City: Almaty
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Best Middle Eastern food near Almaty, Kazakhstan
Discover Restaurants offering the best Middle Eastern food in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Almaty /ˈælməti/ (Kazakh: Алматы, Almaty [ɑlmɑˈtə]; Russian: Алматы), formerly known as Alma-Ata /ˌælmə.əˈtɑː/ (Russian: Алма-Ата) and Verny (Russian: Верный Vernyy), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of 1,797,431 people, about 8% of the country's total population. It served as capital of the Kazakh state in its various forms from 1929 to 1997, under the influence of the then Soviet Union and its appointees. Alma-Ata was the host city for a 1978 international conference on Primary Health Care where the Alma Ata Declaration was adopted, marking a paradigm shift in global public health. In 1997, the government relocated the capital to Astana in the north of the country, which is about 12 hours away by train.
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1. Kishlak
Overall Ratings
4 based on 174 reviews
Reviewed By tamarij
Its a traditional restaurant with all types of local food. Staff doesn't speak anything other than Russian and they are not helpful. So its so hard to get an idea what are you going to eat. And i ended up eating what i didn't expect. Otherwise nice environment
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2. Pugasov
Overall Ratings
4 based on 27 reviews
Reviewed By 531ThomasW
Good place to have a nice summer evening. But watch the bill. More than two times I´ve got a wrong bill with consumption I never ordered.
3. Basilic
Overall Ratings
4 based on 36 reviews
Reviewed By JoelMariaandSam
We were recommended this place by our hotel and we're not disappointed. The food is fresh and mainly Kazak and Uzbek and the many waiters and waitresses buzzing around carry plates of delicious soup, plov, salad, shashlik and other mains. We had 3 salads, fish, beef in cream sauce with potatoes, 3 filo pastry rolls (sweet) and a liter of compote for 4000 tenge, which is 8 GBP, amazing value. It is not traditional or rustic in any way, and no English menu or staff that speak English, but for visitors struggling with Russian menus you can point at the food.
