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Alaverde
Of Kyiv's many Georgian restaurants this unpretentious little affair is the best value. There's no English menu; if you're stuck order some suluguni (Georgian cheese) and anything from the 'hot dishes' (Гарячі Страві) section - it's all good (unless you're vegetarian).
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Concord
Concord delivers the entire package: incredible Euro-Asian fusion food, effortlessly slick interior design and impeccable service. The DJ spins tunes that everybody else will be playing three months from now. The mouth-watering salads here are like temples to the sultan of sassafras, like shrines to the Raman of radicchio. The views from atop the Donbas Centre are just dressing on the salad.
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Domashnya Kukhnya
This was the first of the now-ubiquitous fast-food stolovy (cafeterias) to grace the city, and it's still the largest and second only to Puzata Khata in terms of quality. Heap a few dishes and a beer on your tray and skedaddle out to the huge patio.
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Garbuzyk
This fun if slightly hokey eatery offers a great introduction to Ukrainian food without breaking the bank. Appetisers like deruny (potato cakes) and borshch , and even salmon shashlyk are affordable. Wash it down with horilka (vodka).
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Kartoplyana Khata
Kartoplyana Khata 'Potato Hut' has exploded into a national chain, but this smoke-free original location remains its flagship. The ribs, dripping in grease, have attained legendary status, and burritos are its other speciality. Despite its moniker, the potato is but a minor player here.
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Kazbek
Don't be misled by the flashing neon lights and adjoining casino - this place is quality. Our favourite Georgian restaurant.
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Khutorok
This wooden paddle-steamer moored on the Dnipro has a cosy Carpathian-style interior. Sit on the deck in summer, or huddle up to the fire in winter, while partaking of delicious shashlyk, green borshch, (beef roulades) or vegetarian options. Watch out for the wandering musicians though.
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Mlyn
The upscale Mlyn is a waterfront restaurant housed in an old wooden mill in Hydropark. Open year-round.
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Myslyvyts
A two-minute walk east of the walking bridge in Hydropark. Just go up to the window and order. Open year-round.
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O'Panas blyny stand
City's best blyny come from a shack in front of Ukrainian eatery O'Panas.
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Pervak
Kyiv's best Ukrainian restaurant masterfully creates old Kyiv (c 1900) without falling into the schmaltz trap that dogs many a Ukrainian theme resto. The chefs boldly prepare original takes on Ukrainian classics, which are adroitly delivered to tables by waitresses in frilly, cleavage-bearing country outfits. There's nightly live music and black-and-white silent movies playing on old Soviet TVs.
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Puzata Khata
Puzata Khata 'Hut of the Pot Belly' is an upscale stolova and an excellent place for budget travellers to sample traditional Ukrainian cuisine. There are cheap veggie options, delicious pastries and beer, and even hard booze. Other branches are on vul Sahaydachnoho 24 and Pasazh.
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Silpo (Podil)
Located beneath San Tori restaurant. There is another store on pl Peremohy.
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Tsarske Selo
This is Kyiv's quintessential Ukrainian theme restaurant, decorated in rustic 18th-century style and filled with tour groups. Ukrainian staples are superbly done, but the most famous dish is the dessert of salo (cured pig fat) in chocolate - only for the most adventurous.
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Varenichnaya #1
Specialising in varenyky (Ukrainian dumplings), this mimics the homy interior of an early-20th-century private apartment. Nearly 25 different varenyky fillings are offered. Surely, though, the live piglet in the basket near the door (so cute!) must deter anyone from ordering pork? Careful - beer is obnoxiously expensive here.
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Vernisazh
The atmosphere is arty-farty and the menu eclectic. Dishes exhibit Ukrainian, Thai and French influences and, yes, the chef is talented enough to pull it off. If it's raining you can kill time admiring the art or thumbing through their colourful coffee-table books.
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