There are some fab restaurants in Thamel now. From most hotels in Kathmandu you can get a rickshaw for about $1 (though they will tell you its $10 when they realise you are staying at a nice hotel) into Thamel. There are a number of good restaurants, and the Irish Bar is good too. There is an upstairs cafe opposite the cybernet cafe, can't remember the name but they do very good food, particularly Indian. Never had any stomach problems whilst there, although I always use the bottled water for drinking (and hotel water for teeth cleaning). There is also a cinema over by the Royal Palace/ Durbar Marg area which often has subtitled films (subtitled in English) or even English language films.