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


Hrushevsky food

Hrushevsky Cinema Jazz (Ресторан Імпровізацій “Грушевський Сінема Джаз”)

Bars and Lounges, Cafes, Pubs and Restaurants, Restaurants

At Lviv’s Hrushevky Cinema Jazz Restaurant you can enjoy Continental European and Ukrainian cuisine as well as weekly movie screenings and live music in a fashionable setting. Hrushevsky is located in the same building that once housed “Korso”, Lviv’s first cinema that opened in 1912.

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L'UFT - food

L’UFT Pub (Паб “Люфт”): Breath of Fresh Air

Bars and Lounges, Pubs and Clubs, Pubs and Restaurants

L’UFT Pub sits right in Lviv’s center and features democratic prices and comfy couches. It’s a good place to hang out with your friends or catch some live music. The pub offers a mix of Ukrainian and Continental European cuisine and a wide range of drinks.

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Ibiza Cocktail Bar party

Ibiza Cocktail Club (Коктейль-Клуб “Ібіца”): Beach Party

Bars and Lounges, Nightclubs and Discos, Pubs and Restaurants

Ibiza Cocktail Club is a large beach-themed lounge and disco that features live music, male and female strip shows, and pre-parties on Fridays-Saturdays on the summer terrace. The club is just outside Lviv’s center on Chornovola Avenue, a 5-minute taxi-ride from downtown across the ring road from McDonald’s.

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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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Pizzeria "Trali-Vali Pinnocchio" facade

Pizzeria “Trali-Vali Pinocchio” (Піцерія “Тралі-Валі Пінокіо”): Good Pizza (No Lie!)

Pizzerias

Pizzeria Pinocchio is a cozy multi-level pizzeria with an all-wood interior, large terrace, and extensive menu at democratic prices. If you’re looking for something different, then try the seafood pizza or “Volcano” calzone. Other offerings include the “Trali-Vali” patty cakes, lasagna and homemade sausages.

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Biscuit facade

Biscuit (Бісквіт): Dining by Striyskyi Park

Cafes, Restaurants

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 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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Tex-Mex BBQ food

Tex-Mex BBQ (Текс-Мекс Барбекю): American Spice

Cafes, Restaurants

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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Kukhol'

Kukhol’ (Кухоль): Mug of Beer on Rynok Square

Cafes, Restaurants

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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Salad at Florencia

Florencia (Флоренція): Authentic Italian

Restaurants

Florencia is a small upscale Italian restaurant with authentic cuisine and a quiet atmosphere. A good choice for small parties and couples. In keeping with Italian tradition, you’ll receive a limoncello after your main course. Florencia also is one of the only places in Lviv, where you can enjoy Birra Moretti and grappa (“Italian vodka” made from grapes).

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