Restaurants in Mineral Water Spas
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Kafé Panorama
From humble railway carriage beginnings, Kafé Panorama has metamorphosed into a large swanky restaurant for those out for a night of dining, wining and dancing. The band hasn't changed; they've just cranked up the volume and added modern pop to their wild Armenian rhythms. The Armenian cuisine specialises in shashlyks and kebabs; try the lulya, a ground mutton or chicken kebab that melts in the mouth. It's best to take a taxi.
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Lesnaya Polyana
This peaceful Caucasian restaurant, hidden in the forest 50m from the Lermontov duel site, has outdoor seating in round twig huts. The house specialty is Azeri sadzh (sizzling meat dish served in a cast-iron pan with potatoes and onions). The beer is expensive; go with local Stavropol wine or imported Azeri wine instead (both around R100 per bottle).
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Restoran Zamok
This modern castle, 7km west of Kislovodsk in the Alikonovka gorge, trades on a legend about a boy who leapt from the edge of a nearby cliff out of love for a local girl. The girl was supposed to leap too but thought better of it. The setting is pseudomedieval, the dishes Georgian and the wine hellishly expensive. A taxi costs about R140.
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Goldfish
A jungle of rampant vines almost covers this sunken garden leaving hidy-hole shelters containing wonky plastic tables. House speciality is the Goldfish salad - shrimps, salmon caviar, salad vegetables and a cognac dressing; afternoon tea is served with large lumps of Turkish delight.
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Art Café Nostalgia
Despite the name, it’s more a statement of the new (European) Russia than a hark to the past. Elegantly designed with a relaxed atmosphere either inside or on its covered terrace. The food is light but ample and subtle in taste.
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Kafe Tet-a-Tet
The upper-level outside gallery provides a circle view on life below while all sorts of coffee and 34 varieties of tea plus yummy cakes provide the refreshments. The exquisite chocolate drink needs to be spooned rather than drunk.
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Kafe Terek
This top-floor place operates as both a stolovaya (canteen) with a counter buffet and as an à la carte restaurant. If you're in for a quick feed go for the buffet and you have a choice of inside or terrace dining.
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Kazan House
This shashlyk specialist lies outside the main tourist zone, so it’s quieter, better and cheaper than places on Kurortny bul. The lulya kebabs are huge, and a half-litre of lager to wash it down costs just R40.
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Foxhole
In the basement of Kafe Terek, the Foxhole has dark hideaways for intimate conversations or shady deals, or a more lighted area for dining. Bliny come with almost anything - cabbage, bacon, apricots, cherries or salmon caviar.
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Millenium
This affordable hangout draws locals in droves to while away the afternoon eating shashlyk and putting back R40 pints of Don Zhivoe and Elbrus draught beer. The outdoor patio provides good people-watching along pr Kirova.
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Golden Dragon
Tired of shashlyk? Golden Dragon’s menu of Korean and Japanese food might tempt you. It even has an English menu – rare in Kislovodsk. The no-frills café downstairs has Russian food and the best desserts in town.
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