Pivnitsa

Nur-Sultan (Astana)


This dark Czech cellar-bar – stone walls, wooden booths and long wood tables – is a convivial place for mugs of the unfiltered house beer, Kelly (800T for 0.5L), which comes in two types: light and dark. There are also sausages, steaks and other meaty fare to soak it up. The bar is entered from the riverside just below the Radisson Hotel.


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