Kafe Elina

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 large portions of Ukrainian favourites. In summer the set-up is reminiscent of a Bavarian beer garden with tables and little fairy-lit gazebos and pavilions nestling under mature trees. Service is efficient and polite.


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