The restaurants below have been grouped into four different pricing categories:
$$$$ (over UAH 1,000)
$$$ (UAH 500 to UAH 1,000)
$$ (UAH 50 to UAH 500)
$ (up to UAH 50)
Prices are per person for a three course meal plus half a bottle of house wine and include tax and service.
Belvedere
In an ultra-chic environment with panoramic views, Kiev’s most uncompromising chefs Natalia Tershchenko leads a kitchen that excels at European and fusion food. An outdoor terrace opened in 2007.
Dniprovs’kyi Uzviz 1
Tel: (044) 288 5070.
Website:
www.belvedere.kiev.uaPrice: $$$$
Lypsky Osobnyak
Lypsky Osobnyak is the best place
to find high quality Ukrainian dishes in a 19th-century imperial setting. Among the traditional pickles and smoked dishes you will find fine
holubtsi cabbage rolls stuffed with meat, crayfish and pear salad and zander as specialties.
Lipskaya Street 15
Tel: (044) 254 0090.
Price: $$$
Le Cosmopolite
Art nouveau brasserie serving Belgian beers to wash down the moules frites and salads. Business lunch particularly good value.
Volodymyrska 47
Tel: (044) 278 7278.
Price: $$
Puzata Khata
Classic Ukrainian dishes served in a self-service canteen in a traditional Ukrainian peasant house.
Basseyna 1/2,
Tel: (044) 246 7245.
Price: $
Vernissage Cafe
French bistro with electic artwork hung on the walls serving excellent food - Greek salads with the freshest ingredients and delicious noodle soup all at bargain prices.
Andriyvsky Uzviz 30
Tel: (044) 425 2403.
Price: $
Nightlife:Kiev’s nightlife tends to be rather spread out but you could do worse than start an evening on Khreschatyk, which has the highest concentration of bars, bierkellers and cafes - many of which are open 24 hours. Garish casinos and strip clubs have proliferated in the more relaxed sexual and commercial post-Soviet atmosphere. But there is a diversity of good quality entertainment for night owls, from barge parties to underground jazz venues.
Bars: Hard to find but a relaxed hang out off the main street Khreschatyk,
Baraban, Prorizna 4A, serves good food and drink at reasonable prices with live music. The
Marocana Fashion Café, Lesi Ukrainki boulevard 24, is a Moroccan-style bar is a welcome addition to Kiev’s bar scene and has proved a big hit with the city’s glamorous inhabitants. Stay all night to enjoy the traditional Moroccan breakfast. An ironic take on Ukrainian youth’s Soviet era angst, the
Wall, Bessarabska Square 2, a Pink Floyd inspired basement bar, is popular with expats and locals and has a good variety of beers and food at reasonable prices. It attracts a young fun crowd.
Safe, Chervonoarmiys’ka 23, a lounge bar popular with Kiev’s glitterati, is surprisingly relaxed with its understated décor and DJs playing fun rather than full-on sets, while
Bar on 8, A Tarasova Street 5, is the perfect place to enjoy a sundowner while admiring the golden domes of St Sofia’s Cathedral.
Golden Gate Irish Pub, Zolotovoritsky 15, has the largest selection of draught beer in Kiev - including of course Guinness.
Clubs: Head for
Orangerea, Basseyna 4, only if you’re wearing your best glad rags; there’s a strict ’face control’ policy operating here for those wanting to hear the best in house music. Or try
Sound Planet, Dmitrievska street 18/24 (website:
www.soundpla.net/new/index/), democracy in action for lovers of dance music. It’s a vast venue with a reputation to match that attracts international DJs.
Live Music: Kiev is crammed with great jazz and blues venues and
Swing, Vladimirskaya street 11 (website:
www.swing-jazz.com.ua), is one of the best established of them. Kiev’s only Latin American club, the
Caribbean Club, Kominterna 4 (website:
www.caribbean.com.ua/en) specializing in dance classes and live acts, is also one of its oldest. It opened in 1998 and quickly became hugely popular thanks to its friendly and lively atmosphere.
Art Club 44, 44 Khreschatyk boulevard, has a loyal following for its high quality live offerings of all types of music (except hard rock) in a brick lined basement. It attracts a younger crowd than Swing.
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