Tajik tea house
Chaikhana Rudaki
Rudaki Avenue · Dushanbe
🍽 Tajik tea house📍 Rudaki Avenue🇹🇯 Dushanbe
Why eat here
A shaded garden tea house on Dushanbe's grandest avenue, where families linger over green tea, kebabs and pilaf beneath the mulberry trees.
Good to know
Afternoons are quiet and pleasant; carry small somoni notes for cash payment and dress neatly if you plan to visit nearby mosques.
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