Given all that’s happening, Hantakali is prudently refraining from going out to review any restaurants this week and is instead looking back on a year of eating.

Annamaya is a cafe with a perfect view, a chilled vibe and dishes more colourful than its panorama, but how does it taste?

Kotetsu has long reigned over Kathmandu’s Japanese dining scene, and its competitors still seem to be lagging behind.

Yum Yum Cafe in Jhamsikhel is one of the latest restaurants on the block, but how does it fare compared to the rest of the pan-Asian fare?

For a restaurant that is apparently for sale, Noyoz delivers decent eastern Nepal-style food at a reasonable price point.

OR2K might be vegetarian and filled with elephant-pants wearing tourists but it does good food that is hearty and healthy.

Nina’s in Maharajgunj has everything going for it, but could leave diners wanting.

Anatolia is famed for its biryani but what we received was a cold mess of mildly spiced rice and mutton.

At the restaurant's Durbar Marg locale, there are more Instagrammers than diners.

It’s refreshingly humble and human at Mama’s Curries, and the flavour is familiar.

Luma offers a decent view of Boudha stupa but it is the restaurant’s pork buns that will keep you coming back.

Everest Momo Centre might have many copycats but the original remains true to its buff momos and jhol.

Chapro serves its dal-bhat to all manner of customers, from daily wage labourers to businesspersons, and it has no pretensions of being Thakali.

The food at DanRan probably comes closest to what homely Japanese food looks and tastes like—deliciously filling but not overbearing.

Is it really Kwacha if it doesn’t have the same grit and grime?