazi · Olmazor
A ceramics workshop and shop inside a historic old-city mosque, with pieces from several schools of the country.
Tip: Note: Rishtan ceramics (cobalt blue) and Gijduvan ceramics (ochre and green) come from OTHER cities, not Tashkent. They're resold here; ask each piece's origin.
🚇 Chorsu metro (O'zbekiston line), 4 min walk
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Show on mapOrient House · Yunusobod
A souvenir and craft shop in Yunusobod, with suzani, doppi caps and brass objects.
Tip: The doppi (square embroidered cap) changes design by region: the Chust one is black with four white chillies embroidered on it.
🚇 Minor metro (Yunusobod line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapBaazar Carpet gilam saloni · Yakkasaroy
A carpet showroom with pieces from Bukhara, Khiva and Turkmenistan, plus kilims and antique suzani.
Tip: Exporting antique carpets requires a certificate: if a piece is over fifty years old, ask for the paperwork before you pay.
🚇 Toshkent metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapUmida adras · Uchtepa
A shop for adras and atlas, the Uzbek ikat fabrics, sold by the metre and made up into garments.
Tip: To tell real ikat from print: look at the BACK. If the pattern is equally sharp on both sides, the yarn was dyed. If the back is pale, it's printed.
🚇 Chilonzor metro (Chilonzor line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapSamarqand Darvoza savdo markazi · Shayxontohur
A large mall beside the old city, with international brands, a food court and a cinema.
Tip: Useful on heavy-air days like this week: it's sealed and filtered. It also has ATMs that dispense dollars.
🚇 Xalqlar Do'stligi metro (Chilonzor line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapToshkent Siti Moll · Shayxontohur
The new financial district's mall, the newest and priciest in town.
Tip: This is where foreign cards work best. Since 27 October 2026 many shops here already take Apple Pay and Google Pay.
🚇 Paxtakor metro (Chilonzor line), 3 min walk
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Show on mapToshkent univermagi (TsUM) · Mirobod
The central Soviet-era department store, refurbished but keeping its original structure and staircase.
Tip: The top floor has souvenirs and textiles at fixed prices: a useful benchmark before you go haggle at the bazaar.
🚇 Kosmonavtlar metro (O'zbekiston line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapTurkiston savdo markazi · Shayxontohur
Tashkent's old GUM beside Chorsu, now renamed Turkiston and packed with small units.
Tip: If your guidebook says GUM or Turkuaz, this is it: the name has changed several times. It adjoins Chorsu bazaar.
🚇 Chorsu metro (O'zbekiston line), 7 min walk
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Show on mapCompass Moll · Bektemir
A south-eastern mall beside Qo'yliq, with local brands and a strongly local crowd.
Tip: It's on the metro circle line: get off at Qo'yliq. Far cheaper than the central malls.
🚇 Qo'yliq metro (Halqa yo'li line), 3 min walk
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Show on mapMega Planet · Yunusobod
A northern mall with a cinema, food court and indoor playground for children.
Tip: It's the most family-oriented mall: if you're travelling with kids and the air is heavy, the indoor plan is here.
🚇 Yunusobod metro (Yunusobod line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapChorsu Gold Center · Shayxontohur
The jewellery centre beside the bazaar, where gold is bought and sold by weight as it always has been.
Tip: Gold sells by the gram at the day's rate plus workmanship. Ask to see the scale and the hallmark.
🚇 Chorsu metro (O'zbekiston line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapKanishka · Yakkasaroy
An Uzbek clothing and leather label with contemporary cuts and nods to traditional textile.
Tip: They have three shops in town. The option if you want something with ikat but not a full costume chapan.
🚇 Oybek metro (O'zbekiston line), then a bus or Yandex Go
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Show on mapKanishka charm buyumlari · Mirobod
The label's leather shop, with bags and accessories made in Uzbekistan.
Tip: Ask about the tanning: local leather is stiffer at first and softens with use. They'll explain happily.
🚇 Ming O'rik metro (Yunusobod line), 2 min walk
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Show on mapAntikvariat do'koni · Olmazor
An antiques shop beside the bazaar, with samovars, coins, badges and old textile.
Tip: Anything pre-1945 needs an export permit. If a piece is genuinely old the seller knows and will say so: ask.
🚇 Chorsu metro (O'zbekiston line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapAntikvariat pavilyoni · Yashnobod
The antique dealers' pavilion at the flea market, where the genuine Soviet objects turn up.
Tip: Saturday and Sunday 7 am to noon is the real window. Bring cash in som: nobody here takes cards.
🚇 Yangiobod metro (Halqa yo'li line), 9 min walk
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Show on mapSAG gilam do'koni · Yunusobod
A local carpet chain with machine and knotted weaves, useful for price-checking before the bazaar.
Tip: Fixed prices and visible labels: come here first to learn what the thing they'll offer you in Chorsu is really worth.
🚇 Bodomzor metro (Yunusobod line), 7 min walk
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Show on mapЖемчуг zargarlik · Mirobod
A neighbourhood jeweller in Mirobod, small window and lifelong customers.
Tip: Traditional Uzbek silver uses carnelian and turquoise. Ask for Bukharan-style earrings, the most recognisable pieces.
🚇 Kosmonavtlar metro (O'zbekiston line), 4 min walk
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Show on mapTurkiston univermagi · Shayxontohur
The department store beside Chorsu, with textile, clothing and an indoor bazaar of small units.
Tip: Locals shop here, not tourists: fabric prices are a good deal better than in the souvenir shops.
🚇 Chorsu metro (O'zbekiston line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapFortepiano musiqa do'koni · Mirobod
An instrument shop stocking dutar, rubab and doira, the traditional Uzbek instruments.
Tip: The doira (frame drum) is the easiest to pack and the cheapest. Ask them to tune it before you leave.
🚇 Toshkent metro (O'zbekiston line), 6 min walk
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Show on mapToshkent Siti Moll do'konlari · Shayxontohur
The new mall's shopping gallery, with international brands and official electronics.
Tip: If you need a charger or cable with a warranty, this is the place. Malika tech bazaar is cheaper but offers no backup.
🚇 Paxtakor metro (Chilonzor line), 3 min walk
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Show on mapThe Buzz · Shayxontohur
A unit in the mall beside the old city, handy as a reference point inside Samarkand Darvoza.
Tip: Mostly useful for orienting yourself: the mall is big and landmarks help if you've arranged to meet someone.
🚇 Xalqlar Do'stligi metro (Chilonzor line), 14 min walk
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