Roadside chaihana
Medeu Chaihana
Medeu · Almaty
🍽 Roadside chaihana📍 Medeu🇰🇿 Almaty
Why eat here
A simple roadside chaihana in the Ili-Alatau foothills, serving hot plov and noodles to hikers heading up to Medeu and Shymbulak inside the national park.
Good to know
Open mainly in daytime; carry small notes, as this mountain road has very few ATMs.
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