Tibetan Family Kitchen
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A highly-ranked Tibetan family restaurant in Lhasa on Tripadvisor, famous for its yak momos and also offering Tibetan cooking classes.
Tibetan Family Kitchen is a Tibetan family-run restaurant that has long ranked near the top of Tripadvisor's Lhasa restaurant list with a 4.7 rating. It is most famous for its yak momos, which can be ordered steamed or fried, alongside vegetable momos, tomato yak meat, and yak burgers, catering well to vegetarians. Recent sources locate it on Danjielin Road in an independent three-story Tibetan building; you need to go up the external stairs on the right side, and it is about a ten-minute walk to Jokhang Temple. The restaurant offers a cooking class of about two hours for around 150 CNY per person, requiring reservations 1 to 3 days in advance, or a week in advance during peak season. Dining costs about 64 CNY per person on average.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–22:30, varies slightly by source
Nearby sights
- Jokhang Temple & Barkhor Street
- Guangming Sweet Tea House
- Tromsikhang Market
- Makye Ame
- Ani Tsankhung Nunnery
- Ramoche Temple
- Potala Palace Square
- Lukhang Park