Platan - Full Menu

The place itself is beautiful, but the atmosphere is very strange; the berry is kind of frightened or sth? they have one of these great menus with thousands of... read more The place itself is beautiful, but the atmosphere is very strange; the berry is kind of frightened or sth? they have one of these great menus with thousands of dressed with pictures and from these thousands there is no vegan main dish (not sure about vegetarian, but I very doubt.) I ordered grilled **** and they had a strong taste of meat chicks I guess they do not want to go to the same thing.

Well, the restaurant was part of our hotel and the only one recommended by HappyCow and other websites, so it was our only choice. We asked for a vegetarian men... read more Well, the restaurant was part of our hotel and the only one recommended by HappyCow and other websites, so it was our only choice. We asked for a vegetarian menu, and the waiter said we had to select among the side dishes (of course.. We knew Uzbekistan is not a paradise for vegans, so we were ready to order fries and salads! We had a vitamin salad, made with cabbage, tomatoes,raisins, carrots, no onions, only oil and lemon as dressing. We ordered other several dishes: grilled potatoes (ok); French fries (too junky to me, my husband liked them); grilled veggies (tasty but greasy); veggie stew (very basic); bread (always delicious in Uzbekistan). My husband ordered a soup too. 7 dishes, 1 big bottle of sparkling water and a coffee= 13 dollars (including 15% of service). Everything is decent, if you consider that this place is your only option. I would not recommend it in other situations and countries, as this is just a regular restaurant where you have to order side dishes, but here it’s the only choice. It’s a smoking restaurant, ask for the non smoking room if you don’t like eating in a cloud of smoke. Service is poor and slow, and staff doesn’t understand well English, so be patient. It might happen that they have no cold water when outside is 38 degrees...