Central Ukraine
Popular Tamero is a bright restaurant with a menu that leans Italian, an outdoor terrace with blankets for when it gets cool, and a unique circular design…
Must-see restaurants in Ukraine
Lviv
‘Oh no!’, cry those who’ve picked their way through Ukraine’s culinary wilderness via too many Celentanos to reach Lviv’s tasty delights, but the main…
The Carpathians
Krasna Sadyba's kolyba (wooden hut) is one of the best eating spots in Yaremche, serving sumptuous spit-roasted pork, beef shashlyk (shish kebab), chicken…
The Carpathians
This cafe behind the Museum of Hutsul Folk Art is a typical Hutsul kolyba (mountain inn) arrangement with tables and knick-knacks in a wooden hut serving…
Eastern Ukraine
Dark stone, aged wood and the smell of baking khachapuri (cheese pastry) – that's a combination which instantly carries one across the Caucasus range into…
The Carpathians
Rakhiv's fanciest dining option is a tranquil island of style and efficient service, and a fine place to grab some post-hike grub (but lose the muddy…
Lviv
Following the occupation of Crimea, many Tatars moved their cafes to other parts of Ukraine – this bright, simple cafe serves up typically flavour-packed…
Kharkiv
Rivers of beer cut through mountains of meat to the sound of um-pah-pah music in this Kharkivite version of a Czech pub. There is a microbrewery on the…
Western Ukraine
Named for the famous fictional Czech soldier Švejk (Schweik in German) in Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, this place harks back to the novel's…
The Carpathians
Named after the famous Ukrainian dance, this rural-themed restaurant – all sunflowers, traditional carpets and stacked wood – has a menu that high-kicks…
Eastern Ukraine
Reporter has three wings: a ground-floor coffeehouse serving breakfasts and possibly the plumpest, tastiest homemade varenyky (stuffed, ravioli-like…
The Carpathians
Ask anyone in Chernivtsi where you should eat and most will recommend this 21st-century restaurant at the top end of vul Kobylyanskoyi. Don't be fooled by…
The Carpathians
Mukacheve's top place for local rations is Bohrach, a rural-themed tavern just off the main square. The hearty Transcarpathian food comes heavily spiced…
Sharlotka/Varenichna Baluvana Halya
Eastern Ukraine
Sharlotka is a laid-back coffeehouse, good for snacks and light lunches; adjoining Varenichna is an unexpectedly sophisticated but inexpensive cafe…
Lviv
Is it a museum of Ukrainian traditional village life or is it a restaurant plating up imaginatively cooked Ukrainian food? Well, the truth is, it's both…
The Carpathians
With colourful splashes of decor standing out against white walls, friendly service and liberally strewn design magazines, this is Uzhhorod's coolest…
Western Ukraine
This restaurant 750m north of the train station has gone the whole hog when it comes to theme dining. The traditionally done-out interior, complete with…
Eastern Ukraine
This lovely restaurant, with a wood-filled interior and many multicoloured fish-shaped objects adorning the walls, could have easily become our favourite…
Kharkiv
Don’t be fooled by the plain, though pleasant, interior of this place – here the focus is firmly on well-crafted food from Ukraine and the Caucasus with a…
Kharkiv
Varenyky (triangular-shaped dumplings) are the chubby Zeus of the Ukrainian culinary pantheon. Here is the place not only to gorge on them, experimenting…
Western Ukraine
A very convenient place to eat is this self-service canteen on the 3rd floor of the TsUM department store, right in the centre of town. Point and hope at…
Lviv
Dine amid ancient columns and brick arches at this casual restaurant, whose name means 'The Saddle' (there's one out front to point you in the right…
Odesa
This outlet of Odesa's best-known restaurant, famous for its unpretentious home-style fare (lavishly peppered with Soviet nostalgia), is conveniently…
Eastern Ukraine
With bare concrete walls, this cellar place underneath a Stalin-era apartment block could have been a nuclear bunker, but now it is a lively restaurant…
Odesa
There is no more grilled meat here than in its famous sister restaurant Bratya Grill on Deribasivska, because "more" stands for the sea in Russian and sea…
The Carpathians
Cosy, old-fashioned restaurant at the castle if you happen to finish a tour at feeding time. Polite waiters keep you supplied with hearty, meaty, spice…
Western Ukraine
The Theatre Cafe is a cheap 'n' cheerful self-service canteen where chirpy dinner ladies plate up Ukrainian comfort food plus the odd foreign invader such…
Odesa
Another haunt for Odesa foodies, the food court inside the revived Green Theatre at Shevchenko Park is a smattering of kiosks and trailers churning out…
Eastern Ukraine
This unassuming tiny cafe sets the golden standard for pelmeni (Russian meat-filled dumplings) and their triangular-shaped Ukrainian cousins, varenyki…
Eastern Ukraine
An ubercute 20th-century nostalgia place without hammers and sickles – think visiting a Soviet granny back in the 1970s. Savour your beetroot-and-prune…
Dedushka s Tatuirovkoy Drakona
Kharkiv
With an inviting terrace that lures a smart youngish crowd on hot summer evenings, the Grandad with Dragon Tattoo (a play on words from Stieg Larsson's…
Lviv
This supersized version of Ukraine’s No. 1 restaurant chain stands out for its classy, spacious, Hutsul-themed upper floor and cheap, tasty food. This…
The Carpathians
Vaguely reminiscent of a US diner, this spacious, handily central self-service canteen plates up delicious Ukrainian food priced per 100g. There's Lviv…
Southern Ukraine
The owners of Shabo winery wouldn't be proper Georgians if they didn't set up a great eatery nearby. Mean khinkali (dumplings), khachapuri (cheese pastry)…
Eastern Ukraine
Turkish expats run this pleasant eatery just off pr Lenina. The convenient picture menu features lots of shashlyks and appetising Turkish snacks. Patrons…
Eastern Ukraine
A vaguely central European cellar pub with chatty waiters who like to show their proficiency in foreign languages (mostly German). Meat in all shapes…
The Carpathians
Overhanging the river and regarded as one of the best places to eat in these parts, Sheshory's Arkan restaurant is celebrated for its authentic Hutsul…
The Carpathians
This funky little oasis serves pizzas, cakes and drinks as you surf the web on chequered sofas. Tibetan prayer flags drape the interior and there's…
Eastern Ukraine
Studenty watering hole and live-music venue, with weekend rock bands, a long beer menu, and a big and busy summer beer garden.
Lviv
This blast from the Soviet past has been serving budget pyrizhky (pies/turnovers) here for over 50 years.
