Country dossier
Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries across Ukraine in the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Ukraine
Kyiv holds the largest share of venues in our Ukraine guide, with wine programs spanning steakhouse lists, Mediterranean cooking, and modern Ukrainian tasting menus.
BEEF Meat&Wine serves premium beef from American, Spanish, and Ukrainian sources in an open-kitchen steakhouse. Its extensive wine list includes boutique producers, with sommelier-led service. Chef Kseniia Amber leads the kitchen, and the restaurant holds Star Wine List recognition for 2026.
La Maison is a Central Kyiv restaurant with Mediterranean and Pan-Asian cooking, and it holds Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence honors in 2026. The wine program has 380 selections and a cellar of 3,800 bottles. The list leans toward France and Italy. Service is a la carte and small plates.
Mirali in Podil is a modern Ukrainian fine dining restaurant with an exceptional wine program. Chef Mirali Dilbazi leads the seasonal kitchen, which focuses on fermentation. It offers tasting menu and a la carte service. Star Wine List recognized the restaurant in 2026.
CHEF's TABLE in Pechers'kyi is a modern Italian-European fine dining room with an open kitchen. The kitchen draws on culinary impressions from chefs Volodymyr Yaroslavskyi and Eleonora Baranova. Formats are a tasting menu, a set menu, and a la carte. The wine program has an extensive wine list.
Lviv brings a compact but serious set of wine-aware dining rooms, with strong awards and cellar-led Italian and regional cooking.
La Luce is a modern Italian restaurant in Center, with signature pizzas and pasta on an a la carte menu. It holds Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence honors in 2026. The wine program is exceptional, with 530 selections and a 5,000-bottle inventory weighted toward Italy, France, and Ukraine, and service is sommelier-led.
Citadel in the city center serves modern Ukrainian seasonal cuisine from the third floor of a historic citadel hotel, with a panoramic view. Wine strengths are France and Italy. The wine program is sommelier-led, and Wine Spectator gave it Best of Award of Excellence in 2026. Formats are a tasting menu, small plates, and a la carte.
TERRA Emily Restaurant in Vynnyky has an exceptional wine program, 650 selections, and 3,500 bottles in inventory. It holds Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence honors in 2026, and it offers both a la carte and tasting menu service. The cellar has strengths across Bordeaux, Tuscany, and Spanish appellations, alongside wines from Ukraine.
11 Mirrors by FACE the Service and Opera Hotel are in Kyiv, IL Decameron Luxury Design Hotel is in Odesa, and HAY Boutique Hotel & Spa by Edem Family is in Bukovel. Their awards are Design Hotels, Leading Hotels of the World, World Luxury Hotel Awards, and World Travel Awards.
11 Mirrors by FACE the Service in the historical center is a boutique design hotel and a Design Hotels Member for 2026. The hotel has a panoramic rooftop restaurant with city views. The design pairs modern minimalism with Kyiv's historic charm, and the property is associated with Wladimir Klitschko.
Opera Hotel in Shevchenkivs'kyi District occupies a historic 1908 building and is a Leading Hotels of the World member for 2025. Uniquely themed, opera-inspired suites reflect global cultures. The membership aligns the hotel with that group's service standard and physical condition.
HAY Boutique Hotel & Spa by Edem Family in Polyanitsa is a boutique hotel in Bukovel. The 2025 World Travel Awards named it Ukraine's Leading Boutique Hotel. The hotel has a metal infinity pool that spans indoor and outdoor rooftop areas, with mountain views, and it includes spa programming.
IL Decameron Luxury Design Hotel in Odesa City Center holds World Luxury Hotel Awards as Regional Winner and Country Winner in 2025. The regional award is for Luxury City Hotel, and the country award is for Luxury Brand. Rooms are individually designed, with private terraces and kitchens, and the design is Italian-inspired.
Kuvshyn in Olimpiiska, Hutorets na Dnipri in Podil, Forrest Club in Pochayna - Obolon, and Al Fresco in Khodosivka each hold a Wine Spectator award. Their cooking covers Georgian and Caucasian, modern Ukrainian, Italian, seafood, and European fusion cuisines.
