The best bistros and brasseries - Mongolia in 2024

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Timetable

The cafés in the capital are generally open from 8 or 9 in the morning and close at the end of the day or in the evening. Bars open later, from 11am or 12pm for some establishments, and even in the late afternoon for those that are exclusively nocturnal.

In the country towns, it is difficult to find cafés and bars. However, one can take welcome breaks in the guanz located around the markets to drink tea with salted milk or have a bite to eat.

Budget & Tips

Cafes and bakeries have multiplied in recent years in Ulaanbaatar. It is easy to find nice establishments where you can have a gourmet break, the big Korean coffee chains being installed everywhere in the capital. Cappuccino, mocha, latte... count between 7 000 and 9 000 T for a hot drink.

The other big cities of Mongolia like Erdenet or Kharkhorin also have some establishments, but it remains very rare and difficult to find cafes and bars in the cities of the Mongolian countryside

What's very local

Vodka is king in Mongolia. In the field of alcoholic beverages, it remains the favorite option of Mongolians. Among the nomads, as it is good manners to refuse nothing, visitors will be led to taste this beverage of the cold countries. A whole ritual accompanies the tasting. The vodka is served in a glass or a bowl that is passed from the host to his guest. You have to take it with your right hand, placing your left hand under the elbow of your right arm. One takes a sip, then passes it to the person on the left, so that the glass can continue to circulate in a clockwise direction. When the glass is first passed, each person must dip their right ring finger into the vodka three times, sending one drop into the air for the sky, another to the ground for the earth, and then the last one straight ahead. The most daring can drink it down. For those who do not wish to drink, it is enough to respond to the ritual, to hold out the lips, to mime the act of drinking and to pass the glass or bowl.

Aïrag, fermented mare's milk, slightly alcoholic and with a very strong taste, is also very much consumed by Mongolians, who can ingest several liters per day. Nomads do not hesitate to offer their visitors this very local drink!

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What's very local