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Known for its extraordinarily reasonable prices and beautiful ambience, the Utpala Café at Boudha is a sanctuary amid Kathmandu’s chaos.

The multi-cuisine vegetarian restaurant, initially a canteen for the Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery (Seto Gumba), was changed in the “hope of serving at least one vegetarian meal a day at reasonable price.”

With outdoor seating in a traditionally inspired ambience, Utpala is most famous for its vegetarian buffet that consists of 12+ dishes with main course, bakery, fruits, soup, salad and more at the most reasonable price of Rs 350 a person. Utpala is also vegan-certified where most of the food from the menu can be customized into vegan offerings as per request.

Location: Boudha
Chef’s Special:
1) Crispy Mushroom Salad 
2) Cheesy Potato Burger with Onion Rings
3) Meringue Cake 
Chef Deepankar 
Opening hrs: 7 am to 7 pm
Cards: Accepted
Reservation: 9810700763/9865919090
Meal for 2: Rs 700

Nestled in a quiet neighborhood in Baneswor Heights (Mid-Baneswor), locating the Mojo Boutique Hotel is not so easy at first. So we recommend you use Google Maps or call the hotel to guide you there. But once you’ve found the Mojo, you’ll start finding reasons to get back there, again and again.

We know you want to sit outdoors and Mojo’s garden area is perfect for you to have your breakfast, lunch, dinner or snacks. The multi-cuisine restaurant offers a wide variety of food and drinks at reasonable prices. As if that was not enough, Mojo is also known to throw in lucrative offers for its guests to make their visit more exciting and easy on the pockets. Where else in Kathmandu can you have a lavish breakfast buffet for Rs 200? 

Mojo Boutique Hotel, Mid-Baneswor
Chef’s Special:
Roasted Goat Chop
Superman Meatball Pizza
Cream Spaghetti Carbonara 
Reservation: 014470613
Opening hours: 7am to 9pm
Meal for two: Rs 1500

Michaels Grill might not be the most popular restaurant in town but it seems like everyone knows about it or has at least heard about it, especially after the recent lockdown. In its new location at mid-Baneshwor (opposite APEX college), Michaels Grill offers both indoor and outdoor seating in a lo-fi, homely ambience that makes its customers, mostly youngsters, feel at home.

As for the food, the restaurant stays true to its name and serves a delightful assortment of meaty grills and vegetarian choices too. MG mainly specializes in sekuwas (local-style barbecued meat) and the rest of the menu is like your regular multi-cuisine cuisine, at prices almost as affordable as Kathmandu’s street food. Dedicated parking for both two- and four-wheelers makes this a favorite joint of many.

Michael Grills
Mid-Baneswor

Chef’s special:
Sekuwa
Bhatti Spicy Wings
Michael Peri Peri Rolls

Opening hours: 10am to 10pm
Meal for two: Nrs 500-1,000
Cards: Accepted. 
Reservations: 9885191223

The ‘second wave’ of covid had us shutting ourselves for months again. Now that everything around us is opening, including restaurants and cafes, we still advise you to exercise caution and try to limit your excursions to outdoor venues only.

Talking about outdoor venues, we highly recommend our favorite ‘Calm’ at Tangalwood. The host for two editions of ‘The Annapurna Express Music Festival,’ Calm is now a redesigned restaurant under new management that offers a unique selection of food, drinks and desserts. The multicuisine restaurant has been exploring fusion food and by the reviews we’ve read, it seems to be working.

The best part, almost 70 percent of its seating arrangement is outdoors and it has plenty of parking space to accommodate your rides even on the busiest days.

Not open for breakfast yet, Calm is an excellent choice for brunches, afternoon snacks and even late-night dinners.

Calm, Tangalwood
Tangal, Kathmandu
Cards: Accepted
Opening time: 12pm to 12am
For reservations: 014443904
Meal for two: Rs 2,000

Chef’s Special:
Sambal Prawn Pasta
Buff Sukuti Risotto