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Bars
Art Club 44
Kreshatyk 44
Diificult to find, just go through the archway at 44 and you’ll find the door on the left. A super venue with live music on most evenings. Usually a small entrance cover. Food is cheap and cheeful
Buddha bar
Kreschatyk
Recently opened Kiev branch of the ever growing chain of Budhha bars. It has attracted the moneyed and poseur element in Kiev. Expensive drinks and expensive food with large minimum deposits required for tables means it has also attracted the seedier element of Kiev girls
Erics Bierstube
Krasnoarmyiska 20a
Again like most of the chain, difficult to find. Just turn in through the archway beside McDonalds and you’ll see it on the right. It has an upstairs “terrrrace area” but the real atmosphere is downstairs in the cellar area.
The Wall
Bessarabka Square 2, Kiev
Themed on the Pink Floyd album of that name, The wall serves good food and drinks at reasonable prices. Shares the same entrance and management as the Japanese restaurant 7 Samurai
Sunduk
Mikhailivska 16, Kiev
A cool hangout close to maidan square. Pefect for casual meetings.
Dockers
Bogatyrska 9, Kiev
Although not in the centre, Dockers can really kick off with live music and dancing on tables. A small entrance cover when there’s live music happening which is most nights.
Dockers ABC
Khreshatyk 15, LG Passage
Difficult to find although bang in the centre. Walk up the road called Passage beside double coffee on Kreschatyk and it’s on the right before the archway. Downstairs and spacious, it has live music most nights with a good clientele
Viola’s
Shevchenko Blvd. 1
Popular among ex-Pats. Violas is another celllar style venue. Cheap but good food and drinks, it fills up most evenings at about 6pm with the after office crowd.
O’Briens
Mikhaylyvska 17a, Kiev, 279 1584
The original Irish bar, O’Briens fills up most evenings and especially during the rugby and football seasons. 100m from Maidan square. There’s a no-smoking area which is rare in Kiev.
Golden Gate
Volodymyrska 40/2, Kiev
Another Irish bar showing all the football and sport, Golden gate is where it says it is-Golden gate.
Arena Beer bar
Basseyna 2A, Kiev
Famous for visiting businessmen looking for a quiet beer, Arena is a complex with several floors. It brews it’s own beer and shows the sports on several TV’s scattered around the very large room.
Kiev Cafes
The last few years has seen an explosion of the number of Kiev cafes. Chains like Coffee house, Double coffee and Coffee time mean there are now too many cafes in Kiev to mention them all individually.
Summer time means open air but there are currently very few open air cafes in the centre. Double coffee on Kreshatyk enjoys a super location and boasts 2 outdoor areas. Perfect for watching the world go buy on a lazy summers day.
Beside Arena city on Krasnoaarmisska St is Coffee time where you can sit outside on a specially built terrace or out back in their cafe garden. Prices are reasonable and the coffee is good. They also have a wide choice in teas.
Restaurants
Kiev restaurants
The last few years has seen an explosion of quality restaurants in Kiev.
| American | ||
| Arizona BBQ | T.G.I.Fridays | |
| 25 Naberezhno | 5a Besarabska square | |
| Khreshchatytska st | 235-4264 | |
| 425-2438 | ||
| Asian | ||
| Pushistiy Sushi-bar | Nobu | |
| 23a Velyka Vasylkivska st | 12 Shota Rustaveli St | |
| 234-3101 | 246-7734 | |
| Karavan | Pena | |
| 10 Klovskiy Uzviz | 30/18 Yaroslaviv st | |
| 280-9577 | 234-1701 | |
| Mandarin | Tubiteyka | |
| Pier 6 Naberezhnaya | 29/50 Tarasivska st | |
| 599-0877 | 287-0242 | |
| Murakami | ||
| Naberezhne shosse | ||
| 428-7224 | ||
| Caucasian | ||
| Ani | Kazbek | |
| 72 Chervonoarmiyska st | 30a L Ukrainky blvd | |
| 590-2565 | 285-4805 | |
| Hinkali | Kuvshyn | |
