Barashek (Cholpon-Ata)
Барашек
A large restaurant in central Cholpon-Ata, famous for its mutton shashlik and lamb chops, featuring live music and karaoke at night.
Located at 65 Sovetskaya Street in the center of Cholpon-Ata, Barashek is one of the city's larger dining venues. It spans multiple floors, features VIP rooms, and offers live music and karaoke, with map listings indicating it stays open until late at night. Diners recommend the mutton shashlik, lamb chops, mutton sausage, and manti, which are shown on an illustrated menu that includes English. Online ratings are highly polarized, with around 4.6 stars on Yandex but 3.4 on Tripadvisor. Main complaints focus on a 15% service charge, long wait times, and discrepancies between the bill and the menu, so checking your bill is advised. Prices are on the higher side for the area. Note that this restaurant has no relation to the restaurant of the same name in Bishkek. It is within walking distance of the town center.
Opening hours
Open until 06:00 the next day according to Yandex Maps; confirming exact hours is recommended
Nearby sights
- Rukh Ordo Cultural Center
- Cholpon-Ata Beach
- Cholpon-Ata Petroglyphs
- Bosteri
- Grigoryevka Gorge (Chon-Ak-Suu)
- Kyrchyn Gorge
- Semenov Gorge (Semyonovka Gorge)
- Kaji-Say