Kuvshyn in Olimpiiska is an authentic Georgian and Caucasian restaurant. The kitchen is known for Georgian dishes such as lamb pilaf cooked over an open fire. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive wine list and Kyiv's largest collection of Caucasian wines. It holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2026.
Hutorets na Dnipri in Podil serves modern Ukrainian cooking and holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2026. The wine program has an extensive wine list, and service is a la carte. The restaurant has panoramic Dnipro River views and the largest collection of Ukrainian vodkas in the country.
Forrest Club in Pochayna - Obolon is an Italian, seafood, and European fusion restaurant with a wine list and a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2026. It is a suburban family restaurant with a lakeside terrace, a waterfall, and banquet halls surrounded by forest. The setting is in Kyiv's northern dining corridor.
Al Fresco in Khodosivka is a country-style Italian restaurant near Kyiv, with a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2026. Service is a la carte. The cooking includes seafood and wood-fired pizza, with expansive courtyards. Chef Marcos Saenz leads a Tuscan Italian kitchen.
Kyiv has the most venues in our guide, 58 of 79. Exceptional programs include BEEF Meat&Wine and Mirali, both with Star Wine List recognition, and Kuvshyn, with a Wine Spectator award. Programs include La Maison and Hutorets na Dnipri, each with a Wine Spectator award.
There are no Michelin-starred restaurants in our Ukraine guide. BEEF Meat&Wine and Mirali hold Star Wine List recognition. La Maison, Citadel, La Luce, and TERRA Emily Restaurant hold Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence honors.
Mirali, CHEF's TABLE, Kanapa, Feniks, Citadel, and TERRA Emily Restaurant serve tasting menus. The Kyiv restaurants are in Podil, Pechers'kyi, Andriivsky Descent, and Pechersk, respectively. In Lviv, Citadel is in city center and TERRA Emily Restaurant is in Vynnyky.
Forrest Club, La Maison, Hutorets na Dnipri, Kuvshyn, Al Fresco, Citadel, La Luce, and TERRA Emily Restaurant hold Wine Spectator awards. La Maison and the Lviv restaurants hold Best of Award of Excellence honors. Forrest Club, Hutorets na Dnipri, Kuvshyn, and Al Fresco hold the Award of Excellence.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
City atlas
Ukraine
Selected entries from the current guide for Ukraine.
Kyiv, Ukraine
One of Kyiv's most seriously appointed steakhouses, Beef on Shota Rustaveli Street runs a charcoal grill programme built around A5 Japanese and Australian Wagyu, USDA Prime, and locally dry-aged cuts, alongside a wine list that ranges from Old World classics to boutique producers. Chef Kseniia Amber leads the kitchen. The open-kitchen format and dark-wood interior make it a natural choice for both business dinners and longer celebratory meals.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Al Fresco brings Tuscan Italian cooking to an unlikely address on Obukhovske Highway outside Kyiv, under chef Marcos Saenz. The setting trades urban density for open air and space, framing the cuisine in a context that has no direct parallel in the city centre. For diners seeking the lean, herb-forward register of Tuscany rather than Roman richness or Neapolitan heat, it occupies a distinct position in Kyiv's Italian options.
Lviv, Ukraine
Wine Spectator 2026 Best of Award of Excellence winner. Cuisine: Regional / European. Wine strengths: France, Italy.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Forrest Club on Lytovskyi Avenue sits within Kyiv's expanding northern dining corridor, where event-format venues and upscale leisure spaces compete for a clientele that expects more than a standard restaurant visit. The address positions it alongside the city's broader shift toward destination dining outside the historic centre, a pattern visible across Kyiv's newer hospitality openings.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Hutorets na Dnipri sits on Naberezhno-Khreshachatyts'ka Street along the Dnipro riverbank, placing it within Kyiv's established tradition of waterfront dining that anchors Ukrainian hospitality to its river geography. The address positions it alongside a cluster of venues that draw on the Dnipro as both backdrop and cultural reference point, making it a representative example of how the city's restaurant culture intersects with its riverine identity.
