Uzbek
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A guide to Uzbek restaurants worth a trip, by city. We list operators, signature dishes, and the rooms locals book first.

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The best-scored Uzbek place in each of 2 cities.

Kashkar Cafe ★ 4.4

$ BrooklynUzbekBrighton Beach

Kashkar Cafe is a Uyghur and Uzbek restaurant on Brighton Beach Avenue in Brooklyn, serving lamb kebabs at $4 a skewer, lagman noodles and halal soups.

OrderGeiro lagman noodles, lamb skewers at $4 each, and a bowl of shurpa lamb broth.

TipWeekend closing is late, at 23:45 on Saturday and Sunday. Call (718) 743-3832 for reservations, since the site lists a phone line only.

Uzgen ★ 3.8

$ DubaiUzbekAl Barsha

Uzgen cooks Uzbek and Uyghur food in Al Barsha 1, with manti dumplings, wedding pilaf at AED 34 and tandoor somsa at AED 8 on a menu built for a cheap lunch.

Why locals goIt trades from the Al Adnan residential building on a side street of Al Barsha 1, with no frontage on any main road.

TipBite a small hole in each manti and sip the broth before dipping it in the yogurt sauce.

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Kashkar Cafe ★ 4.4

$ BrooklynUzbekBrighton Beach

Kashkar Cafe is a Uyghur and Uzbek restaurant on Brighton Beach Avenue in Brooklyn, serving lamb kebabs at $4 a skewer, lagman noodles and halal soups.

OrderGeiro lagman noodles, lamb skewers at $4 each, and a bowl of shurpa lamb broth.

TipWeekend closing is late, at 23:45 on Saturday and Sunday. Call (718) 743-3832 for reservations, since the site lists a phone line only.

Tashkent Supermarket ★ 4.4

$ BrooklynUzbekBrighton Beach

Tashkent Supermarket at 713 Brighton Beach Avenue in Brooklyn is an Uzbek grocery with a hot bar of plov, manti and samsa, plus in-house baking.

Why locals goAn Uzbek grocery in Brighton Beach with a hot bar of plov, manti and samsa and in-house baking; its manager says everything in the store is halal.

TipHot-bar meals run about $10 to $15. It opens at 06:00 and closes at 00:00, so it suits an early or late meal.

Uzgen ★ 3.8

$ DubaiUzbekAl Barsha

Uzgen cooks Uzbek and Uyghur food in Al Barsha 1, with manti dumplings, wedding pilaf at AED 34 and tandoor somsa at AED 8 on a menu built for a cheap lunch.

Why locals goIt trades from the Al Adnan residential building on a side street of Al Barsha 1, with no frontage on any main road.

TipBite a small hole in each manti and sip the broth before dipping it in the yogurt sauce.

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