Karachi - Post Report Question and Answers
What typical restaurants, food delivery services, and/or takeout options are popular among expatriates?
There is a plethora of both Western and Pakistani fast food and decent restaurants in Karachi. Almost every restaurant delivers to the Consulate for a pithy charge. With enough coordination, USG employees are permitted to physically go to the restaurants off-compound. it is relatively inexpensive to dine out in Karachi. The restaurants in the Western hotels are comparably priced to cater to a more affluent clientele. - Aug 2015
Full range of restaurants are available, including fast food places (McDonalds, Pizza Hut, KFC). The Dolmen Mall has a food court with branded places, and many restaurants - same in some of the larger hotels. Karachi has quite the restaurant scene with various foods in some really palatial indoor/outdoor settings. My local friends have introduced me to many mainstay Pakistan foods that are incredibly inexpensive and quite delicious - however, since we don't get out much, it's pretty much off the regular radar. - Jun 2014
The American Club (your sole option for dinner on compound) serves sandwhiches and such. A burger will run you $11.50 (yes, that's dollars); a local dish will run you around $5.50; a chicken caesar salad will run you around $5.85. BBQ Tonight (kababs), McDonald's, Fat Burger, Pizza Hut, KFC, 14th Street Pizza: they all deliver. Prices are cheap (a large pizza with meat is less than $5). There are also decent French, Italian, and Mediterranean restaurants here. The hotels also have a nice assortment of restaurants (including Japanese and Chinese). These will cost between $10 and $50 a head, depending on where you go and what you order. They, too, deliver. For a huge assortment of menus, check out KarachiSnob.com - Mar 2013
KFC, Pizza Hut, and McDonalds are available. Local fast-food joints and chain restaurants also exist. Mostly, you can’t go to them, however. You can ask Motorpool to swing by and pick up something for you during one of their runs. There are several restaurants that you can usually go to. The RSO maintains a list. Places go on the list or drop off depending upon the security situation. Some of the restaurants are fairly good, most are mediocre. Someone’s gotten sick at one time or another at every single one. - Sep 2011
