Country dossier
Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries across Myanmar in the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Myanmar
Sofaer & Co in Kyauktada Township, Terminal 5 in San Chaung Township and Queen Restaurant in Nyaung U each have a wine or cocktail program.
In Kyauktada Township, Sofaer & Co serves modern Mekong fusion with Vietnamese, Thai and Myanmar influences on an a la carte menu. The open kitchen uses fresh local ingredients. It has a wine list and craft cocktails.
In San Chaung Township, Terminal 5 is a small bar with a relaxed atmosphere and an interest in craft drinking. It pours classic cocktails, and local bands perform live on select nights.
In Nyaung U, Queen Restaurant serves authentic Burmese curries with Thai and international cooking. Service is a la carte. Lanterns hang from the tree branches. It keeps a standard wine program.
Feel Myanmar Restaurant (Pyidaungzu Yeiktha Street) in Dagon serves mohinga, Nanda Restaurant in Nyaung Oo Main Road serves traditional Myanmar cooking, and Sarabha 2 Restaurant in Nyaung U serves Burmese and Thai food.
In Dagon, Feel Myanmar Restaurant (Pyidaungzu Yeiktha Street) serves traditional Burmese cooking a la carte and is renowned for its mohinga. Its kitchen draws on the country's agricultural produce from riverine, highland and coastal areas.
In Nyaung Oo Main Road, Nanda Restaurant serves traditional Myanmar cooking alongside Chinese and Thai food on an a la carte menu. It has a minimal wine program and puppet shows performed on stage during dinner.
In Nyaung U, Sarabha 2 Restaurant serves Burmese and Thai food on an a la carte menu. It is part of the Sarabha restaurant chain, whose cooking also includes Western dishes.
The three kitchens are Rakhine seafood and noodles, casual Myanmar barbecue, and authentic Korean: Minn Lan Moat Ti & Seafood in Sanchaung Township, Kaung Myat Restaurant in Chinatown, and Roha Korean Restaurant in Kalaw.
In Sanchaung Township, Minn Lan Moat Ti & Seafood is Yangon's most renowned seafood chain. The kitchen prepares Rakhine Mote Ti noodles and fresh-caught seafood to order. Service is a la carte, with counter dining.
In Chinatown, Yangon's Kaung Myat Restaurant is an a la carte spot for casual Myanmar barbecue. The kitchen serves barbecue skewers, grilled fish and other local Myanmar food, with cold beer.
In Kalaw, a highland town and hill station in Shan State, Roha Korean Restaurant serves authentic Korean cuisine a la carte. Burmese and Shan cuisine dominate the local food scene.
The Strand in Downtown has Michelin Selected status, and Wa Ale Resort in Myeik Archipelago holds a Michelin 1 Key. Novotel Inle Lake in Nyaung Shwe has overwater villas and an infinity pool.
In Downtown, The Strand is a restored Victorian-era hotel built in 1901. Its interiors have teak-panelled corridors and high ceilings. The hotel combines colonial architecture with modern luxury and has Michelin Selected status for 2025.
In Myeik Archipelago, Wa Ale Resort is an eco-resort on a private 9,000-acre island with tented villas and treetop accommodations. It holds a Michelin 1 Key and appears in La Liste Top Hotels.
In Nyaung Shwe, Novotel Inle Lake is a lakeside resort that combines international hotel standards with the local stilt-house tradition. The property sits at the water's edge and has overwater villas and an infinity pool.
Yangon has the most venues in our Myanmar guide, with 7 of the country's 17 venues, including restaurants, a bar and hotels. မန္တလေးမြို့ has 3 venues in our guide, all of them restaurants.
Start in Yangon. Sofaer & Co in Kyauktada Township has a wine list and craft cocktails, and Terminal 5 in San Chaung Township pours classic cocktails, with live local bands on select nights.
There are no Michelin-starred restaurants in our Myanmar guide. The Michelin recognition is for hotels: Wa Ale Resort in Myeik Archipelago holds a Michelin 1 Key, and The Strand in Downtown has Michelin Selected status.
Burmese restaurants in our guide include Feel Myanmar Restaurant (Pyidaungzu Yeiktha Street) in Dagon, Mingalarbar Restaurant in Mandalay, Sarabha 2 Restaurant in Nyaung U, Nanda Restaurant in Nyaung Oo Main Road and Queen Restaurant in Nyaung U.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
Myanmar
Selected entries from the current guide for Myanmar.
Yangon, Myanmar
On Pyidaungzu Yeiktha Street in central Yangon, Feel Myanmar Restaurant represents the kind of mid-range local dining that anchors neighbourhoods across the city. The kitchen draws on the agricultural breadth of Myanmar, where riverine, highland, and coastal produce converge in a single national cuisine. For visitors wanting context beyond hotel buffets, this address offers direct access to that tradition.
