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16 unusual restaurants and cafés in Kyiv

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Once you have visited Kyiv, be sure to taste Ukrainian cuisine. However, the capital can surprise you not only with borsch or varenyky. Today we’d like to show you the most unusual restaurants and cafés in Kyiv. Some of them will surprise you with unique design; others will treat you with wonderful dishes. So, here we go.

Odessa Restaurant

Do you know any other restaurant in Kyiv, where you can find 30 kilometers of rope and a herd of sea lambs? Definitely in "Odessa". The original room, covered with intricate rope is the gem of the restaurant.

Photo Source: odessarest.com.ua.

And you can also observe the map of Odesa, designer fireplace and Tandoor brought from India. The cooks prepare baked fish, lamb, vegetables and other goodies there in the hall. They also like to surprise guests by the serving of the dishes: how about the order presented in the smoke from dry ice?

Location: Chervonoarmiyska street, 114.

Restaurant complex "Kabachok na bochok" (“Squash on the Side”)

How can you live in a house that is upside down? What happens to furniture and tenants of the building that is squinted sideways? Restaurant "Kabachok na bochok" offers to find out by visiting three restaurants in the "inverted" house. And in one of them you will find the bar-aquarium and beautiful ships.

Photo Source: skyscrapercity.com.

Location: Slavgorodska street, 23.

Restaurant "Deja Vu"

The most musical restaurant in the country. Here you can find the autographs of almost the entire pantheon of stars not only from CIS countries but also from all over the world. Many rarities were bought by cafe owners at international auctions. Concert guitar of the band «Metallica», Patricia Kaas’ exclusive scarf, gold discs of the legendary «Led Zeppelin» and «Deep Purple» – all of these are the pride of the bar’s collection.

Photo Source: dejavu-kiev.com.

Everything is dedicated to music, you can relax in the hall of "John Lennon", in "Jazz", "Rock" rooms. And since rock and motorcycles are inseparable, you should get ready to see bikes hanging on the walls. The list of "interesting restaurants and cafes in Kyiv" must include "Deja Vu."

Photo Source: crazy-daizy.kiev.ua.

Location: Bohdan Khmelnytsky street, 30.

Absinthe Bar "Palata № 6" (“Ward № 6”)

The real psychiatric hospital, to which visitors come to heal their emotional wounds. The nurse-waitress will assist you in this, with a huge syringe, from which "patients” are directly injected with alcohol into the mouth. Everything is for real: the front door has lattice, walls are covered with soft pillows, urological office is here instead of the toilet, and the atmosphere reminds the corporate madhouse.

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The most extreme cocktail is "Kamikaze". Volonteers can wear military helmets and servers set it on fire with alcohol. You should grab the camera when visiting this entertainment venue. It is a very unusual café in Kyiv.

Location: Vorovskogo street, 31A.

Sutra Restaurant

Perhaps it was the grandeur that distinguished palaces of Indian rulers and wealthy Raja from others. You feel transported to an amazing oriental fairytale. Marble wall framing with Indian gods and heroes, luxury chairs that weigh as a throne, fine curtains, different walls – all of these are as if illustrated pages from old books...

Photo Source: sutrakiev.com.ua.

The marble panels are particularly noteworthy. Each of them is a picture carved in stone, telling the legends and myths of India. They were created by Indian master-carvers. One of the walls helps to fulfill wishes. It literally shines! The wall consists of many tiny doors, behind each of which there is an Indian god. The chosen god will tell if the desire be fulfilled. It is worthy to enter the selection of "Unusual restaurants in Kyiv".

Photo Source: sutrakiev.com.ua.

There is also a risqué carved wall dedicated to the "Kama Sutra". The table located next to it is for couples. Besides luxurious interior, visitors praise cuisine and original Indian spices used in the restaurant.

Location: Proviantska street, 3.

Salon Restaurant "Kanapa" (“Sofa”)

Apparently this place is unique not only in Ukraine but also in the whole world. It is certainly not a problem to find a restaurant that will surprise you with delicious dishes of molecular cuisine. But to combine Ukrainian pre-revolutionary recipes with this culinary innovations! Where else can you try edible candle made out of butter, black dumplings with pikeperch, smoked salo with crispy nettle, Chicken Kyiv made from pheasant’s meat and sweet egg made from pigeont’s milk?

Photo Source: borisov.com.ua.

By the way, well-known Ukrainian musician Oleg Skripka took part in creating the concept of development of this institution. The building of the restaurant is a wooden building of the 19th century. Inside there is an authentic loom. So you can take a master class.

Photo Source: borisov.com.ua.

Location: Andriyivskyy Descent, 19A.

Fito Café "Solyana pechera" (“Salt Cave”)

Very small healing café. The floor, walls, ceiling and even some furniture is made from healing salt. It took more than 10 tons! The healing air in Solotvyno salt mine will help those who suffer from bronchopulmonary diseases. A noticeable effect requires 10-15 sessions, each lasting about an hour. During this time, you can try herbal teas and oxygen cocktails.

Photo Source: relax.com.ua.

Location: Shevchenko Boulevard, 6.

Restaurant "Spotykach"

If you get overcome with nostalgia and you want to plunge into a retro era – you should visit "Spotykach." It is a comfortable apartment with many small rooms in which you can spend time with your company. The rooms are separated by curtains, so they remind those that were once in every Soviet family.

Photo Source: spotykach.virtual.ua.

The rooms are filled with miscellaneous stuff: dressers, samovars, guitars, shelves with books ... At the entrance visitors are greeted with portraits of Brezhnev and Fidel Castro, and in the rest room children's sled is hanging over the door. Basically, if you saw the "soviet" era, complete immersion in the past is provided – the restaurant is filled with old familiar stuff! And only here you can taste Ukrainian borscht-eskimo and cosmo-tubes with Olivye !!!

