Your Guide to
Travel, Entertainment, Business and Expat Life in Lviv, Lwow, Lvov, Lemberg, Ukraine.


Kredens Cafe on Prospect Svobody counter

Kredens Cafe (Креденс Кафе): Starbucks-Style Coffee on Prospect Svobody

Cafes

Kredens is a chain of Western-style coffee houses that offers coffee to go and light snacks. The coffee house is located across the street from the Lviv Opera House. All the standard espresso drinks are available as well as desserts and light sandwiches.

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Zolota Gusa entrance

Zolota Gusa (The Golden Goose) (Золота Гуса): Fine Food, Premium Beer

Restaurants

Zolota Gusa is a restaurant and beer pub offering Ukrainian and fine Continental European cuisine on Kryva Lypa Lane. Zolota Gusa offers 8 types of premium beer on tap, including Guinness that would go well with the house’s homemade sausages. Wine lovers may want to pair their wine with the delicious cheese plate that features gourmet cheeses made by a Belgian cheese maker, who’s a long-time Lviv expat.

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Virmenka dining area

Virmenka (Вірменка): Bohemian Hangout

Cafes

Virmenka is a legendary old coffee house and a place once much beloved by Lviv hippies. The café’s trademark fresh coffee is prepared right in front of you in the Turkish coffee pot on hot sand, goes well with delicious syrnyk (cheesecake) and pastries. Mostly a locals place – so it’s a good idea to bring your Ukrainian-speaking friend.

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SANKOFF show

SANKOFF (Клуб “SANKOFF”): Huge Dance Floor, Young Girls

Nightclubs and Discos, Pubs and Clubs

SANKOFF is a nightclub outside Lviv’s city center that’s popular with a young crowd. The nightclub has a large dance floor, seats for 250 people, and a stage for live music and shows. The club operates as a lounge-cafe during the day and a karaoke bar in the early evening. Sankoff is about a 20 minute taxi ride from downtown and Ladies’ Night Thursdays can be worth the trip.

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Moloko Club area near cocktail bar

Moloko Club (Клуб “Молоко”): White & Black

Bars and Lounges, Nightclubs and Discos, Pubs and Clubs

Moloko (Milk) Club is a downtown Lviv nightclub and restaurant; a hangout for a young and glamorous crowd. The midsize club features a cocktail bar and dance area and an upstairs lounge zone. The 24-hour kitchen serves Continental European and Ukrainian cuisine. Moloko occupies the same space where Gallery Club used to be located.

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Propaganda Manhattan cocktail

Propaganda (Пропаганда): Sophisticated Chill Out

Bars and Lounges, Pubs and Clubs

Propaganda is more a lounge bar-restaurant than a disco, a place where you’ll find premium cocktails and a 24-7 kitchen that serves American and Continental cuisine. For a more sophisticated crowd to chill out and enjoy drinks with friends at the long bar. A 10-12 minute walk from Lviv’s center.

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Liverpool English Pub sign

Liverpool English Pub (Англійський паб “Ліверпуль”): “Mersey” Me

Pubs and Clubs, Pubs and Restaurants

Liverpool is a British-style pub that serves hearty fare like steaks, burgers and casseroles. Drinkers will appreciate the large whiskey selection (about 60 types) and premium beers on tap, including Guinness, and Liverpool’s house beer. About a 10-minute walk from the Lviv Opera House.

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Sweets at Rudyi Kit

Rudyi Kit (Рудий Кіт): Ukrainian Eats and Sweets

Cafes, Sweet Shop

Rudyi Kit is just the ticket if you’re looking for Ukrainian cuisine and sweets at reasonable prices in a low-key setting, right near Rynok Square. Menu highlights include traditional varenyky (dumplings), borscht, homemade sausages and Hutsul-style shashlyk. Save room for one of Kit’s desserts, all prepared according to traditional recipes.

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Kredens Cafe on Kryva Lypa interior

Kredens Cafe (Креденс Кафе): Starbucks-Style Coffee on Kryva Lypa

Cafes

Kredens is a chain of Western-style coffee houses that offers coffee to go and light snacks. Unlike its sister cafe on Halyts’ka Street, the Kredens on Kryva Lypa has a cozier setting with a smaller two-level seating area. All the standard espresso drinks are available as well as specialty drinks, desserts and light sandwiches.

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kKaraoke Club 888 dining area

Karaoke Club 888 (Караоке-клуб “888”): Sing till Dawn

Bars and Lounges, Pubs and Clubs

Karaoke Club 888 is Lviv’s only dedicated 24-hour karaoke club. The club attracts amateur singers of all ages – from young show-offs to middle-aged folks entertaining themselves and their “over-served” friends by singing loudly and off-key. The club’s massive halls and long tables make it a great spot for large gatherings.

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