Yazdi food is Persian cooking with some distinctive local touches. The city is famous for its sweets — qottab (almond-cardamom pastries in a crescent shape), pashmak (silky candy floss spun from sugar and sesame), and baklava made with local pistachios. Any bakery in the Khan Bazaar will have them fresh.
Traditional restaurants in the old city mostly occupy restored historic houses — caravanserais, mansions — and the setting is often as good as the food. Most serve the standard Persian menu: kebabs, stews, rice dishes. Lamb is the main meat.
Malek-o-Tojjar Traditional Restaurant occupies a restored caravanserai near the bazaar, with seating around a central courtyard. The lamb stew and local bread are good. Popular with tour groups; book ahead in peak season.
Hamam Khan Restaurant is in a converted 19th-century bathhouse — tiled pools, domed ceilings, and candles in the evening. More atmosphere than culinary ambition, but a memorable setting. Traditional Persian menu.
For something simpler, the small teahouses around Amir Chakhmaq Square serve tea, fruit, and light snacks through the day and are good for a rest between sights.