Photo Source: spotykach.virtual.ua.

Location: Volodymyrska street, 16.

Restaurant "Ulyublenyi dyadyko" (“Favorite Uncle”)

Uncle loves to travel and is constantly discovering something new. Therefore, his house is a reflection of those parts of the world where he has been or where he is planning to go. So in his apartment there are mopeds, an old piano, a library of masterpieces of world classics and a collection of watches and fireplace and ...

Photo source: Restaurant profile on Facebook.

And while traveling uncle understood that colorful cuisine of the Middle East is his favorite. By the way, this is one of the most popular restaurants in Kyiv and it is an owner of the sign given by the inspector Olga Freymut. You should book tables in advance.

Location:  Pankivska street, 20.

Restaurant "Za Dvoma Zaycamy” (“Chasing Two Hares")

Only in one of capital's restaurant, after asking a waiter "Maybe you don’t like?" you get not an answer, but ... a fried perch. All because dishes in this institution are devoted entirely to the good old movie titles and are named after catchy phrases. For example, in the "Chef’s Menu" there are “Spekotna kurochka” ("roast chicken"), “Kachka v apaltsynah” ("Duck with oranges") and “Mne tokmo etoho y trba bulo” ("That is exactly what I needed”).

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Once you are approved by a policeman (horodovoy) you will find yourself in old Kyiv. Sofas and posters are all in retro style, pictures and statues of Golokhvastov, prominent bust of Pronya ... And in the hunting room there is a mock horse in full size.

Location: Andriyivskyy Descent, 34.

Restaurant "Antwerpen"

Have you ever had a dinner in the museum? Surrounded by antiques and works of art? If you do not mind being surrounded by beauty while you are enjoying your meal, come to the "Antwerp". The restaurant recreates the atmosphere of old Europe and the Renaissance. Inside there are French, Belgian, German and game rooms decorated with chic.

Photo Source: antwerpen.com.ua.

Collection of antique works of art is the special pride of the institution. Paintings, bronze sculptures of French, Flemish and German artists that created their masterpieces in different times in Antwerp, Belgium. The cuisine is thematic: you can try some Belgian specialties.

Location: Pushkinska street, 38

Fun bar "Banka" (“Jar”)

Do you want to eat a salad out of a jar? Or pancakes? Or maybe soup? No matter what dish you order in the restaurant, they will bring it in the jar. This is a “quirk” of the establishment. Youth Fan bar is famous for fan parties and, of course for their shots and long-drinks. You can choose from a wide variety of cocktails and drink them from jars.

Photo Source: banka.ua.

Adventurers can eat crispy grasshoppers, different worms and ambrosia. To get a full package you can order the bartender’s shake: he will beat you up with the bat. And as the memento of the fan bar you can buy many souvenirs depicting jars. And of course, the jars themselves for 5 grn.

Location: this network has five locations in the capital – Oleny Telygy street, 13, Leo Tolstoy str., 11/61, Prospect Peremohy, 28A, Rusanivska Naberezhna Street, 8/2, Prospect Mayakovskoho, 43, M. Grishko str., 6A.

Absurd pub BarDuck

This place is for adults only! Many things in absurd pub are connected with topics that are "18+". For example, for 100 grn you can leave bartender without pants, and for 50 – you can ask the waiter to serve your table with a gag in his mouth. You can arrange a photoshoot with handcuffs, masks and other "spicy stuff". Also get a discount on a cocktail in exchange for dancing on the pole. In general, the violation of the rules of decency is a standard in absurd pub BarDuck. Even the "Bydlo service" from the rude waiter is on the menu.

Photo Source: absurd.com.ua.

It is interesting to come here with large companies of friends and play Mortal Kombat, darts and numerous board games. Theme parties are often organized here and they sell silly souvenirs: "patsansky truhany" (“Underpants for dudes”) and "grinding socks." But if you are single, they will pick up a couple for you in the pub. You just need to fill up the application on their website.

Location: Tarasivska street, 3.

SAMOGON BAR

"There is no law worse than a ban against the samogon" – this is the motto of the restaurant. And moonshine apparatus is on the place of honor, in the main hall. And at the bar you can taste 20 kinds of samogon!

 

"Samogon" theme is represented in the interior: dedicated citations and recipes, lamps shaped as decanters, retro furniture, gramophone, chair-jackets. To escape from noisy crowds you can go to a cozy library and get some fresh air in almost “Odesa” patio with a clothesline and matroskys. No wonder that in front of the restaurant you are welcomed by a tractor.

Photo Source: zonakomforta.com.

Location: Boulevard of L. Ukrainka, 34A.

Restaurant "Knyazhyi grad"

The grandeur of Kyivan Rus is reflected in the copies of old wall murals and carved furniture. Ancient gods, Scythian women, original sculptures all complement the interior, creating a medieval atmosphere. You can feel it in every detail: whimsical glasses with stems shaped as the head of the animal, engraved cutlery, lamps, candlesticks.

Photo Source: alisa-photo.com.

All dishes at the restaurant are hand made. And dishes that are served here are prepared by Slavic adapted recipes.

Location: Velyka Zhitomirska street, 2.

Children’s Café Baby-Rock

The concept of this institution is that "Children are playing – Parents are resting". Children can stay for a while without parental control and find new friends, while parents with a clear conscience can do their own business. Cooking classes, home Zoo, vocal and dance area, space for outdoor games and entertainment are all waiting for children in a special kitchen. Payment is for hourly service.

Photo Source: kiev.vj.ua.

Location: Vozdvizhenska street, 10B.

Of course, interesting restaurants and cafes of Kyiv that are listed here make up only a small part – our capital can offer much more unusual institutions. And what place is your favourite? Share it in the comments!

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