Kyiv, Ukraine
On Kyiv's storied Andriivskyi Descent, Kanapa puts Ukrainian produce and culinary heritage at the centre of a Modern European framework. Chef Yaroslav Artyuk has earned consecutive Opinionated About Dining recognition since 2023, with the restaurant climbing to a European ranking of #302 in 2024 and #371 in 2025..
Kyiv, Ukraine
Kuvshyn sits on Ivana Fedorova Street in Kyiv's Solomyansky district, occupying a quieter residential register than the city's more trafficked dining corridors. The venue draws comparisons to Kyiv's emerging cohort of neighbourhood-anchored restaurants that trade spectacle for substance, positioning it alongside peers like Kanapa and Al Fresco in the city's broader modern dining conversation.
Lviv, Ukraine
La Luce brings Italian cuisine to the heart of Lviv with a wine program that punches well above what you'd expect east of Vienna. With 530 selections, a 5,000-bottle inventory weighted toward Italy, France, and Ukraine, and a corkage fee policy that signals genuine hospitality, it sits in a different tier from most of the city's dining options. Chef Yurii Bilen leads the kitchen; Wine Director Bohdan Pavliukh anchors the cellar.
Kyiv, Ukraine
La Maison on Sichovykh Striltsiv brings Mediterranean cooking to one of Kyiv's more architecturally textured streets, pairing lunch and dinner service with a wine list of 380 selections that leans heavily on France and Italy. Wine Director Ivan Svyrskyi and Sommelier Serhii Balakan oversee a cellar of 3,800 bottles, making the program one of the more serious in the city's European-leaning dining tier.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Mirali is a restaurant on Mezhyhirska Street in Kyiv's Podil district, recognised by Star Wine List with a White Star designation in April 2024. Its wine program places it among the city's more serious dining addresses at a moment when Kyiv's restaurant scene continues to define itself against significant external pressure.
Lviv, Ukraine
Terra Emiily sits in Vynnyky, a quiet township east of central Lviv, serving regional and European cuisine at accessible price points alongside a wine list that runs to 650 selections and 3,500 bottles in inventory. With strengths across Bordeaux, Tuscany, and Spanish appellations alongside Ukrainian labels, the cellar is one of the more serious outside the city centre. Lunch and dinner service is available daily.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Біголі sits on Klovskyi Descent in Kyiv's hilly government quarter, a neighbourhood where the city's institutional weight meets a growing dining scene. The restaurant draws from the pasta-forward tradition its name references, operating in a district that rewards those willing to step off the main tourist circuit. A reliable address for Kyiv diners who know the area.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
On Vozdvyzhenska Street in Kyiv's Podil district, 32 JazzClub occupies a particular niche in the city's late-night scene: a venue where live jazz and a considered drinks program share equal billing. Kyiv's appetite for jazz-anchored hospitality has grown steadily, and this address on the historic lower city sits at the intersection of that tradition and a more contemporary approach to the evening out.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Asia Bar & Grill on Ally Tarasovoi Street sits within Kyiv's expanding bracket of restaurants that draw on pan-Asian technique to frame local and regional produce. In a city where the dining scene has reorganised rapidly around international reference points, this address occupies a distinct position: Asian-inflected cooking applied to ingredients rooted in Ukrainian geography. Booking ahead is advisable, particularly on weekend evenings.
Kyiv, Ukraine
BAO brings modern Chinese cuisine to one of Kyiv's more composed dining addresses on Mechnykova Street, a stretch that attracts restaurants with considered formats rather than high-volume turnover. The kitchen works within a register that remains underrepresented in the Ukrainian capital, and the wine program deserves attention from anyone serious about how East Asian food and European cellar depth can be made to work together.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Barbara Bar occupies a Kyiv address on Sichovykh Striltsiv Street that places it within the city's evolving after-dark culture, where bars increasingly function as the connective tissue between dinner and the late-night hours. The format leans into Kyiv's appetite for spaces that take drinking seriously without sacrificing atmosphere to minimalism.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Beatnik sits on Velyka Vasylkivska Street in central Kyiv, operating within a city dining scene that has grown increasingly serious about atmosphere and occasion. The address places it within reach of the city's main cultural corridor, and its name signals a particular aesthetic register, one that Kyiv's mid-to-upper casual dining tier has increasingly favoured. A considered choice for milestone meals in a city navigating a complex cultural moment.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Historical profile: Bessarabs'ka Square, 7 at Bessarabs'ka Square, 7, Kyiv, Ukraine, 02000 is listed as closed or replaced after a June 21, 2026 audit. Active booking, hours, and contact details have been removed.