| 4 Shota Rustaveli st | 10 Fedrova st | |
| 234-0692 | 592-6363 | |
| French | ||
| Comme il Faut | Vernissage | |
| Velyka Zhytomyrska st, 2a | 30 Andriyivskiy uzviz | |
| 219-1919 | 425-2403 | |
| Crop de Chine | Fellini | |
| 25 Hoholivska st | 5 Horodetskoho st | |
| 537-7070 | 279-5462 | |
| Mediterranean | ||
| L’Accente | Teatro Restaurant Opera hotel | |
| 5 Lesi Ukrainky blvd | 53 B Khmelnitskogo st | |
| 200-5002 | 581-7070 | |
| Olivera | Terracotta | |
| 2A Velyka Zhytomyrska st | 5-7/29 Pushkinska st | |
| 219-1919 | 537-4535 | |
| Fusion | ||
| Concord | Marocana | |
| 42/4 Pushkinska st | 24 Lesi Ukrainky blvd | |
| 234-7788 | 254-4999 | |
| International | ||
| Limoncello | Skartet Samobranka | |
| 22, Moskovska st | 26 Bohatyrska st | |
| 254-2024 | 592-0020 | |
| Arena | Boutique Restaurant | |
| 2a Baseyna | 15 Sagaydachnogo st | |
| 492-000 | 581-2898 | |
| B-Hush | Koleso | |
| Velyka Zhytomyrsks st 2a | Nad. Khreschatyktska st | |
| 219-1919 | 462-5596 | |
| Chokolate | Miami Blues | |
| 39-41 Shota Rustaveli | 114 Velyka Vasylkivska st | |
| 289-0194 | 239-1133 | |
| Deja Vue | Tato restaurant | |
| 30B Khmelnytskoho st | 6/11 Sofyi Perovski st | |
| 235=9802 | 456-1782 | |
| Grill Asia restaurant | Wagon restaurant | |
| 5 Alla Tarasova st | 52 Chervonoarmiyska st | |
| 581-1234 | 287-0490 | |
| Hunter | Club restaurant terrace | |
| 147/5 Saksahanskoho st | 60a b Vozdvyzhenska st | |
| 236-3735 | 531-9933 | |
| Non-Stop | Cipollino | |
| 6 Prospekt Peremony | 1a Grushevskoho st | |
| 236-0501 | 279-9191 | |
| Safe | ||
| 23a Velyka Vasylkivska st | ||
| 536-0157 | ||
| Italian | ||
| Brunello bar | Decadence | |
| 5 Alla Tarasova st | 16 Shota Rustaveli st | |
| 581-1234 | 206-4920 | |
| Ciro’s Pomodero | Lucull | |
| 12 Shota Rustaveli st | 63 Velyka Vasylkivska st | |
| 221-4545 | 287-3080 | |
| Da Vinci Fish Club | Rukola | |
| 12 Vladimirskaya st | Pier 6 Naberezhne shosse | |
| 490-3434 | 428-7717 | |
| Indian | ||
| Nirvana lounge | Shastra | |
| 28b Lesi Ukrainki blvd | 126a Chervonozoryanly prosp | |
| 285-5215 | 524-5555 | |
| Himalaya | New Bombay Palace | |
| 23 Khreschatyk st | 33a Druzhby Narodov blvd | |
| 270-5437 | 285-8708 | |
| Latino/Spanish | ||
| Caribbean club | Mambo | |
| 4 Kominterna st | 5 Druzhby Narodov blvd | |
| 224-4111 | 522-8224 | |
| Fiesta | ||
| 115d Gorkogo st | ||
| 353-7685 | ||
| Russian | ||
| Kupetcheskiy Dvor | Pelmennitsa | |
| 24th km of Stolchne highway | 56 Chervonoarmiyska st | |
| 8067-246-6246 | 287-1073 | |
| Turkish | ||
| Lale | ||
| 14 Sofievska st | ||
| 278-7566 | ||
| Ukrainian | ||
| Stare Zaporizhzhia | O’Panas | |
| 27 Sahaidachnoho | 10 Tereschenkovskaya st | |
| 425-5161 | 585-0523 | |
| Fortetsya | Varenichnaya #1 | |
| 21 Gongadze prospect | 28 Esplanada st | |
| 463-5130 | 287-1539 | |
| Khutorok | ||
| Nab. Khreschatytska st pier 1 | ||
| 463-7019 |
Sports and leisure
| Horseriding | ||
| Argamak | Trukhanov Island 1 | 428-8638 |
| Royal Horse club | Novoobukhovskaya, Lesniki 1 | 8097-250-3767 |
| Magnat | Lipneva 1, Chubinskoe village | 568-1122 |
| Sport Elite | Koncha Saspa | 8050-311-1090 |
| Bolivar | Shorsa 114, Zdorovka village | 715-7288 |
| Faraon Equestrian sports club | Brovary | 8050-3119951 |
| Mustang horse club | Sineozema 2 | 553-4374 |
| Hippodrome | Akademika Glushkova 10 | 526-2233 |
| Tennis | ||
| Antei Tennis club | Generala Vitruka 8b | 424-7309 |
| Campa | Lenaya 1 | 979-5488 |
| Central Tennis Courts | Krasnoarmeyskaya 55 | 246-7053 |
| Dynamo | grushevskogo 3 | 328-0531 |
| Harmony Tennis Club | Suvorova 13 | 288-9096 |
| Meridian | Geroev Sevastopola 11 | 408-6444 |
| Tennis Club | Akademica Vernadskogo 32 | 424-3381 |
| Olymp Sport Complex | Kulibina 11 | 442-8102 |
| Podol Tennis Courts | Mexhigorskaya 56/63a | 451-5858 |
| Fitness centres | ||
