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It is not a restaurant tip exactly. I just wanted to let you know that: first, you were used to be allowed to drink beer on the streets, but that changed over the recent year or two (see my pic #2), and second, it is very cheap and tastes pretty good (always make sure you buy Belarussian beer made in Lida, not Hrodno!).
Updated Oct 3, 2011
Address: In all Hrodna groceries and kiosks
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It`s a new place. Rumor has it, if you get drunk there, they`ll bring you home on their limo. :-) Dunno about that, cause I got pretty wasted and no one offered a ride. I guess it depends on what you drink. I drank Czech beer (~$2 for a pint) but in the menu there were cocktails for $15! IMHO way too expensive for Hrodna.
Place also offers water pipes (sheesha or hookah.. Whatever you wonna call it) on wine, cognac and liquor. It costs anywhere from $12 to $20, depending on alcohol. They have only 2 water pipes, so hurry up if you want to get one.
NOTE: if you are a group of local girls, you are treated worse than a man (foreign or local). We always had to wait for our orders.
Favorite Dish: I tried only a cheese plate. It was good.
Updated Apr 30, 2008
Address: Pestraka, 7.
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At the very beginning of the Sovetskaya street there's a nice restaurant underground, called Karchma (Карчма) which is THE place to go for dinner if you are in Hrodna... also because there seem to be no other choice, at least in the old town!
They have menu in English and the waiters can also speak English, something very unusual for Belarus (ok, we are just less than 10Km from EU...). They even have Czech beer (Velkopopovický Kozel) and it's the only western standard restaurant I found there around. Everything is good and the interiors of the restaurant are simple but nice.
Food is local Belorusian and can be quite strong and fat, so I liked it a lot! Unfortunately that day I didn't feel so well after all the vodka I had to drink at the wedding the night before, but I enjoyed my meal a lot, and there was really A LOT of meat on it!
Surely a suggested place, if you visit Hrodna, you have to eat there.
Written Nov 8, 2007
Address: Ul. Sovetskaya 31
Phone: +375-152-72-34-11
Near the Pokrov Orthodox Cathedral you find a very interesting, small restaurant named Moscow.
We had lovely service there, good food, price a bit over average. The menu card have a wide range of suggestion to good meals. This restaurant is a visit worth.
Written Aug 2, 2007
In April 2007 we invited some friends to the restaurant at Semashko and at that time we stayed in the hotel for 8 days. The Hotel is absolutely perfect and I love the western style. The service is good. Every morning we went to the restaurant for breakfast. And every day we had very bad experience. The first evening we invited some friends – and I felt it really was a mistake to go there. The waiters are slow. The service is bad. The food is absolutely not this standard you pay for.
I understand that the owner of the hotel and the owner of the restaurant are two different people. Maybe this explains our bad experience. They really have to change their way of running this restaurant, if they want to become the best place to stay in Grodno.
Written Aug 2, 2007
When you walk from Belarus Bank in the centre towards Lenin Square you find Café Garodenya at your right hand. Very clean and nice café which have special belarussian cousins every day. I like it. And then it’s good food for small money. It is very difficult to eat for more than two euro per person included beer….
Written Aug 2, 2007
At Ozeshko Street you find the very nice restaurant Starij Ljamur very nice placed in one of Grodno’s park areas. It is a new restaurant. I like it. Good food. Good atmosphere. Often there is live music. But again the menu is only in Russian. Prices are in the upper end.
Written Aug 1, 2007
Address: Ozeshko Street
At the main street, walking street, you find Café Astra, an ordinary place where Belarussian businesspeople everyday enjoy their meal. It is typical Belarus food with fx. Borsh soup, big meat balls with potatoes and vegetables and a small dessert. All together for less than 2 Euro. And if you decide to order one of the large Belarussian beer it is only 1 US $ more. Different menu day by day.
Written Jul 31, 2007
Address: Sovietskaja Street, Walking Street
Very happy – finally we have found a restaurant, where the menu was in English. From outside it looks nice, but when you enter the restaurant, we love it!!
The service is in the top. They speak a language we understand. They have a menu we love. Not only the fat food, no, this was very different. A menu, that speaks to your taste.
In our countries we meet these places all the time, but when you are in Grodno – yes, it’s very special. And when you many times come to a restaurant with Russian menu, you appreciate when you feel, you are welcome.
When we enter the restaurant, we were met with open arms. “Hello Sir, can I take your coat. Please let me tell you about your menu.”
This restaurant has a rough style. They have very good Belarussian cuisine. The pictures of the food tells me more than the words.
Do yourself a favour – visit this place. Take your wife, your fiends, your family – they have a great experience. Here You are the Man in Grodno.
Updated Apr 24, 2007
Address: Sovetskaya Str., 31
Phone: +375-152-72-34-11
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The food is good. The interier is cool. Can be crowded though.. Better come before 7pm, especially on weekends. Thing is - we still do not have lots of places to eat out at, so everywhere is crowded.
You can absolutely stuff yourself up with food here by paying $15 per person (alchohol included).
Updated Jun 21, 2006
Address: Sovetskaya Str., 31
Phone: +375-152-72-34-11
Website: http://grodnorest.com/catalog/karchma
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