You won't die from starvation in Kiev - that is for sure. Today Kiev boasts hundreds of restaurants serving various cuisines and offering their customers comfort and style. Whether you are seeking for traditional Ukrainian restaurants or restaurants serving classical French and Italian cuisines, you will find the most suitable establishments. Restaurants, bars and cafes are available throughout the city, particularly in the center of Kiev and near the places of tourists' interest.
At Panikovsky's
Situated a few steps from the monument to Panikovsky, the restaurant of the same name is a modern and fresh establishment that aims to offer its diners a pleasant eating experience. The original interior is decorated with the objects and furniture of the first decades of the 20th century. The cozy dining hall is not very big, just for 36 guests.
Address: 8 Proreznaya St.
Capuchin
The Capuchin Restaurant, named in honor of the medieval order of the same name, offers its guest an extensive menu that without any doubt would have been highly appreciated by the gourmets of the past. The cuisine of the restaurant is European with a distinctive French accent. Guest to the Capuchin Restaurant will find something to his taste in the generous menu.
Address: 81 Bolshaya Vasilkovskaya St.
Chico
Not far away from the city center the Chico Restaurant that introduces itself as a "cafe-gallery" is situated. The owners of the Chico, Komarov and Motreyko, launched the cafe in 1996 and named it Chico in honor of the very interesting historical character - a court jester Chico, who entertained French kings Henry III and Henry IV.
Address: 27 Ivana Franko St.
Corsair
The dining experience at the Corsair is one of the most romantic Kiev has to offer. Enter the Corsair Restaurant and you'll find yourself on board an ancient ship. Stylish design recreates the interior of a mess-room. Heavy wooden furniture, chains, cordage, beamed ceiling and deal floor make you believe that you have somehow become the guests of pirates.
Address: 14B Sagaydachnogo St.
Dixieland
All will be jazz at the Dixieland Restaurant, located not far from Kiev downtown and hidden in the shade of old poplars. The Dixieland has been reckoned as one of the most stylish restaurants of the Ukrainian capital. Like jazz improvisation the sophisticated menu embraces exotic motifs and the best of classic and new cooking.
Address: 14/2 Kyrylo-Mefodyivska St.
Egoist
Enter the restaurant and you'll find yourself in a stylish bar, above the counter of which there is an incontestable statement that can be called the motto of the Egoist: "Love for Yourself is Always Mutual!" To please an egoist is a difficult task but the chef of the restaurant does his best to offer the fastidious guests a menu that is rich enough to satisfy any whim.
Address: 44 Moskovskaya St.
Fruktopia Baboon Cafe
The Fruktopia is a cafe, a restaurant and a nightclub. There at least five of your senses - smell, sight, taste, sound and touch - will be pleased. The original design of the most fashionable cafe of Kiev matches well the status of the establishment. Bursting with bright fruit colors, the interior is split into two levels with a variety of little side-rooms and balconies.
Address: 2 Taras Chevchenko Blvrd.
Grand Plaza
The highly versatile restaurant, that is open 24 hours a day, has a friendly environment, bursting with genuine Ukrainian hospitality. At the Grand Plaza you would be offered a large and varied menu including various dishes to suit all tastes. Salads and hors d'oeuvres, soups, meat and fish dishes are mainly of "old good" European cuisine.
Address: 1 Peremogi Sq.
Le Grand
Le Grand Cafe is divided into two halls - Lounge Bar and Restaurant Hall. The walls of the main dining hall are adorned with the reproductions of outstanding Ukrainian artists from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which were discovered in art collections in France and other places in Europe.
Address: 4 Muzeyny St.
Miami Blues
The restaurant offers an extensive menu, where dishes of different cuisines from all over the world have been gathered, for each guest of the Miami Blues could choose something to his taste. The Miami Blues is situated just minutes away from the city center. If you decide to get there by car, just say "Miami Blues" and any taxi will get you to the right location.
Address: 114 Bolshaya Vasilkovskaya St.
Mikado
Japanese cuisine differs greatly both from European cuisine and oriental culinary traditions. The fundamental rule of Japanese cuisine, which is not only techniques, but mainly traditions and art, can be formulated as following: "Do not create, but find and reveal". It perfectly suits Japanese philosophy, according to which people shouldn't try to change the world.
