Jeti Tandyr
Жеті Тандыр
A local family-style restaurant chain offering both Uzbek and Kazakh dishes. Its tandoor-baked lamb and plov are well regarded, and prices are affordable.
Jeti Tandyr (Seven Tandoors) is a local family restaurant chain in Shymkent that blends Uzbek, Kazakh and European dishes. Its tandoor-baked lamb, beshbarmak and lagman are popular, and travellers often also recommend its plov, samsa and freshly baked bread. It suits weekday lunches or family gatherings, and prices are mid-range. The listing here covers the branch at 28/8 Yerimbetov Street. The chain’s “History” branch on Ayteke Bi Street, housed in a building said to date back to a restaurant that opened in 1949, is also worth considering.
Opening hours
Daily 08:00–22:00
Nearby sights
- Shymkent Dendropark
- Shymkent Zoo
- Ken Baba Ethnopark
- Museum of Victims of Political Repression
- Regional Museum of History and Local Lore
- Shymkent Central Park
- Ordabasy Square
- Independence Park