| Aquamarin | Prospect Pobedy 136 | 231-1737 |
| Planeta fitness | Kropyyvnytskogo 10; Tschorsa 32b | 537 4539 |
| Miss Fitness | Baseyna 15 | 235-9339 |
| Swimming pools | ||
| Yunost’ Swimming Pool | Bastionaya 7 | 295-2122 |
| Spartak | Frunze 105 | 468-6961 |
| Delfin | Sorok Let Oktyabrya Prospect 120 | 261-3256 |
| Bowling | ||
| Strike bowling | Prospect Podeby 84 | |
| Maximum | Dekabrystiv 12/37 | |
| Mirage | Artema 37/41 | |
| Billiards | ||
| Carambol | Gorodetskogo 10/1 | |
| Opera | Vladimirskaya 51/53 | |
| O’Briens | Mykhailovskaya 17a | |
| Golf | ||
| Kiev golf center | Geroev Stalingrada 10d | 230-9436 |
For children
| Balloons Kiev Style | Artema 74 | 468-6598 |
| Yasnogoroda Ostrich farm | Yasnogoroda village | 782-3222 |
| State toy museum | Klovskiy Spusk 8 | 253-5400 |
| Like Planetarium | Krasnoarmeyskaya 57/3 | 287-7508 |
| Childrens’ amusement centre Igroland | Lugovaya 12, Karavan shopping centre | 206-4330 |
| Kiev zoo | Pobedy prospect 32 | 274-6054 |
| Puppet theatre | Grushevskogo 1 | 278-5808 |
| Children’s train rides | Shamrylo 4, Syretsky park | 458-3448 |
| National circus | Pobedy Prospect 2 | 486-3927 |
Beauty
| Hairdressers and beauty salons |
| Hairspace studio |
| Pereulok Filatova 3/1 |
| Mobile 8 067 322 76 76 |
| English speaking hair salon that has a large range of services. |
| Allegranza Beauty Salon |
| O. Gonchara 47/49 |
| phone: 235 6999 |
| English speaking hair salon that has a large range of services. |
Opera
Kiev Opera is something not to be missed while in Kiev. Major performances are held in the Kiev Opera house. Tickets are available from the box office or from ticket kiosks throughout the centre and are priced from 50 hrivna upwards
The Kiev National Opera House 50 Volodymyrska Street 279-1169
| February | |||
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17 |
Barber of Seville | G. Rossini | Opera |
|
19 |
Turandot | G. Puccini | Opera |
|
20 |
Natalka Poltavka | M. Lisenko | Opera |
|
24 |
Masquerade Ball | G. Verdi | Opera |
| March | |||
|
3 |
Madam Butterfly | G. Puccini | Opera |
|
10 |
Rigoletto | G. Verdi | Opera |
|
13 |
L’Elisil D’Amore | G. Donizetti | Opera |
|
17 |
Barber of Seville | G. Rossini | Opera |
|
24 |
Tsar’s Bride | N. Rimsky-Korsakov | Opera |
|
26 |
Zaporozhets Beyond Danube | S. Hulak-Artemovsky | Opera |
|
28 |
Aida | G. Verdi | Opera |
|
31 |
Turandot | G. Puccini | Opera |
Major sights
Lavra Percherska
No visit to Kiev would be complete without visiting the caves and catacombs within the complex of many churches. Saints relics are contained within the caves. Lavra is also known as the Monastery of caves. Built in the 11h century, the caves hold many bodies still preserved to this day.
National Opera house
A magnificent building set 100 metres from Kreschatyk st. The National Opera house still hosts most of the major opera, music and theatrical shows in Kiev.
St Sophia cathedral
Built in the 11th Century by Prince Yaroslav the wise, the 13 golden domes dominate the Kiev skyline. The cathedral was used as a meeting point for visiting ambassadors to Kiev and is now famous for it’s many beautiful frescoes and mosaics.
Golden gate
As it name suggests, the golden gate was the original gate to the historic city of Kiev which was surrounded by a fortified wall. Built in the 11th century it is now known as the Golden gate museum.
Andriyivsky uzviz
The oldest and probably the steepest street in Kiev. The cobblestoned road hosts many cafes and cultured restaurants. Outdoor stalls sell mostly tourist items but you can find some interesting souvenirs to remember your trip to Kiev.
Independence square
Situated at the lower end of Kreschatyk, Independence square has been the site of many protests. 1st against the Soviet regime run from Moscow and more recently during the Orange revolution.
