The wave of restaurants opening in Belgrade has brought Central Asian cuisine along with it. Uzbek food is still niche compared to Georgian food, but the options have grown enough to fill a short list. Most people come looking for plov, but there is also manti, lagman, and samsa to be found if you know where to look.

Belgrade Restaurants

R-Tiam

Located near Hotel Moscow, R-Tiam was the first Uyghur restaurant in Belgrade, though the menu leans more Uzbek than Uyghur. The standout dish is the lagman, a rich beef noodle soup packed with flavor.

Bir's Pilav

If plov is what you came for, Bir's Pilav focuses on exactly that. Plov is the Uzbek answer to pilaf — rice cooked with meat, carrots, and spices in a single kazan.

Osh Plov

Another spot dedicated to plov. "Osh" is simply the Uzbek word for plov, so the name tells you what to expect. The two plov specialists above are also covered in the rare foods roundup.

Uzbechka Pekara & Restoran

Part bakery (pekara) and part restaurant, Uzbechka is billed as the first Uzbek restaurant in Belgrade — the chefs are from Uzbekistan, and the menu goes well beyond plov: lamb manti, lagman, charcoal-grilled kebabs, and tandoor bread, plus samsa in lamb, pumpkin, and Alat varieties.

AsiaMix Belgrade / Халяль Кафе

A halal Uzbek cafe on Dimitrija Tucovića, AsiaMix (also known as Халяль Кафе) offers manti (large steamed dumplings), kazan kabab, and achu et. They do delivery and takeout and stay open until 10 PM.

Novi Sad

Babushka European Deli

Babushka is a European deli rather than an Uzbek restaurant, but it earns a place on this list for serving echpochmak — a Tatar pastry of beef and potato baked inside a triangle of dough.¹ It is not strictly Uzbek, but it sits alongside the broader Central Asian and Turkic food that has been arriving in the region.