Lahore - Restaurants

Lahore is known for its food since the very early days. The commercial restaurants and household both have a variety of food indigenous to Lahore. There are numerous traditional restaurants While Lahore laso has and modern restaurants, in recent years there have been the appearance of Western fast food chains, such as McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Subway Sandwiches, Dunkin Donuts, Nando's and Kentucky Fried Chicken all over the city. A recent tourist attraction in Lahore is the famous Food Street in the historic locales of Lahore (Gawalmandi, Anarkali, and Badshahi). Food Streets are made on old streets from the early English days. The streets have undergone restorations and are closed in the evenings for traffic, with numerous cafés serving local delicacies under the lights and balconies of restored havelis (traditional residential dwellings).

Some of the trendiest restaurants in Lahore are concentrated on the M M Alam Road in Gulberg. Here, dozens of high-class culinary outlets, ranging from western franchises to very traditional, ethnic, or theme restaurants, attract all classes of Lahore's citizens. New restaurants are constantly opening, and the business is extremely competitive. It is said that eating well is a peculiarly Lahori attribute, and the innumerable crowded, boisterous restaurants of Lahore that are open late into the night are a visible testament to this passion.

One of Lahore's unique café restaurants is "Coocoo's Den", located in the old city just behind the Badshahi Mosque and Lahore Fort at the edge of Lahore's Red light district (Dancing Girls Bazaar). The restaurant is housed in a 300-year-old "Kothi" style house of a famous artist and once used to be a brothel. At different points in the life of this property, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian and Muslim families have owned it. Another famous Lahore landmark is the Pak Tea House in Anarkali, long a favored haunt of intellectuals and artists.

List of some popular Restaurants

FRIED CHICKEN)	95,Main Market,Samanabad Lahore Phone : (92-42) 7553512-7553510 Fax : (92-42) 7553511
BUNDU KHAN RESTAURANT	Liberty Mkt.Fortress Stadium,The Malll,Allama Iqbal Lahore Phone : (92-42) 5756108-5876263 Fax : (92-42) 5751302
CAFE ZOUK	43-L,Complex Plaza,M.M.Alam Road,Gulberg-II Lahore Phone : (92-42) 5750282-5750272
KAAREZ RESTAURANT	104-B-1,MM Alam Road,Gulberg-III Lahore Phone : (92-42) 5755623-5755617 Fax : (92-42) 5755618
LAHORE TABAQ RESTAURANT	McLeod Road,(Chowk Lakshmi) Lahore Phone : (92-42) 6312482-6312137 Fax : (92-42) 6314387 Fast Food Restaurants
MEHWISH RESTAURANT	Hotel Al-Noor,238,Rawaz Garden Lahore Phone : (92-42) 7115281
PAPPASALLIS ITALIAN CUISINE	31-C,Block-Q,Gulberg-II Lahore Phone : (92-42) 5752373-5752372
PARIS INTERNATIONAL	12,Liberty Market,Gulberg Lahore Phone : (92-42) 5878707
SHEZAN RESTAURANT	7,Dayal Singh Mansion,Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam Lahore Phone : (92-42) 7320492-7244106
SHEZAN SNACKS	Fortress Stadium,Cantt. Lahore Phone : (92-42) 6674879-6672781
SILVER PAN	11-12-G,Ijaz Centre,Main Boulevard,Gulberg-III Lahore Phone : (92-42) 5710182-5712954
TABAQ CUISINE	2-K,Gulberg II Lahore Phone : (92-42) 5754624-5759623 Fax : (92-42) 5754625
TAKHT LAHORE	94-C-II,Gulberg-III Lahore Phone : (92-42) 7277995
WIMPY 90	1/A Taj Arcade,73,Jail Road,Opp:Services Hospital Lahore Phone : (92-42) 7411614
ZIAFAT RESTAURANTS	21-C-I,M.M.Alam Road,Gulberg-III Lahore Phone : (92-42) 5750760-5259007 Fax : (92-42) 5763255 Hotel & Motel Consultants