About Mirzaboshi Restaurant
The Mirzaboshi restaurant is located near the iconic Kalta Minor minaret in the very centre of Khiva's Itchan Kala. Guests can enjoy a variety of national Uzbek dishes alongside Khorezmian regional specialties, with a notably wider vegetarian section than most Uzbek restaurants offer. The location is the format's primary appeal — the dining tables on the front terrace face the famous unfinished blue-tiled minaret at thirty metres distance.
The menu is broad Uzbek-and-Khorezmian. National Uzbek classics include Plov ($6), Manty ($5 for six dumplings), Lagman noodle soup ($5), Shashlik kebabs ($3 per skewer). Khorezmian regional dishes include Shivit Oshi (the regional green-dill-noodle soup, $6), Tukhum Barak ($6), Khorezm Pilaff ($7), and the regional Mastava soup ($4). The vegetarian section — unusual in Uzbek dining — features the kitchen's vegetable-stuffed manty, a vegetable plov, and a small selection of Uzbek seasonal-vegetable dishes.
The room layout is the format's architectural pitch. The front terrace has fifteen open-air tables facing the Kalta Minor Minaret directly across the small Pahlavon Mahmoud Square (the central plaza of Itchan Kala) — sunset hour gives the most dramatic views. The indoor section has thirty seats in a converted-traditional-house dining hall with original mud-brick walls and Uzbek-decorative floor mats. Walk-ins always work outside Uzbek-tourist peak weeks.
What makes Mirzaboshi a strong choice for groups is the practical accessibility — the central Itchan Kala location means groups walking the inner-city tour can stop for lunch or dinner without leaving the walled area, and the broad menu accommodates dietary preferences across multiple visitors. The kitchen is open lunch-and-dinner with a quieter mid-afternoon service.
Best Occasion Fit
Team dinners with visiting colleagues — the front terrace absorbs eight to ten and the Kalta Minor Minaret view gives the dinner a built-in postcard moment. As a first date with travel-curious partners, the central Itchan Kala setting and the Uzbek-Khorezmian menu give the meal a cultural narrative. Solo travellers fit the indoor tables; the meal lands in twenty-five minutes.
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