Eastern European restaurants in Kyiv
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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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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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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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Mlyn
The upscale Mlyn is a waterfront restaurant housed in an old wooden mill in Hydropark. Open year-round.
Hydropark and Trukhaniv island are both full of fun outdoor restaurants where the emphasis is on eating shashlyk, drinking vodka and dancing to synthesized Russian tunes. You can't say you've been to Kyiv until you've had a long, boozy afternoon or evening in one of the places here.
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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,khrushchenky (beef roulades) or vegetarian options. Watch out for the wandering musicians though.
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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.
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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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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 cost less than 20uah, and even salmon shashlyk is only 45uah. Wash it down with horilka (vodka; 5uah per shot).
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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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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; it’s all good (unless you’re vegetarian).
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Myslyvyts
Myslyvyts is a two-minute walk east of the walking bridge in Hydropark. Just go up to the window and order.
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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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Silpo (Podil)
Located beneath San Tori restaurant. There is another store on pl Peremohy.
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Silpo (pl Peremohy)
There is another store in Podil.
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Pervak
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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