| This guide uses the following price ranges for a typical meal for one, including soft drink: | |
| Budget | Under $1 |
| Mid-range | $1-3 |
| Splurge | Over $3 |
local delicacies
Culinary borrowings
Cuisine of at least four different tribes - Marma, Chakma, Bawm and Mro can be sampled. A few of the more common ones:
Chumat kurahura Chicken steamed inside a bamboo shell.
The local tribespeople consider almost everything that walks, flies or swims as food, so with a little luck it is possible to sample dog meat, and even dried snakes or deer meat both are protected species in Bangladesh. Nappi, a semi-dried fish-paste with powerful flavor, is one of the top delicacies. Most of the hotels in Bandarban do not have any restaurant attached.
Budget
There are good restaurants in Bandarban Bazaar where local cuisine can be sampled, which is mostly too hot for unaccustomed palates.
Midrange
The best places to eat are Khaoa Daoa a Muslim restaurant, meaning they serve beef and Adarsha Bhaatghar a Hindu restaurant, meaning they don't serve beef.
Top end
Chinese or Continental food, though available and expensive by local standards, is of poor quality here. Check with Ree Song Song in the town or Kyank Ching at Parzatan Motel Megla.