Introduction
For a snack or a lunch, this issue gathers places with samsa, tandir gosht and pastry straight from the oven. Samsa is often filled with meat and onion, but there are pumpkin and greens versions too. Non, the round flatbread, is traditionally baked in a tandir; it is eaten at breakfast and with other dishes through the day.
There are 16 places, 4 of them in Mirzo Ulugbek. Samsa is on the menu at 7; mastava, shurpa and manti also appear. Four places open by 08:00, and two are open around the clock.
The selection drew on what Tashkent food writers publish; the places were checked for winter 2026. Choose by dish and opening hours on the next pages, ask about the samsa filling, and let it cool a little before the first bite.
How we choose. Joy Top editors pick the places by menu, prices and guest reviews. Places in this issue: 11.
Минор Сомса № 1
Малая кольцевая дорога
Why it is here
The menu is only samsa, but with four fillings: lamb, beef, chicken with cheese, and potato, with a sauce to go with it. The potato samsa suits those who do not eat meat. They open at 07:00 and work fast, so it is easy to stop for samsa before work.
Beshqozon
Ифтихор
Why it is here
Besides plov, they bake three kinds of samsa here: meat, chicken and vegetable. It is easy to order with plov and achichuk — the menu also has a special achichuk. Plov comes in several versions — choyxona, wedding, zigir osh, devzira and tovuqli osh with chicken — and kazy or quail eggs can be added. There is a large hall and a kids' room, so it suits a family lunch.
Gijduvon Premium
Зульфияханум
Why it is here
Alat samsa sits among the hot starters next to bichak with meat and katlama — that section alone makes a whole table of pastry. Manti with meat and with pumpkin are there too. The main meat dish is beef vaguri, and there is Bukhara lamb as well. According to food bloggers, up to 20 sheep go through the kitchen in a day. The kitchen works until 03:00, so you can come late in the evening.
What to order
Вагури корейка
645,000 soum
Вагури семечки
614,000 soum
Бухарский ягнёнок
613,000 soum
Вагури говядина
613,000 soum
Bukhara Compliment
Магрур
Why it is here
Samsa is baked two ways here — alat and Bukhara. Have shurpa or mastava with it; there is spicy mastava too. For a group the menu has kebab sets, minced-shashlik sets and a shashlik platter. Hot dishes include pike-perch fillet and the house beef in a pan. A quiet place, good for a get-together with friends.
What to order
Вагури с фри
276,000 soum
Кусковой из филе
64,000 soum
Шурпа
60,000 soum
Кусковой из баранины
55,000 soum
Kuzu Мясо в Печи
Шахрисабз
Why it is here
The tandir here is used for more than beef: chicken is cooked in it, and on the seasonal menu — thighs and little kebabs. There is even a tandir burger. Pastry includes pide with cheese, with meat and cheese, and with meat, vegetables and cheese. There is a separate dolma menu: stuffed aubergines, peppers, pumpkin and cabbage dolma. The kitchen is open, so you can watch the cooking.
What to order
Барашек в печи
183,000 soum
Говядина в тандыре
153,000 soum
Ланч-сет Kuzu
120,000 soum
Тушёное мясо в горшочке
91,000 soum
Choypoy
Фазылтепа
Why it is here
Samsa is baked two ways here — with beef and alat — and you can take flaky patir for the table. The tandir also gives beef tandir shashlik. Suzma and achichuk go with the pastry, and you can start with dumgaza shurpa or mastava. The café opens at 08:00, so it is easy to stop for samsa in the morning.
What to order
Шашлык кусковой из говядины
54,000 soum
Шашлык молотый
37,000 soum
Чопма шашлык чой пой
30,000 soum
Самса с говядиной
25,500 soum
Bosphorus Family
Why it is here
From the oven, pide comes first, in many versions: with kashar cheese, bafra pide, spinach and cheese, meat and cheese, minced meat and vegetables, and a sweet one with cheese, pistachios and honey. From Uzbek pastry there is olot samsa, and kuzu tandir is among the national dishes. Among the kebabs, try ali nazik and beyti with kashar cheese. A family place with a kids' room.
What to order
Кузу Тандыр
753,000 soum
Вагури
420,000 soum
Жиз из баранины
418,000 soum
Стейк рибай
325,000 soum
Эркин Балик
Чаштепа
Why it is here
Olot somsa can be had in the morning here: the café opens at 09:00 and also works as a coffee shop. There are several salads to go with samsa, and for lunch — G'ijduvon shashlik and baguri, which has its own section of the menu. Fish comes two ways: fried Khorezm-style and from the mangal. The kitchen is open and the cooks work in view.
What to order
G'ijduvon shashlik / Гиждувон шашлик
30,000 soum
Xar xil turdagi salatlar / Хар хил турдаги салатлар
25,000 soum
Olot somsa / Олот Сомса
9,900 soum
Baguri / Багури
130,000 soum
Kasa Restaurant
Юсуфа Хос Ходжиба
Why it is here
Alat samsa is baked four ways here: with beef, with chicken and cheese, with greens and with pumpkin. Flaky patir goes with it. Besides bolta shurpa, the soups include kaynatma, mastava and chuchvara shurpa. Hot dishes include lamb and trout from the mangal, carp and pike-perch. Open until 01:00, so it suits a late dinner with a big group.
What to order
Сет Наполеон
599,000 soum
New Bukhara Сет
508,000 soum
Birlik VIP
508,000 soum
Мясное ассорти
460,000 soum
Камыш
Мукими
Why it is here
Gumma is made four ways here: from the tandir — qiymali and tugrama — plus fried Khorezm gumma and kotirma. The dough section also has tukhum barak with meat, and the restaurant's description mentions kuk barak. With the pastry take suzma or kaymak. National dishes include beef jiz umakay and chicken in butter. A quiet place with a hovli courtyard.
What to order
Фирменный ассорти для (8 персон)
1,500,000 soum
Фирменное "Qamish" ассорти
1,150,000 soum
Шашлык ассорти
1,050,000 soum
Мясной сет
825,000 soum
Олов
Ферганское
Why it is here
The menu has plov, fish kebab and beefsteak, and the main thing here, according to food bloggers, is tandir meat and Central Asian dishes. The café is open around the clock, so you can come for plov or tandir meat at night. Good for meeting friends.
What to order
Плов
85,000 soum
Кебаб рыбный
18,000 soum
Бифштекс
49,900 soum
