A good option for local delicacies, Muus Khaya is an odd combination of restaurant, bar and bowling alley. The R300 business lunch is a deal, but it's also all that is served at noon, limiting your choice. The entire place is rather dark and moody, but somehow it works.
Muus Khaya
Yakutsk
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