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Where to go on a date in Tashkent in 2026: 6 places
From a daytime pastry house to a bar with a DJ — six addresses for a date in Tashkent. Take Socials on Taras Shevchenko first: the kitchen there runs until three at night. When choosing, check how late orders are taken, whether a table needs booking, what fills the room in the evening — music, a DJ or talk without a soundtrack — and the format you have in mind: an hour over dessert, dinner, or a bar. The bill follows the format, since coffee with dessert and dinner with drinks add up differently. Prices appear on each venue's page.
How to choose
Where to go on a date in Tashkent in the evening
The evening turns on closing time. The kitchen on Taras Shevchenko takes orders until three at night, the Uzbek restaurant in the Usta Olim cul-de-sac until midnight, and the Italian restaurant on Amir Temur shuts at eleven. The pastry houses work until ten and eleven, so they are not built for a late night. Plan backwards from the last address: to stay out until night, start with a walk and put dinner where the kitchen runs longest.
Where two people can sit late
Of the six, the cafe on Taras Shevchenko runs longest — until three at night. Next comes the Uzbek restaurant in the Usta Olim cul-de-sac, which closes at midnight. The bar on Amir Temur is an evening place too, but louder: a DJ plays and the conversation runs against it. If you want to talk at length without pauses for music, choose the first two and leave the bar for a night when dancing is the point.
How much does a date in a Tashkent cafe cost
The cost follows the format, not the address. Coffee with dessert in a pastry house and dinner with snacks and drinks in a bar add up differently: in the first you pay for two items, in the second for the kitchen, the service and the bar menu. The Uzbek room is counted by dish rather than by set. On a tight budget choose the daytime format: it is shorter and simpler in composition. Exact prices appear on each venue's page.
Where the date places are in central Tashkent
Four of the six stand on central streets: two on Amir Temur avenue, one on Amir Temur street and one on Taras Shevchenko. That means the evening can be built on foot — dessert in one place, dinner in another, the walk between them part of the date. The Uzbek room in the Usta Olim cul-de-sac and the pastry house on Shakhrisabz sit apart, and people drive to them meaning to stay for the evening.
Where to go on a first date
Choose the short format. The pastry house on Amir Temur street opens at eight, the second one on Shakhrisabz is open until ten, and an hour over coffee and dessert commits you to nothing and ends when you decide. A three-hour dinner and a bar with a DJ make more sense the second time, once you know what you will talk about. If you do go in the evening, pick a room without a dance floor.
Where you need to book a table in advance
Booking matters most at the bar on Amir Temur avenue: a DJ plays in the evening, the venue fills, and without a call there may be no free table. In the Uzbek restaurant in the Usta Olim cul-de-sac the terrace table facing the river is taken early too, especially in summer. Pastry houses rarely need it, since the format is short and tables turn over. The rule is simple: if the evening depends on music or a view, call during the day.
Where to go
Where live music turns up on some evenings
Giotto on Amir Temur avenue is an Italian restaurant: dishes are cooked to traditional recipes from fresh produce, and the kitchen is open from ten in the morning until eleven at night. Live music plays on some evenings, not every one, so if that is why you are going, ask for the schedule when you book. Cinnabons are the dessert people order, and they come back for those alone, without dinner. The format is a restaurant rather than a bar: tables stand apart and talk happens over the food, not over the music. Choose a weekday evening for a quiet room, a weekend for movement and a soundtrack.
Where the evening runs on a DJ rather than on talk
Kuranty Bar on Amir Temur avenue offers two menus at once: the bar list of cocktails, wine and beer, and the kitchen list of snacks and main dishes. A DJ plays in the evening, so the format sits closer to a party for two than to a quiet dinner. Tables are booked ahead: the venue fills at night, and a call during the day works better than luck. Come when you want movement rather than a long conversation, since talk under music runs in short exchanges. The format works better for a second or third date than for a first.
Where the table sits with water in view
Khan Chapan in the Usta Olim cul-de-sac is an Uzbek restaurant where guests sit on satin cushions and the river shows from the windows and the terrace. The kitchen is open from noon until midnight, so an evening can start late without pushing the conversation towards closing. The interior is kept in national style, and the place sets the subject on its own: if one of you is in the city for the first time, nothing needs explaining. In summer ask for a terrace table — the water view is why people drive across town. On a cool evening the cushioned room is another option, with the same kitchen and the same view.
Where a date fits into an hour over dessert
Safia on Amir Temur street is a pastry house with more than 400 kinds of dessert on the menu. The venue is open from eight in the morning until eleven at night, so a meeting can be set before work or after it without bending the evening around dinner. The format is short: coffee and dessert take an hour, and while you are still working each other out that is simpler than a long table — you leave when you both want to. The choice is extensive, so read the display before you sit down. Take two different desserts and swap.
Where to meet in the daytime when the evening is taken
Cake Lab on Shakhrisabz street is a pastry house that bakes bread and pastry alongside desserts, with coffee and tea to go with them. The doors open at eight in the morning and close at ten at night, which makes it a daytime option: breakfast for two, a meeting on a break, or dessert straight after work. The daytime format removes the question of when to leave — an hour at the table commits you to nothing. Order dessert and pastry together, since they come from one display. If you both work nearby, the meeting fits inside a lunch break.
How we chose
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Criteria: how late the kitchen works · whether a table needs booking · what fills the room in the evening · format: dessert, dinner or bar.
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Where the kitchen works after the others have closed
Socials Cafe on Taras Shevchenko street is open from eight in the morning until three at night, which changes the shape of an evening: there is no last-order to race. The kitchen includes European and Eastern dishes on one menu, so pasta and plov reach the same table without a choice between cuisines. The place is set up for two rather than only for groups, and the room follows that. Plan it this way: when the evening starts late, put this address last, after the neighbouring kitchens stop taking orders. The street is central, so a walk before or after fits into the same evening instead of another trip.