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Café

Art Cafe

Terrace café beside the Bibi-Khanym Mosque

Type
Café
Cuisine
Uzbek, European, Coffee
Price level
$$$$ 70–150k UZS
Opening hours
Daily 10:00–00:00
Landmark
Bibi-Khanym Mosque · 50 m

A café 75 m from the Bibi-Khanym Mosque serving Uzbek staples, a plov lunch set, espresso coffee and gentle jazz on the terrace.

Photos on Instagram

Source: @artcafesamarkand (Instagram). Shown via Instagram’s official embed; all rights belong to the account owner.

Art Cafe is on Islam Karimov Street, about 75 m from the Bibi-Khanym Mosque and 300 m from Siab Bazaar. The open terrace, with relaxed music playing, is a pleasant place to rest between sights, and an enclosed winter terrace takes over in the cold months. There is an English menu.

The menu is short: plov, manti, samsa, soups, a fried-aubergine salad and a few European dishes. At lunchtime there is a set of plov, salad, bread and tea, which cost 45,000 som in early 2026. Espresso-machine coffee is served too.

Features

  • Terrace
  • Wi-Fi
  • Cards accepted

Good to know

  • Shah-i-Zinda is about 700 m away — a convenient stop before or after a visit.

Details checked in October 2026. Details may change — please check before you visit. Something wrong? Let us know

Sources (4)
  1. yandex.uz/maps/org/art_cafe/82016956821/
  2. openstreetmap.org/node/889294173
  3. wanderlog.com/list/geoCategory/70604/best-places-to-eat-in-samarkand
  4. instagram.com/artcafesamarkand/

Nearby

Sights nearby

Siyob Bazaar
Bazaar

Siyob Bazaar

Samarkand's biggest and oldest market

304 m
Gumbaz Synagogue
Place of worship

Gumbaz Synagogue

A Bukharan Jewish synagogue that never closed

614 m

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Hotels nearby

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Bibikhanum

Hotel overlooking the dome of Bibi-Khanym Mosque

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Hostel

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150 m$$$$
Hostel

Hostel Muborak

Family hostel with a courtyard in an old mahalla

400 m$$$$

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Zargaron

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Otash Osh

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450 m$$$$