Yangon, Myanmar
Kaung Myat Restaurant occupies a spot on 19th Street in Yangon, operating within a neighbourhood that carries some of the city's most concentrated everyday dining culture. With verified data limited at this stage, the restaurant is best approached as part of a wider exploration of Yangon's local food scene, where street-level Burmese cooking remains the primary draw.
Yangon, Myanmar
On the corner of Parami Road in northern Yangon, Minn Lan Moat Ti & Seafood draws a local crowd for Burmese seafood cooking rooted in the ingredients that define the country's coastal and river traditions. The name signals the kitchen's focus: mohinga-style preparations alongside fresh seafood, served in a setting that reflects how most of Yangon actually eats rather than how it performs for visitors.
Nyaung U, Myanmar
Eating in Bagan's Gateway Town Nyaung Oo sits at the northern edge of the Bagan archaeological zone, the town most visitors pass through on arrival and exit without paying much attention to what it actually offers at the table. That is a missed...
Nyaung U, Myanmar
Queen Restaurant operates in Nyaung Oo, the township adjacent to the Bagan archaeological zone in Myanmar's Mandalay Region. Set within one of Southeast Asia's most historically dense destinations, it draws visitors exploring the temple plains alongside locals seeking familiar regional cooking. Specific menu, pricing, and booking details are limited, so direct contact on arrival is the practical approach.
Kalaw, Myanmar
A Korean restaurant operating in Kalaw, a highland town in Myanmar's Shan State known as a trekking base rather than a dining destination. Roha sits in a food scene dominated by Burmese and Shan cuisine, making Korean food here a distinct outlier worth understanding in context before you book a table.
Nyaung U, Myanmar
Sarabha 2 Restaurant sits in Old Bagan, a district where the density of ancient temples shapes what little commercial life exists nearby. In a town with limited dining options outside of hotel restaurants, it represents a locally rooted alternative for travellers moving through Nyaung U. Check our full Nyaung U guide for current context before visiting.
Yangon, Myanmar
“The Sofaer building was once one of the swankiest department stores in Rangoon. A century ago in Kipling’s poem, ‘Mandalay’ was beckoning the overheated imaginations of a generation of young Englishmen. Here you could buy fine Egyptian cigarettes, French liqueurs. The floor tiles were shipped over from Manchester. Now people live here. A half-century of a pariah state has left very few of these buildings in good repair. And there are divergent views on whether to preserve them. For many, a reminder of colonial subjugation; for others, vestige of a golden time.”
Myanmar
Selected entries from the current guide for Myanmar.
Myeik Archipelago, Myanmar
Wa Ale Resort occupies a private island in Myanmar's Myeik Archipelago, a chain of over 800 islands that remained closed to tourism until relatively recently. Recognised by La Liste's Top Hotels 2026 with 90.5 points, the resort operates within a conservation-first framework, placing it in the specialist tier of remote eco-luxury properties in Southeast Asia.
Yangon, Myanmar
Lotte Hotel Yangon holds three World Luxury Hotel Awards across Luxury Serviced Apartment, Luxury Lakeside Hotel, and Luxury Hotel categories, placing it in a bracket occupied by few properties in Myanmar. Located on Sin Phyu Shin Avenue with views over Inya Lake, the hotel addresses a market where large-format international luxury and design credibility must coexist in a city still developing its premium hospitality infrastructure.
Yangon, Myanmar
The Strand is one of Southeast Asia's few surviving grand colonial hotels, holding court on Yangon's waterfront since 1901. MICHELIN Selected for 2025, it represents a distinct tier of heritage hospitality in a city where that category is thin. The teak-panelled corridors, high ceilings, and measured pace of service place it in a different register from every other address in the city.
Inle Lake, Myanmar
Novotel Inle Lake sits on the water's edge in Mine Thank Village, Nyaung Shwe Township, placing guests directly within one of Myanmar's most architecturally distinctive freshwater environments. The property bridges international hotel standards with the vernacular stilt-house tradition that defines life on the lake, making it a practical base for travellers who want proximity to the floating gardens and leg-rowing fishermen without sacrificing reliable infrastructure.
Myanmar
Selected entries from the current guide for Myanmar.
Yangon, Myanmar
On 19th Street in Yangon, Terminal 5 occupies a position that mirrors the city's broader bar scene: operating at the intersection of Southeast Asian informality and a genuine interest in craft drinking. For visitors tracking where serious cocktail culture is taking root outside the established Asian circuit, it represents a practical starting point in a city still building its after-dark identity.
Myanmar
Selected entries from the current guide for Myanmar.
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