Nihari, slow to midnight
Beef shank simmered overnight in toasted spice, finished with marrow, ginger and a squeeze of lemon. Served the way it should be — in brass.
PKR 1,650A modern Pakistani table tucked into the quiet side of Islamabad — the dishes you grew up on, dressed for the evening and set down under a single warm light.
We named it for the dastarkhwan — the cloth unfurled before a feast, the small ceremony of revealing what's been prepared for you.
Four plates the kitchen is known for. Each arrives the old way — in brass, under one light, lid lifted at the table.
Beef shank simmered overnight in toasted spice, finished with marrow, ginger and a squeeze of lemon. Served the way it should be — in brass.
PKR 1,650Beef seekh pulled off the coals and finished under cover with a live coal of its own. That drift of smoke is the whole point.
PKR 1,250Saffron-stained, milk-soft flatbread baked to order and brushed warm. Meant to be torn at the table, never cut.
PKR 480Leg of lamb slow-roasted under char masala, glazed in pomegranate until it gives way to the spoon. Carved in front of you.
PKR 4,200 · serves 3–4Islamabad keeps its best things quietly — behind hedge rows, up the second staircase, on the road you only take if someone tells you. We liked that.
Cloak & Cuisine sits where the city softens toward the Margalla Hills, in a room kept deliberately low and warm. The cooking is unapologetically Pakistani — the recipes are old, the technique is patient — but the evening around it is ours.
Dim brass. Slow service. Food that arrives under a single light, so you actually look at it before you eat it. No buffet. No rush. Just a table that's hard to find and harder to leave.
Shot the way the room actually looks — one warm source, everything else allowed to fall into the dark.
We seat a small number of tables each evening. Tell us when you're coming and we'll have the light on.
Requests are confirmed by text, usually within the hour. For parties over eight, or to book the room, write to us directly.
Street 12, F-7/2
Islamabad, Pakistan
second gate, up the brass stair
Tuesday – Sunday
6:00 pm till late
closed Mondays
+92 51 235 0012
book@cloakandcuisine.pk
@cloakandcuisine
By reservation
Smart-casual
quiet kids welcome