Dhokaima Café offers light snacks at very reasonable prices. It has a nice garden and a bar - Manny’s Rukhmuni Lounge- under a large walnut tree. Mojito and ‘Liquid Viagra’ are the specialty of the bar.

Location: Patan Dhoka, Patan
Phone: 5522113
Category: Mid Range

Café de Temple offers snacks as well as main meals. When you visit the café do have a cup of Tibetan herbal Yarchagumpa tea.

Location: Patan
Phone: 5527127

Museum Café is located in the courtyard of the Patan Museum. The organic salads are grown on the kitchen garden at the back of the cafe. You don’t have to have a museum ticket to eat at the café.

Location: Patan
Category: Mid Range

Taleju Restaurant and Bar has excellent views of the Patan Durbar Square. The organic Ukrainian wine is very popular.

Location: Patan
Phone: 5538358
Category: Budget

Café de Patan has a pleasant open air courtyard and a rooftop garden. It serves very delicious pizzas, lassis and Newari food.

Location: Patan
Phone: 5537599
Category: Mid Range

Location: Patan
Phone: 5526212
Category: Bar

Location: Patan
Email: info@hilltreks.com
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1066, Kathmandu

Palace
Patan Durbar Square has an excellent collection of fine pagoda temples, stone statues, water spouts, bronze gateways, images of guardian deities and intricate wood and metal carvings. Patan Durbar Square Complex houses the royal palace of the former royal family of Patan. The royal palace, also known as Chyasim Deval, is believed to have been built by Malla kings in the 17th and 18th centuries. Several of Patan’s finest temples are in a straight line down the left hand side of Durbar Square, facing the palace.

Temples
Some of the famous temples of Patan are the Krishna Mandir, Krishna Temple, Taleju Bhawani, Bhimsen Temple, Vishwanath Temple, Uma Maheshwar temple, Jagannarayan Temple (Char- Narayan Temple), Bhai Dega Temple and Hari Shankar Temple.

The three storied Krishna Mandir was built by King Siddhi Narsingha Malla in the 16th century. Krishna Mandir, which is devoted to Lord Krishna, is one of the best examples of stone architecture in Nepal. Scenes from Mahabharata and Ramayana (holy Hindu epics) are carved on the walls of the Krishna Mandir.

Jagannarayan Temple, which dates back to 1565, is reputed to be the oldest temple in the Patan Durbar Square. Jagannarayan Temple is dedicated to Narayan, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Hiranya Varna Mahavihar, which is also known as the ‘Golden Temple’, is a three storied Buddhist monastery, dedicated to Lokeswar (Lord Buddha). The monastery was built by King Bhaskar Malla in the 12th century.

Courtyards
Patan Durbar Square has three courtyards, namely – Mul Chowk, Keshav Narayan Chowk and Sundari Chowk. Mul Chowk, which is the central courtyard, is the oldest and the largest courtyard. At the center of the courtyard stands the small, gilded Bidya Temple. Sundari Chowk, which is to the south of Mul Chowk, has a sunken water tank (Tusha Hiti) which contains exquisite woodcarvings, stone, and metal sculpture. Keshav Narayan Chowk houses the Patan Museum.

Museum
Patan Museum, which was established in 1997, has a fine collection of cast bronzes and gilt copper repousse work and traditional crafts for which Patan is famous. The museum is open from 10.30 am to 4.30 am everyday, except on Tuesdays.

Place to Eat
Just nearby the museum is the Patan Museum Café. The Patan Museum café offers traditional Nepali cuisines as well as western delicacies. The cafe area can also be booked for special evening functions such as classical dance or music performances, receptions, banquets or theatre.

Patan Durbar Square, which lies in the heart of Patan, is one of the three durbar squares in the Kathmandu valley. Patan Durbar Square was designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979. To the southern edge of the Patan Durbar Square, is Mangal Bazaar, Patan’s major commercial district. You will come across a number of shops selling statues of Hindu deities and Lord Buddha, handicrafts and metal and wood carvings, while walking in the Durbar Square. Foreigners and SAARC nationals have to pay a small entry fee to enter the Patan Durbar Square.