Uzum Choyhona

Uzum Choyhona is a teahouse-restaurant at 58 Namazgoh Street, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, serving Uzbek and European food. The restaurant has intimate rooms and is often used for weddings, banquets and children's parties, so smaller tables are quieter at lunch. The menu is Uzbek with a European section, and tea is served in the traditional teahouse manner. Opening hours are listed as daily 11:00–23:00. The phone number given for the venue is +998 95 500 11 00; numbers on listing sites sometimes differ from reality, so a call before a special trip is sensible. A typical meal costs about 70,000–200,000 UZS (~$5.8–17) per person at the Central Bank rate of roughly 12,000 UZS per US dollar, with tea usually inexpensive and drinks extra. Reservations are recommended for weekends because of events. It lies on Namazgoh Street in the older part of town. Payment is by cash in Uzbek som or by card at most sit-down venues, and a service charge of about 10 percent is sometimes added to the bill, so a glance at the receipt avoids double tipping. Lunch tends to be calmer than the evening rush, and the Samarkand summer heat from June to August makes shaded or air-conditioned seating worth asking for.