Address: 55 Bolshaya Vasilkovskaya St.
Nobel
In 1867 Alfred Bernhard Nobel invented dynamite, that became a turning point in the world history, and in 2002 the Nobel Restaurant was opened in Kiev and blew up the nightlife of the city. The trendy restaurant boasts a delicious fusion of style and taste. For its excellent food and atmosphere the Nobel is reckoned as one of the best establishments of Kiev.
Address: 65 Bolshaya Vasilkovskaya St.
Nobu
The Nobu, one of Kiev's favorite venues for sushi, sashimi and many other Japanese specialties, is well located close to the city center, Dvorets Sporta, or the Palace of Sport, metro station. The Nobu has earned a solid reputation among the citizens and guests of Kiev for excellent food, friendly and attentive service and reasonable prices.
Address: 12 Shota Rustaveli St.
Pantagruel
The Pantagruel is not just a restaurant, but an osteria that is a popular Italian establishment, where one can eat and drink. The restaurant is renowned for its first-class Italian cuisine, which is of exceptional quality as the chef of the Pantagruel, virtuoso Costantino Passalacqua, is Italian. The Pantagruel Restaurant is a place with everything exuding quality.
Address: 1 Lysenko St.
Poseidon
The restaurant, as it is clear from its name, specializes in marine cuisine and offers the fabulously rich menu, so each guest of the Poseidon could find something to his taste. The menu is regularly enriched with new dishes, some of which are proposed by the guests of the restaurant. The Poseidon Restaurant can be recommended for a banquets and solemn occasions.
Address: Navodnitsky Park
SSSR
The restaurant is divided into several thematic zones, corresponding to geographic regions of the former USSR. Without leaving the restaurant you can travel to Central Asia, Siberia, Far East, etc. The idea of the restaurant is not only to preserve the immediate past but also to offer the citizens and guests of Kiev the delicious cuisines of the former soviet republics.
Address: 42/1 Sichnego Povsstaniya St.
Swing
Swing is unthinkable without constant improvisation. At the Swing Restaurant the improvisation is the credo. There musicians improvise, creating the original variations of classical, jazz and swing compositions; the chef improvises, making up a new dish. The restaurant is happy to offer a new collection of drinks and cigars, directly connected with jazz.
Address: 11 Vladimirskaya St.
Tsarskoye Selo
The Tsarskoye Selo Restaurant, situated in the very center of the historical part of Kiev, next to Pecherskaya Lavra, has a very interesting history. During the time of Kievan Rus on this place there was a rather small village Berestovo where the palace of Kiev Prince and the monasteries Pechersky and Nikolsky were situated.
Address: 42/1 Sichnego Povsstaniya St.
Tsentral
The menu of the Tsentral Restaurant caters for all tastes, offering the best classical cooking with a leaning towards fish in season and fresh local vegetables. The restaurant also serves a variety of traditional Ukrainian dishes such as stuffed pike with horseradish, herring with pickled onions and potatoes, Kiev Chicken, pickle, Ukrainian borsch, etc.
Address: 28 Mezhigorskaya St.
Walter's
The Walter's Restaurant has gained an extremely good reputation for excellent homemade cuisine, good friendly service and wonderful interior design. The restaurant often serves as a venue for many interesting Ukrainian and International events. For example, in July 2003 Walter's played host to the EBA's traditional EuroDrink Party.
Address: 21 Sagaydachnogo St
Domashnyaya Kukhnya
If you are in the center of Kiev, which is crowded with luxurious and expensive restaurants, and do not have heaps of money to waste on dinner or are dressed too informally to enter a prudish establishment, don't worry - you won't die from starvation, as there is a nice reasonably-priced Domashnyaya Kukhnya fast-food restaurant in Khmelnitskogo Street.
Address: 16-22 Bogdana Khmelnitskogo St., 2A Konstantinovskaya St.
