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


Spizharka - cheesecake

Spizharka (Спіжарка): Jams and Pickles

Cafes, Sweet Shop

Lviv’s Spizharka is not only cafe and sweet shop, but also “a real flat of a real Galician housewife”, where you can taste homemade sweets, ice cream and pastries as well as homemade marmalade (jams) and pickles. A cozy quiet spot good for coffee and dessert, breakfast or light snacks.

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Galician Cheesecake - cheesecake

Galician Cheesecake (Перша Міська Пекарня Сирників і Штруделів “Львівські Пляцки”)

Cafes, Sweet Shop

Galician Cheesecake celebrates Lviv’s tradition of delicious cheesecakes and strudels. This tourist-themed cafe has large windows that let passersby on Rynok Square watch its bakery in action. You can choose from 2 types of cheesecakes ( “dry” or “wet”), and 4 types of strudels: apple, cherry, salmon with spinach, and chicken with bell pepper.

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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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Aroma Cafe gelato

Aroma Café (Арома кафе): Gelato, Pastries and Smoothies

Cafes, Sweet Shop

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

Charivnyi Likhtar (Чарівний Ліхтар): Magic Lantern

Cafes, Sweet Shop

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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Cukrarka dessert case

Cukrarka (Цукрарка): Sweet as Sugar

Cafes, Sweet Shop

Cukrarka is a cozy sweet shop with a 19th century decor and atmosphere that evokes Lviv’s Austro-Hungarian period. The cafe was created by the owners of Lviv’s popular Vienna Coffee. Cukrarka located in Lviv’s city center near the Johann Pinzel Museum. You can find it just around the corner from popular brew pubs Stargorod and Kumpel.

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freska-terrace

Freska (Фреска): Exquisite Sweets

Cafes, Sweet Shop

Freska is a cozy sweet shop and cafe that offers homemade sweets and light snacks in the heart of Lviv’s downtown tourist district. The cafe conveniently located on pedestrian street close to all of Lviv’s downtown tourist sights. Specialties include traditional Galician pies with berries and fruits and meringue Pavlova with whipped cream, seasonal fruits and nuts.

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Lviv Handmade Chocolate sweet set

Lviv Handmade Chocolate (Львівська Майстерня Шоколаду): Chocolate for Souvenir Shoppers

Cafes, Sweet Shop

This two-level café-chocolate shop is highly popular with souvenir shoppers and chocoholics alike. It’s hard to miss Lviv Handmade Chocolate, which sits just off Rynok Square. Look for its big glass windows which offer a great view of its chocolate factory. You’ll be tempted by an incredible variety of chocolate souvenirs from truffles, to bars to figures of historic buildings, all them wrapped in beautiful packaging.

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Cukernia chocolate-flavored meringue

Cukernia (Цукерня): Sweets, Charming Pre-War Elegance

Cafes, Sweet Shop

At Cukiernia you can find some of the best cakes and pastries in Lviv. There are delicious Viennese strudels, éclairs, cakes, homemade ice cream and much more; all made according to traditional Galician recipes. Cukiernia is close to Rynok Square on narrow Staroevreis’ka Street next to several other popular cafés and restaurants.

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Sweet strudel at Strudel-Haus

Strudel-Haus (Штрудель-Хаус): Sweet and Savory

Cafes, Sweet Shop

Tiny Strudel-Haus cafe offers delicious sweet and savory strudels at reasonable prices in the heart of Lviv. Strudel-Haus sits steps from Rynok Square on Shevs’ka Street just around the corner from the Leopolis Hotel. A very reasonable fixed-price breakfast is served daily from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and includes a choice of strudels, omelets or pancakes.

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