The Square BBQ & Restaurant

Mandalay


Has live music of the pop and rock variety every night, staged in a pleasant outdoor-garden space strung with lights at night. A good selection of beer and a good barbecue menu make it an excellent place to spend a long evening.


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1. Sandamuni Paya

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At this shrine, you'll find 1774 ensconced marble slabs inscribed with commentaries on the Tripitika (Buddhist scriptures). Along with the stone slabs at…

3. Kyauktawgyi Paya

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At the heart of this large 19th-century complex is a 900-tonne buddha, 26ft tall and dressed in royal attire. Carved from a single block of marble, it…

4. Mandalay Hill Chinthe Entrance

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The stairway leading to the summit of Mandalay Hill is flanked by two enormous chinthe (mythical lion-like creatures).

5. Atumashi Kyaungdawgyi

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This unusually shaped temple is a series of diminishing stupa-dotted terraces over an arched base decorated with peacock motifs. When built in 1857, it…

6. Kuthodaw Paya

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Kuthodaw Paya, aka the ‘world’s biggest book’, draws tour-bus crowds to see its 729 slabs that retell the Tripitaka canon, which is effectively part of…

7. Shwenandaw Kyaung

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8. Peshawar Relics

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