About Us

Welcome to Boat Basin.

A popular food street was established in late 1960s after the boat basin park, then restaurants were started for the people who visits for fishing & boating, then hardworking owners of the restaurants whose sincere efforts paved the way to make the stronghold of food and the largest variety of cuisines at single place.

Boat Basin is the hub of the variety of restaurants, cafes, bakeries & small shops for countless cuisines like Pakistani, Afghani, Desi Chinese, Turkish, Middle-Eastern, Lebanese, European, American and other Local Cuisines. But one of the most popular thing about “Boat Basin” is that it never sleeps, this is the only place for nightlife in Karachi which opens 24/7.

Boat Basin Food Street is also famous for Desi Food, which is almost available everywhere in Boat Basin and many of the restaurants are popular for their Barbecue, some are for Karahi, some are for their Handi and some are for Fast-food & Ice-cream and some are even the pioneers in their specialty.

Many restaurants from all over the country have the trained chefs of Boat Basin or started with the affiliations of the restaurants of Boat Basin Food Street.

“From Little Bun Kebabs to Whole Mutton all are available at one place and that is BOAT BASIN”

List of old restaurants & shops in Boat Basin Food Street;

Tandoori Hut (1984)
Baloch Ice-Cream (1945)
Karachi Broast (1982)
Jan’s Broast (1982)
Nihari Inn
Handi Inn (2002)
Thali Inn
Qasr e Al-Nakheel
S. Abdul Khaliq Sweets (1835)

Specialty of Boat Basin Food Street;

1- Handi (Clay Pot),
which was firstly introduced by Tandoori hut, Now available at several restaurants, but the most authentic one is Tandoori hut, In Handi you can try the most popular & that are Chicken Makhani, Paneer Reshmi, Ch Tikka Masala, Daal Makhani, Palak Paneer & Vegetable Paneer Handi.

2- Barbecue,
It’s available almost every restaurant but there are some special places for it, like Tandoori BBQ which is barbecued in a clay oven it’s unique and only available at Tandoori hut, otherwise there are plenty of restaurants for local barbecue like Baithak, Thali Inn, Khyber, Handi Inn & Cafe Peshawari.

3- Desi Breakfast,
Not all Market opens for breakfast & lunch, Only Dera Mattam, Handi Inn, Cafe Peshawari, Khyber, Master Broast & Tandoori Hut serves you the best breakfast in town, In desi breakfast the best thing is Halwa Puri & Variety of Yummy Parathas.

4- Karahi
The best thing about karahi is it’s available almost every where in Pakistan and Boat Basin Food Street also have the most authentic karahi makers, Cafe Frontier, Tandoori hut, Baithak & Dera are top of them.

5- Shawarma,
Boat basin have the oldest shops for shawarma, the most authentic Lebanese shawarma only available at Tandoori hut & Qasr Al-Nakheel.

6- Fast food,
There are some of the best local joints for fast food like Karachi Broast, Chick N Chips, Mr. Burger, Hanifia, Jan’s Broast & Cafe Roadside.

7- Bakery,
There are some delicious patisseries like Hobnob, Bakelious, Fam’s Patisserie, Marcel’s Patisserie & S. Abdul Khaliq Sweets.

8- Ice cream parlours,
The renowned ice cream parlours are Baloch Ice-Cream & Rajoo Ice-Cream and the new ones are Ice Dream gelato, Peshwari & Happy Rollies.

9- Nihari,
Nihari Inn, is best nihari maker and which is quite good in taste too.

10- Bun Kebabs & Pan Shop,
There are many places who have pan & cigarettes, and special ones are shirjan’s, 7 star raja pan shop, and most popular bun kebab is tipu burger.

11- Biryani,
It’s the most popular food in Pakistan, and boat basin have many restaurants who offers biryani, like Jeddah Biryani, White Biryani, Student Biryani & the most unique one which in cooked and served in Clay Pot (Handi) is called Chilman Biryani which is available at Tandoori hut.

12- Desserts,
It’s best thing to eat after a meal, there are plenty of shops for desserts like Hobnob, Bakelious, Baloch Ice cream, Ice Dream Gelato and even the an Arabian Dessert also available at Tandoori Hut, which is called Basbousa.

13- Dine In & Outdoor, 

The best dine in places at boat basin are Tandoori Hut, Dera, Nihari Inn, Chick N Chips, Thali Inn, Balochi Sajji & Karachi Broast but boat basin food street is also quite comfortable & famous for their outdoor seatings.