Lutsk, Ukraine
Cafe de Vino occupies a residential address on Ivana Franka Street in Lutsk's Yarovytsia district, positioning itself as a neighbourhood wine-and-dining address in a city where that format remains relatively sparse. With limited publicly available data on menu, pricing, and format, it merits investigation on the ground before committing to a special occasion visit.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Casa Nori sits on Borysohlibska Street in Kyiv's Podil district, where a generation of independently minded restaurants has reshaped the city's dining culture since the mid-2010s. The address places it inside a neighbourhood that rewards unhurried exploration, and the kitchen operates within a dining scene that has grown considerably more sophisticated under considerable pressure. Visitors report a setting that shifts meaningfully between daytime and evening service.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Chachapuri Restaurant on Tarasa Shevchenko Boulevard occupies a corner of Kyiv's dining scene where Georgian culinary tradition meets a city rebuilding its hospitality culture with deliberate purpose. Compared to Kyiv's European-leaning restaurant set, it offers a distinctly Caucasian frame of reference, one that carries weight in a capital increasingly interested in the sourcing stories behind what arrives at the table.
Kyiv, Ukraine
On Mechnykova Street in central Kyiv, CHEF's TABLE occupies a tier of Ukrainian dining where format and intention matter more than category labels. The restaurant has tracked the city's broader shift toward precision-led, chef-driven dining, positioning itself within a small peer group that takes the tasting-menu format seriously. Booking ahead is advised, particularly during the capital's busier cultural seasons.
Kyiv, Ukraine
CHINA MA on Heorhiia Kirpy Street sits within Kyiv's expanding Chinese dining segment, where questions of sourcing and authenticity are beginning to matter as much as format. The address places it away from the central cluster of international restaurants, signalling a neighbourhood-oriented approach that the city's maturing dining scene increasingly rewards.
Ukraine
Selected entries from the current guide for Ukraine.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A Leading Hotels of the World member on Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street in central Kyiv, Opera Hotel sits in the city's upper tier of independent luxury properties at a moment when hospitality in Ukraine carries particular weight.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Positioned on Bohdan Khmelnytsky Street in central Kyiv, 11 Mirrors by FACE the Service represents a deliberate design statement in a city rebuilding its cultural identity. The property operates in the minimal, cosmopolitan register that defines a new tier of Ukrainian hospitality, spare in form, considered in atmosphere, and oriented toward a collaborative creative ethos rather than conventional luxury signalling.
Skhidnytsya, Ukraine
Apartel Skhidnytsya sits in Ukraine's Carpathian spa resort town of Skhidnytsya, a destination built around mineral-water therapy and mountain air rather than urban amenity. The property holds a Continent Winner award for Luxury Wellness Resort, placing it among a small tier of medically-oriented retreat addresses in Eastern Europe. For travellers arriving from Lviv, it represents one formally recognised wellness address in the region.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Bursa Hotel occupies a historic building on Kostiantynivska Street in Kyiv's Podil district, positioning itself at the intersection of cultural preservation and contemporary hospitality. The property is defined by its commitment to art, education, and emotional intelligence rather than conventional luxury metrics, making it a reference point for Kyiv's independent hotel scene.
Bukovel, Ukraine
Named Ukraine's Leading Boutique Hotel at the 2025 World Travel Awards, HAY Boutique Hotel & Spa by Edem Family sits in Bukovel, the Carpathian Mountains' most active ski and wellness resort. The property competes in a tier defined by design intention and spa programming rather than room count, making it the reference point for premium boutique accommodation in western Ukraine's mountain circuit.
Odesa, Ukraine
IL Decameron Luxury Design Hotel sits on вулиця Леха Качинського in central Odesa, holding both a Regional Winner award for Luxury City Hotel and a Country Winner citation for Luxury Brand, two of the stronger independent validations in Ukraine's premium hotel market. The property positions itself at the design-led end of the city's accommodation tier, where architectural identity and finish quality carry more weight than brand affiliation.
