Tibet Hotel
As this Hotel is listed in the Lonely Planet, it still receives a lot of backpacker customers. However the quality of the accomodation has gone down over the years. Rooms missing electrical outlets...

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Kangba Supermarket
This supermarket is slated for demolition to make room for the large shopping complex across the street to the West. However, while it's still open, it's a good source for watches, tableware, snacks...

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Beijing Dou Shi Fu
This little gem of a restaurant, hidden among a row of similar looking storefronts, serves up hot bowls of soy milk, even after breakfast hours are over.

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Yak Bar
This member of the "strip" of backpacker eateries on the south end of town specializes in Korean food. The Bibimbap doesn't taste at all like the Americanized version, but is supposedly pretty authe...

Xianggelila / Shangri-La / Zhongdian - Food

Potala Log Cabin
The food here is about as expensive as the other Potala, but comes with a much better view (go to the 3rd floor). The portions are a bit on the small side, however. If you want some curry, don't or...

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Horizon Cafe
Another one of the cafes on the "strip" of places catering to backpackers. Prices are slightly higher, but there's nothing much to warrant that. Beer:8, Coconut Juice:8, Tang:6, Cards:5, Yak Butt...

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Holy Palace Hotel (Long Feng Xiang)
Arguably the best club in Xianggelila, the club on the top floor of Long Feng Xiang features the standard chinese setup of a dance floor in the middle, tables arrayed around it. There's no cover, an...

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Sunshine Hotel
Styled in IKEA furnishings, the bar downstairs has a pleasant feel to it. You can use the computer when it's not otherwise being used for games or chatting. The guesthouse upstairs has a few rooms,...

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King Gesar Cafe
This bar features the steepest staircase with the narrowest individual stairs leading to a bar in town. Located on the newly-added second floor of a wooden building in the old town, the bar itself i...

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