Dining in Shigatse

Generally speaking, Shigatse food is the typical Tibetan food, just similar to that in any area of Tibet. Food always reflects the character of local people. Shigatse is a vast and remote area of Tibet, only with simple materials like dairy products, beef and mutton. Therefore the food in Shigatse is simple and practical in general, but the food is full of nutrition and calories, and can provide enough energy for your activities in this remote area with high elevation and chilly weather.
Shigatse has undergone large scale development in recent years. Except Tibetan food, Sichuan cuisine and western style dishes are also popular in Shigatse. Honestly, what to eat in Shigatse does not belong to the matter you should worry about. You can find various restaurants offering delicious and special food. You can even purchase tasty food from the street vendors. While taking maintaining your perfect journey into consideration, we do not recommend you to eat food purchase from street vendors. Just pick out one clean restaurant to enjoy a satisfying meal in Shigatse.
Tibetan foods served in local Tibetan restaurants are tasty and delicious. These restaurants are decorated in Tibetan style and reveal a strong sense of tradition.

A lot of good restaurants in Shigatse City are open for lunch and dinner.
Gongkar Tibetan Restaurant
Besides the standard momos and noodle dishes, there are the unique dishes such as yak-tongue soup .

Zhengxin Restaurant
The food is not very good, but it has the friendly oweners and offers the English menu.

Kailash Traditional Restaurant
Delicious Nepali curries, western breakfasts and sandwiches could be enioyed in the comfortable Tibetan-style seating. Menu is in English.

Tashi Restaurant
It has a wide range of decent food from yoghurt muesli to pizza and Nepalese curries. There is the English menu.

Songtsen Tibetan Restaurant
English menu is offered. A good western breakfast give a nice beginning of the whole day.

Luxury Tibetan Restaurant - Woodo Kitchen
the decoration of Woo Do Kitchen is very luxurious, downstairs is a large area of the Tibetan restaurant, upstairs is a museum collection of many of Tibet folk heritage. 

Restaurants in Gyantse County

The restaurants in the small Gyantse town is not as many as those in Shigatse city, but we still can find some decent restaurants.
Naychung Cafe
It serves all kinds of food like Nepalese, Tibetan, Chinese and Western which is very tasty. It feels like a pub, so a relaxing meal could got. English menu.
Yak Restaurant
Backpackers like its French toast, pizza, yak burgers, sizzlers and Western breakfasts. English menu.
Tashi Restaurant
The Nepalese curries and the Tibetan dishes still can be accepted. English menu.
Restaurant of Zhuang Yuan
Though the prices are not cheap, the Chinese dishes are tasty and adequate. English menu.

Restaurants in  Lhatse County

Hotels or Guesthouses there all can offer meals, you can also try the many Chinese and Muslim restaurants in the main street.
Lhatse Kitchen
It gives tasty Nepalese, Indian and Western dishes. It is near to Lhatse Shanghai Hotel. English menu.

Restaurants in  Sakya County

Sakya has Chinese restaurants, but no fixed opening hours.
Sakya Monastery Restaurant
Fried rice, thoupa and milk tea are served. It is owned by the monastery.
Manasarovar Sakya Hotel Restaurant
It belongs to Manasarovar Sakya Hotel, so it can offers Western food, such as omelettes, burgers, sizzlers and pizza. English menu.

Restaurants in  Saga County

Along the road, several small Chinese restaurants can be found, but no English menus are offered. People are friendly and helpful.

Restaurants in  Tingri County

Several Chinese restaurants in town serves the basic dishes.
Namtso Restaurant
It offers western food such as burgers, pizza, curries and breakfasts.

Restaurants in  Nyalam Town
It is not hard to find a place to have the meals.
Amdo Tashi Restaurant
Western tables is in one room, while Tibetan couches in another room. A muesli breakfast or noodles are good. English menu.
Kailash Restaurant
Many Tibetan and Western dishes can be offered. English menu.

Restaurants in  Zhangmu Town

Zhangmu is a busy town, don't worry to find the restaurants. Western, Chinese, Tibetan and Nepali cuisine could be found. Many restaurants could make lunch boxes, which could be eaten on the long ride to Kathmandu.
Gang Gyen Restaurant
Nepalese, Chinese, Tibetan and Western food, including steaks and breakfast foods are served. English menu.
Himalaya Restaurant
Delicious Tibetan, Nepali or Chinese food can be eaten in the lovely place. English menu.
Karma Restaurant
The price is a little cheaper. English menu.

Here are pictures of restaurant we use often in Shigatse
 

Shigatse Tashi Restuarant we often use	It offers Chinese and Western Food, a meal costs 5-7USD
Restuarant offers Fruit	the Group met a  photographic
After lunch, the restaurant waiter invited tourists to dance	Attendants dressed in Tibetan clothing, sometimes they sing for tourists