Simferopol Restaurants

  1. Café Putra Jaya

    Enjoy a change with a medical-school canteen that caters to the numerous Indian, Malaysian and Arab students. On vul Pavlenko, pass the eye hospital, Aeroflot and the Appeal Court, turning right around that building and continuing diagonally to the next clearing. Continue through the guardhouse for Café Putra Jaya, on the left.

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  2. Flamingo

    Older well-heeled travellers might be most satisfied with this relatively sophisticated Euro-Ukrainian restaurant, with a smattering of English on its menu (and very unsophisticated photos to help in the choosing!).

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  3. Kafe Marakand

    Local Tatars are frequent patrons here, where the assortment of Central Asian dishes includes plov (meat and rice), manty (lamb ravioli), lagman (beef noodle soup), shashlyk (meat skewers) and lepeshshky (flat, round bread) - nothing substantial for vegetarians. There's also an Italianate covered stone terrace.

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  4. Kafe Motivi

    This opulently decorated and moodily lit Persian restaurant is one of Simferopol's hip hangouts. The food, which consists mainly of stews and stir-fries, is delicious but usually takes ages to arrive. Menu prices are for 100g while most servings are 200g to 250g, so you need to do some mental arithmetic when ordering.

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  5. Kiyazha Vtikha

    This obligatory Ukrainian theme restaurant loves its cheesy band and cheek-to-cheek dancing, but the food is tasty.

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  7. Piroga

    Brightly coloured murals give this casual eatery the atmosphere of a world food café. The eponymous pirogi are in fact like large flat calzones, and you choose individual toppings for them as for pizza. Salads and desserts also served.

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  8. Prinzesa

    Enjoy a change with a medical-school canteen that caters to the numerous Indian, Malaysian and Arab students. The chicken tikka masala, Pattaya noodles, egg sambal, lassis and hummus (usually) in Arabic Prinzesa is cafeteria food, but still better than you'd get in Kyiv. On vul Pavlenko, pass the eye hospital, Aeroflot and the Appeal Court turning right around that building and continuing diagonally to the next clearing. Prinzesa's red chairs are on your right.

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