Kyiv is especially beautiful in summer, even more enjoyable at outdoor places surrounded by beautiful views and serving tasty food. The Kyiv Post has tracked the best summer terraces offering exquisite cuisine and breathtaking landscapes for a relaxing dinner, a romantic evening or a party with friends.
Ronin
The restaurant has a cozy garden, summer terraces and plenty of room for kids. Ronin’s terraces are equipped with wooden furniture and surrounded by a lawn. The restaurant’s guests can sit on the grass or relax on beach chairs.
The restaurant’s futuristic building with its glass walls, big halls and marble staircase combines a minimalistic style with a modern approach. Ronin offers a tasty mix of Japanese Peruvian cuisine. It serves food of Japanese immigrants in Peru who created a new popular gastronomic tradition called Nikkei. One can try Peruvian style sushi, delicious and healthy desserts without oil, flour and sugar. Thanks to its unusual cuisine and architecture, Ronin is one of the most interesting restaurants and attracts visitors all year round. It is perfect for a date or a family dinner.
10 Zoologichna St. Open daily 11 a. m. — 11 p. m. tel. 38–068–713–1414
Kompot
Kompot, an Odesa cafe chain restaurant, serves simple Soviet favorites and homemade-like dishes such as Olivier salad, meat rissoles, pancakes, cabbage rolls and soup with meat balls. Kompot is popular among Kyivans because of its tasty food, good service and excellent location — it perches on the Dnipro’s right bank not far from Kyiv’s River Port.
The two-story restaurant has two spacious terraces offering magnificent views on the Dnipro River and Trukhaniv Island. The place is especially romantic in the evenings when the billions of the city’s lights are reflected in the Dnipro’s calm waters.
People talk during their meal at Kompot restaurant, 3 Poshtova Ploshcha Square, in Kyiv on May 5. (Volodymyr Petrov)
3 Poshtova Ploshcha Sq. Open daily 8 a. m. — 11 p. m. tel. 38–044–390–1550
Gnezdo Bar
Gnezdo Bar is located on Andriyivsky Uzviz Street but only locals know its whereabouts — the place is hard to notice when walking along the Andriyivsky Uzviz Street. To find it one should go through the arc near Kanapa restaurant and go to the very depth. Gnezdo Bar is surrounded by trees, which reflects perfectly the bar’s name — gnezdo means nest in Russian. Inside it is decorated with the reproductions of famous paintings. Wooden comfortable deck chairs and padded stools make the bar’s interior cozy and homy. Gnezdo Bar offers dizzying view of the Kyiv’s steep slopes. In the evening the trees around the bar are illuminated, lamps and lanterns are lit creating a holiday and merry mood. In the warm season, Gnezdo Bar often holds music shows, film screenings and fantabulous parties.
A musician plays guitar in Gnezdo bar, on 21 Andriyivsky Uzviz St., on June 25, 2014. (Anastasia Vlasova)
21 Andritivsky Uzviz St. Open daily 11 a. m. — 1 a. m. Tel. 38–096–318–7112
Atmosfera
Atmosfera restaurant is located on the rooftop of the Premier Palace hotel in the Kyiv center not far from Besarabsky market. During the warm season, from April to October, it is one of the best places in town to enjoy scenic city views. Atmosfera is a perfect place for those willing to see the city from a new perspective — it offers a breathtaking view on Kyiv’s beautiful old churches and colorful houses. The venue is lavishly decorated with flower pots and flowering shrubs. The upscale restaurant serves exquisite European and Mediterranean cuisine. Besides panoramic views and tasty food one can enjoy live music performances there.
29 Pushkinska St./5–7 Shevchenko Bld. Open daily 12 p. m. — 2 a. m. Tel. 38–044–244–13–04
Bar on 8
The Bar on 8 is named after its location — the venue perches on the 8th floor of Kyiv’s Hyatt Regency hotel. It offers a stunning view of Kyiv’s Saint Sophia and Saint Michael cathedrals, the city’s most prominent churches which are also the main tourists’ attractions. The urban chic venue can boast with a beautiful terrace with wooden furniture decorated with flowers. There one can enjoy Kyiv’s panoramic views at any weather — the terrace has tents protecting its visitors from sun and rain. The large tandoor oven in the center is the place’s main specialty. Bar on 8 serves Ukrainian and European dishes complemented with exquisite wine and cocktails lists. The place is popular among the locals and foreigners.
A visitor of the Hyatt Regency Hotel’s Bar on 8 places an order on June 8. The outdoor terrace offers spectacular views of the St. Sophia and St. Michael’s cathedrals in central Kyiv. (Kostyantyn Chernichkin)
5 Ally Tarasovoyi St. Open daily 12 p. m. — 2 a. m. Tel. 38–044–581–1234
Praha
One of Kyiv’s best restaurants, Praha is located near the beautiful lake in Holosiyivsky Park — one of few places in Kyiv to enjoy beautiful white and black swans walking or swimming. Praha’s terrace has a covered roof so one can enjoy great views rain or shine. Its marvelous location is combined with the restaurant’s refined interior, live music and sluggish service. Praha focuses on European cuisine and offers a long list of French and Italian wines. Its terrace is especially good place to enjoy a romantic evening with a loved one or to celebrate special occasions with close friends or family.
1 Akademika Hlushkova St. Open daily 9 a. m. — 12 p. m. Tel. 38–044–526–9990
Terasa
Terasa restaurant (the name meaning “a terrace”) is located in a stylish Vozdvyzhensky hotel in Podil district. The place is surrounded by a nice little garden facing Andriyivsky Uzviz Street. The restaurant serves European and Ukrainian cuisines and meals prepared on the eco-grill Molteni. It also has an extensive choice of wines and freshly — squeezed juices. Its terrace can seat up to 40 visitors. To enjoy meals outdoors Terasa’s guests can sit at a panoramic terrace, in a shadowy garden or in a little patio. The panoramic terrace opens a magnificent view of Kyiv’s Podil district and green slopes of Andriyivsky Uzviz Street. For those seeking for privacy the best choice would be the seats in the pergola in a garden or chairs near the creek.
Vozdvyzhensky Hotel, 60a Vozdvyzhenska St. Open daily 11 a. m. — 11 p. m. Tel. 38–044–531–9933
