| everywhere, for as little as around $1.50 in the restaurants across the bus stand. The main difference is not really the quality of food itself, but also the ambience and exclusivity of the finer restaurants.
We would suggest you to try out the eating joints across the bus stand as well
especially for the vegetarian food. Try a good roadside ‘Dhaba’, kind of restaurant ( shack) located generally off the highways. Most of these places are clean and have a distinct taste. Some provide a typical home like meals for even less than a dollar.
Another thing that one needs to be careful in India is about the water your drink. Always carry ‘mineral water’ (bottled water, available everywhere in general grocery stores and other convenience shops.
SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS
The following restaurants are all around the Mall area.
Mayur, Mission Rd, just off the Mall.
A very cozy Indian restaurant with nominal prices offers wide variety of Indian dishes Recommended for food.
Chopsticks, The Mall
The restaurant offers a wide variety of Tibetan food along with some contemporary meat / chicken platters. Nice ambience Recommended for food.
Sagar, the Mall, just below Old Manali Rd.
The restaurant caters to your south Indian palette. Wide variety of south Indian and Gujarati food recommended.
Peters Café, off Old Manali Road
Near the Mall this place is known for its breakfast.
German Bakery, Old Manali Road
Near the Mall, a bakery with good choice of breads and breakfast. Good place to handout, grab a coffee/tea and chit-chat. The owner (Himanshu) is enthusiast who also organizes treks to trips. Khyber, The Mall, towards the old Manali Road
A restaurant upstairs provides choicest meals along with drinks. Sit by the window and watch the world pass by.
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