JOY Chaikhana & Lounge
JOY Chaikhana Lounge
One of the highest-rated restaurants in Bukhara's Old Town, serving traditional and creative Uzbek dishes in an elegant setting; often fully booked during peak season.
Located at 2 Sarrafon Street in the heart of the Old Town, this restaurant features terraces and dining rooms on both sides of the alley, as well as a rooftop terrace that often hosts live music. The menu includes baraza soup, mastava, dimlama stew, and kayish, with the signature dish being the local fried lamb vaguri (around 50,000 UZS) served with saffron rice; plant-based dishes are also available. It has over a thousand reviews on Tripadvisor with a rating of around 4.9. It is often fully booked during peak season, so reservations should be made in advance via WhatsApp or Telegram; it can get noisy in the evening. It is a few minutes' walk from Lyabi-Khauz.
Opening hours
Daily 11:00-23:00 (some sources state it opens at 12:00)
Nearby sights
- Lyabi-Hauz
- Magoki-Attari Mosque
- Ulugh Beg & Abdulaziz Khan Madrasas
- Trading Domes (Toqi)
- Po-i-Kalyan: Kalyan Minaret & Mosque
- Faizulla Khodjaev House Museum
- Chor Minor
- Zindan Prison