UkraineRestaurants

French restaurants in Ukraine

  1. Pushkin Le Café

    Tapping into the legendary Russian poet’s connections with the Khans’ Palace, this outstanding restaurant combines a charming 19th-century drawing-room atmosphere with a skilfully executed menu that runs the gamut from Russian to Crimean Tatar, via French and Italian. The grilled salmon comes highly recommended.

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  2. Bristol

    Treat yourself at this elegant Ukrainian-European-French establishment. Among a menu that includes Caesar salad, spaghetti, veal, frogs’ legs and even pâté de foie gras (106uah), the pork served with zingy mustard sauce comes highly recommended. The Georgian and Moldavian wines, especially the Acorex Select Cabernet VDCC, are reasonably quaffable too.

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  3. A

    Le Grand Café

    The height of opulence, this French eatery is the place to take a date if you’re out to impress and money is no object. Naturally you’ll spot plenty of politicians, many of them just here to have a snifter of Hennessy in the extravagant piano bar. If you’re wondering what costs 400uah, it’s the Dover sole.

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  4. B

    Sorbonne

    With its French pretensions writ large in dishes like ‘Mon Cher Ami’, ‘Tête a tête’ and ‘Déjà vu’, this is pretty upscale for the university district. However, the shaded terrace is a charming spot to cool off in summer and even if the grilled prawns (200uah) are out of your reach, sandwiches and salads remain affordable.

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  5. C

    Gorchitsa

    Gorchitsa is a tale of two restaurants, one rather stuffy and expensive, the other a frivolous café with an outdoor patio and great breakfasts. Both are French and draw plenty of deputies from the nearby parliament.

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