Yalta Restaurants

  1. Harem

    Harem is an unusual thing - an upscale Crimean Tatar restaurant. Mostly, they're quite casual. But on the terrace or in the lovely tiled Oriental room, you can sample a wide range of the Tatar cuisine, from top-notch deniz (seafood soup), biber-sarma (sweet peppers stuffed with minced beef, rice and spices) and lampa bykadina (bull's testicles grilled in brandy). French, Italian, Chilean, Argentinean and Georgian wines provide libation, and there are hookah pipes.

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  2. Khutorok Lya Mer

    Overlooking the sea at Massandra Beach, this restaurant is designed to look like the interior of a ship, but the theme isn't overdone and there's only a small fish section on the menu. The cuisine is Ukrainian meets Russian meets Crimean Tatar meets European, with dishes like varenyky, veal stroganoff, and pork fillet shashlyk with Provençale herbs. The seaside back terrace is a lovely spot.

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  3. Pelmennaya

    This is the best workers' caff in town because it makes your order fresh, rather than doing the usual of placing dishes in a glass display cabinet for hours. Varenyky , blyny , borshch and good, crisp salads all join the namesake dish of pelmeni (ravioli-like dumplings).

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  4. Soup House

    While its food is better earlier in the day, this nouveau stolova gets bonus points for its stylish, cheerful décor and wide range of Ukrainian staples, from green borshch and berry-filled varenyky to cranberry juice.

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