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On our first evening in Chernivtsi we were quite hungry and for some reason we didn't really know where to go for dinner.
We finally found Restaurant Efes which looked quite decent to us, although the building was hidden behind scaffoldings.
Due to its name the restaurant is probably specialised in Turkish cuisine. The interior is kept simple and of plain decor.
The menu is available in English, which can be a huge advantage if you are not used to read cyrillic letters.
Surprisingly enough, the guests around us all spoke English and were either tourists or local students who were happy to get in contact with us. All in all the restaurant was well visited.
I opted for a chicken filled with vegetables (24,95 UAH) and rice as side dish (5 UAH). To drink I ordered a big Chernihivske Beer (5 UAH). The dish was yummy and we had a really good time in the restaurant as we got in contact with quite a few different people. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: Cafe Efes, Ivana Franka 13, ChernivtsiDirections: The Restaurant Efes is located only about a few hundred metres south of the City Hall, right in the heart of Chernivtsi's city centre.
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On our last evening we visited the Restaurant Koleso (Old Wheel) for dinner. It is listed in most guidebooks and seems to be popular with tour groups.
The restaurant consists of several vaulted underground rooms which are furnished with wooden tables and seats.
The rooms are decorated with old carriage wheels and the waiters are dressed in traditional costumes.
The multilingual menu offers mainly Ukrainian and Hutsul national dishes. I opted for a lamb meat stew with vegetables (30 UAH), which came with a large portion of polenta. To drink I had a local Obolon beer (4 UAH).
The meal was generally okay, but nothing too exiting. Also the rooms were in my opinion not illuminated bright enough and the wooden banks and tables were a bit uncomfortable. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: Restaurant Koleso, O. Kobylianska 6, ChernivtsiDirections: The Restaurant Koleso can be found at the beginning of the Kobylianskoi Street on the right side when coming from the city centre. The entrance is behind an archway.
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As our hotel didn't offer breakfast, we always tried to have at least a warm snack around lunch time during our time in Chernivtsi. One day we chose Pizzeria Bar Karuso for our little lunch break.
It is a small bar with less than 10 tables, which seems to be frequented mainly by locals. The menu is available in English and offers several small dishes as well as pizzas.
I ordered Grandma's speciality (16 UAH) which were potato varenyky with mushrooms and chicken in a sour cream sauce. Varenyky are a Ukrainain local dish, which consists of filled dumplings.
The service was a bit slow, but the varenyky were very tasty and just the right meal at this time of the day. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: less expensive than averageAddress: Pizzeria Bar Karuso, Holovna 26, ChernivtsiDirections: The Pizzeria Bar Karuso can be found at Chernivtsi's main street Holovna; about 200 m south of the Tourist Information Office.
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Due to its history Chernivtsi used to have many coffeehouses, where people met to see and talk. Nowadays the recently opened Viennese Coffeehouse seems to be the only place which keeps this tradition alive.
As the coffeehouse was listed in my guidebook we were quite keen on checking it out. So one late morning we popped in for a piece of cake and a tea. The interior consists of two storeys which are nicely decorated with pictures from Austrian times.
The cakes are on display at a glass counter, but can also be chosen from the menu which is available in English. Apart from sweet delicacies they also offers hearty snacks. Prices are above average, but still reasonable for Western standards.
I opted for a gateau Napoleon (12 UAH) and a black tea (12 UAH). My choice was excellent and we really enjoyed the atmosphere of the place. Leave a Comment Theme: CoffeehousePrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: Viennese Cafe, O. Kobylianska 49, ChernivtsiDirections: The Viennese Coffeehouse is situated in the middle of the Kobylianskoi Street on the left side when coming from the city centre.
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The first Vienna style Cafe in Western Ukraine was opened in L'viv but only a few years later a lady from Chernivtsy who temporarily emigrated to Creta to work there came back home with her savings and risked to start her own business with this Cafe/Restaurant. I can really congratulate her to her success. She has impressively shown that emigration must not end in leaving the home for ever. I wish that a majority of those Ukrainians who emigrated under the years since independence (more than 2 millions!) can find the way back and establish at home a reasonable material existence.
The place is definitely not Vienna style but pleasant. Relatively small space on two floors (smoking is only allowed on the upper one, the smoke is not noticed at the lower floor). All is nicely decorated with old photographs etc. and some posters and other remains from the prominent former old Austrian coffee merchant Julius Meinl.
There is life music on weekend evenings. A lady is playing piano and an excellently trained singer (he is a music teacher) is singing in a surprising quality.
They have of course Vienna style coffee but we had an excellent tea. We had also a dinner here - eclectic international dishes, excellently prepared, a nice experience indeed. Unfortunately no Ukrainian beer, only Löwenbräu, Carlsberg etc. Leave a Comment Theme: German/AustrianPrice: US$11-20 » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than average
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We went to a restaurant in a village called Viznitsa - driving of a hour from Chernivtsi.
The restaurant called after princess Diana.
You can get great Ukrain lunch there in a reasonable price, about 2$ per person. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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There is a great little German resturant that is near my apartments. The food is very good and you can play Pool when your finished. They have karaoke if your brave enough to try to sing.
Bratwurst - The best I've ever tasted. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherAddress: 4 Khudiakov St.Other Contact: (380)372-552773
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The restaurant is near the upper end of Liliengasse close to Austriaplatz.
I am often giving the old Austrian names of various reasons. You can still perfectly navigate in the central parts of Chernivtsy with the old city map of Czernowitz from about 1910. This map is also part of the re-printed historical tourist guidebook "Illustrierter Fuehrer durch die Bukovina" by Hermann Mittelmann, Czernowitz 1907 (in German) which can be bought in bookshops in the centre, for example on Ringplatz. It is a nice experience to explore the city this specific way! And surprisingly many even young people here still know the Austrian street names which were in official use only until 1919!
The interior looks very nice, far more upmarket than the prices of the good Ukrainian and Carpathian food which are surprisingly reasonable for such a place. I can highly recommend the place.
We had Ukrainian and Carpathian "Classics" but unfotunately we did not get the borshtsh soup which was on the menu. To the dishes the tasty L'vivske beer from the tap. Leave a Comment
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The restaurant is built cavern like. The waiters are costumed and the food is generally good. Theme: SteakhousePrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: vulitsa Olga Kobylyanska 6
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