Ukraine
Selected entries from the current guide for Ukraine.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
On a quiet stretch of Tereshchenkivska Street, Bottega Wine & Tapas occupies the middle ground between a serious wine list and the kind of small-plate format that rewards unhurried evenings. Against Kyiv's broader bar and dining scene, it positions itself in the wine-bar tier where the glass matters as much as the food, drawing a crowd that reads the back label before ordering.
Kyiv, Ukraine
On Velyka Vasylkivska, one of Kyiv's busier commercial corridors, Cherry Coffee occupies a position in the city's growing specialty-coffee and craft-bar culture. The address at 57/3 places it within walking distance of the Olimpiiska district's mix of cafés, bars, and independent operators, a neighbourhood that has absorbed much of the city's post-2014 wave of concept hospitality.
Kyiv, Ukraine
CLOSER occupies a converted industrial space on Nyzhnoiurkivska Street in Kyiv's Podil-adjacent creative corridor, where warehouse bones and a measured approach to hospitality have made it a reference point in the city's bar and late-night scene. The format rewards unhurried visits: come for the drinks program, stay for the pace the room sets on its own terms.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Druzi sits on Andriivskyi Descent, the cobblestoned artery that connects Kyiv's upper city to Podil, where bars and cafes draw a local crowd rather than a tourist circuit. Among the cluster of venues competing for that address, Druzi reads as a neighbourhood gathering point, casual in register, anchored to its street, and worth understanding as part of the broader Andriivskyi scene.
Kyiv, Ukraine
On Andriivsky Descent, Kyiv's most storied street for galleries and independent venues, Frisson occupies a position that rewards the kind of drinker who arrives with time rather than a checklist. The bar sits within a neighbourhood where creative ambition runs high and the cocktail programme reflects that register, drawing on technique rather than novelty to make its case.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Krutyi descent, 6/2 occupies one of Kyiv's most atmospheric addresses, where the city's Old Town topography meets a drinking and dining scene that rewards those who seek it out. The address alone signals something apart from the main boulevards, placing it within the quieter, more deliberate tier of Kyiv's hospitality offering. Details on format and pricing are best confirmed directly ahead of your visit.
Kyiv, Ukraine
On Velyka Vasylkivska Street in central Kyiv, ONE LOVE cafe occupies the kind of address that becomes a neighbourhood reference point over time. The format reads as a local gathering place rather than a destination venue, positioned within a stretch of the city that has accumulated cafes, bars, and casual dining spots across the past decade. For visitors tracing Kyiv's everyday hospitality culture, it sits alongside the city's broader scene of community-oriented spots.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Parovoz Speak Easy occupies a spot on Velyka Vasylkivska Street that fits squarely into Kyiv's growing appetite for bar formats where the drinks programme and the food it accompanies receive equal creative attention. The name's railway-era reference signals an interest in atmosphere-building rather than minimalist restraint, placing it in a tier of Kyiv bars where the room does deliberate work.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Pink Freud sits on Nyzhnii Val Street in Kyiv's Podil district, where the bar scene has long traded on atmosphere as much as product. Part bar, part cultural provocation, it draws a crowd that takes its drinks seriously without taking itself too seriously, a combination that has made it a reference point in the neighbourhood's nighttime circuit.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Podval Pub sits on Petra Sahaidachnoho Street in Kyiv's Podil district, occupying the kind of below-street-level space that has defined neighbourhood bar culture in Eastern European cities for decades. The format places it squarely in the casual, community-anchored tier of Kyiv's drinking scene, where atmosphere and accessibility matter more than cocktail program credentials.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A Podil-district cafe and vintage shop hybrid on Hryhoriya Skovorody Street, Vagabond Cafe And Vintage Corner operates in the tradition of Kyiv's slower, more curated drinking spaces. The back bar and vintage stock share equal billing, drawing a crowd that treats browsing and sipping as a single activity. It sits in a different register from the city's louder nightlife venues.
Ukraine
Selected entries from the current guide for Ukraine.
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