Dva Gusya
The Dva Gusya is one of the most popular fast-food chains in Kiev. Launched at the end of 1990s, it has become a real hit. The first restaurant Dva Gusya was opened in Kiev at 46 Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street in 1998. Then it was a restaurant in the full sense of the word: a classic style establishment with waiters and ordering from menu.
Address: 1 Pecherska Sq., 42 Kreshchatik St., 46 Bogdana Khmelnitskogo St
Il Patio
Although the name Il Patio seems rather new for the citizens of Kiev, the restaurant itself is familiar to the majority of them. This paradox can be simply explained: up to April 2004 the restaurant had been known as Patio Pizza, which is the largest and the oldest Italian restaurant chain in the countries of the Former Soviet Union.
Address: 5a Bessarabskaya Sq.
McDonald's
McDonald's, the world's largest chain of fast-food restaurants, has been treating the Ukrainians with its famous burgers and sandwiches since 1997. The first McDonald's restaurants were a real sensation, customers traveled kilometers to visit them. Nowadays there are about 50 McDonald's restaurants in 16 Ukrainian towns.
Address: 19 Kreshchatik St., 2 Privikzal'naya Sq., 3 Mel'nikova St., 2 Borshchagovskaya St...
MacSmack
People have become more time-conscious over the years and often can't afford themselves to waste an hour or two to dine. Offering prompt service and casual dining experience MacSmack welcomes customers at numerous pizzerias, many of which work around the clock. If you don't have time to dine or just don't want to leave your home or an office call MacSmack delivery service.
Address: 2 Bessarabskaya Sq., 32 Vorovskogo St., 90 Stolichnoye Highway, 21 Draizera St., 7 Pobedy Pr., Bessarabskaya Sq.
Pan-Pizza
With their interesting interiors, delicious pizzas and friendly service the Pan-Pizzas can't be called simply the fast food restaurants. The Pan-Pizza positioned itself as the newly designated and already extremely popular Quick and Casual restaurant category that combines quick service with the food quality and more comfortable seating found in casual dining restaurants.
Address: 25a Druzby Narodov Blvrd., Maidan Nezalezhnosty, 25 Sagaidachnogo St., 5 Komminterna St.
Pechiona Kartopelina
The speciality of the Pechiona Kartopelina (Ukrainian variant of the Kroshka-Kartoshka), the delicious baked potato, is cooked before customers' eyes. The smoking potato is taken out of the oven, cut, added butter and cheese and mashed into appetizing soft puree. The filling is of the customer's choice: herring, pickled or fried mushrooms, crab meat, brynza, etc.
Address: 1 Nezalezhnosti Sq., 1 Privokzalnaya Sq., 23 Moskovsky Ave.
Potato House
The cuisine of the Potato House restaurants can be classified as rather eclectic collection representing popular dishes of different cuisines from all over the world. In its rich menu one can find best Russian, Ukrainian, American and Mexican dishes. The special accent is made on popular Mexican cuisine that has been adapted to the tastes of local customers.
Address: 49a Bolshaya Vasilkovskaya St., 6/5 Malaya Zhitomirskaya St., 37 Nizhny Val St
Puzata Khata
The recently opened Puzata Khata (literally "Pot-bellied Peasant House"), presenting Quick and Casual restaurants, has at once declared itself as a strong competitor to all existing popular fast food brands. Decorated in a traditional style, these restaurants have a friendly, family environment, bursting with genuine Ukrainian hospitality and charm.
Address: 1/2a Basseinaya St.
Rostik's
The specialty of the Rostik's restaurants is famous Rostik's fried chicken cooked to the original patent know-how which is kept in the strictest secret. Besides, the menu, representing American and Russian cuisines, features such dishes as Velikan specialty sandwich, French fries, salads with croutons and shrimps, homemade ravioli, mushroom soup and others.
Address: 57/3 Bolshaya Vasilkovskaya St., Maidan Nezalezhnosty Sq.
Shvydko
The Shvydko restaurants are the fast foods serving national Ukrainian cuisine. The first restaurant of this brand was opened in Kiev in 2000. Favorable location in the city center and popular walking places with a lot of people who would like to have a quick and tasty snack is the advantage of the Shvydko restaurant.
Address: Slava Sq., 20 Gnata Juri St.
