Garmata is an upscale restaurant on the top floor of the luxurious Citadel Inn Hotel and Resort. An excellent choice for a business dinners, romantic evenings and special occasions, if you have a bit of money to spend. The restaurant’s circular terrace offers one of Lviv’s best views.
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Yapona Hata (Япона Хата) is a Kyiv-based sushi chain with three locations in downtown Lviv. During warmer weather, the summer terrace of the Rynok Square Yapona Hata offers a great spot for people-watching. You’ll find standard sushi fare and a variety of soups and salads.
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Il Castello is an outdoor Italian restaurant and pizzeria just inside Lviv’s old city walls. The restaurant sits on Pidval’na Street in the same building as Lviv’s Arsenal Museum.
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Kilikiya is a reasonably-priced restaurant in Lviv’s Armenian Quarter that’s popular with locals. There’s often live music and the place’s subdued decor evokes the atmosphere of 19th century Lviv. Kilikiya features a mix of cuisines with an emphasis on Armenian, Continental European, and Ukrainian dishes.
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Biscuit is a small neighborhood restaurant with French cuisine and Italian wine. It’s a good choice for romantic evenings, business lunches, and gatherings with small groups of friends. The restaurant sits on quiet Parkova Street, only 100 meters from the main entrance to Stryiskyi Park and close to the Polish Consulate.
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Aroma Cafe is a gelateria-sweet shop, where you can indulge in homemade gelato and smoothies, or enjoy light entrees at reasonable prices. The cafe is located in Lviv’s Old Town near the Arsenal Museum on one of the city’s oldest streets–Starojevreis’ka (“Old Jewish” Street).
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Charivnyi Likhtar (“Magic Lantern:) is a cozy coffeehouse and sweet shop that takes its name from an old medieval legend. The cafe sits on a picturesque square in Lviv’s Old Town near the Dominican Cathedral. You’ll find 30 types of coffee and original coffee cocktails and over 100 sorts of tea.
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Tex-Mex BBQ is a restaurant that serves authentic Southwestern Tex-Mex food with American-style service. The restaurant serves Texas-Style BBQ ribs, chicken, Mexican food like tacos, burritos and enchiladas. Walking into Tex-Mex BBQ is like entering a good ole country western bar-restaurant with cactuses, waitresses dressed in cowboy hats and country music.
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Trapezna is a cafe that recalls the atmosphere of a medieval refectory and it’s part of the Museum of Ideas Art Gallery. The cafe is located in the basement of the former Bernarden Garden monastery close to Lviv’s Rynok Square and the Danylo Halytsky Monument. Trapezna’s atmosphere and democratic prices make it a popular stop with a young and hungry crowd.
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Kukhol’ is a small downtown restaurant, where you enjoy a mug of beer and Ukrainian cuisine with a nice view of Lviv’s Rynok Square. For dinner try banosh with bacon (a hearty dish similar to polenta) or varenyky (“dumplings”) filled with meat, bacon and onion.
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