Wine Spectator Award-Winning Restaurants in Kyiv
This list brings together 6 restaurants in Kyiv, Ukraine that hold a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award, including Al Fresco, Forrest Club and Hutorets na Dnipri. The awards come from Wine Spectator and include Award of Excellence, Best of Award of Excellence and Grand Award. We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards.
Browse entries in alphabetical order. Each shows the venue's town or city, a short description and awards from independent sources.
How this list is chosen: Every restaurant here holds a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award. When more qualify than the list can hold, En Primeur Club chooses among them by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order.
Al Fresco
Kyiv, Ukraine
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
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.
Forrest Club
Kyiv, Ukraine
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
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.
Hutorets na Dnipri
Kyiv, Ukraine
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
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.
Kuvshyn
Kyiv, Ukraine
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
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.
La Maison
Kyiv, Ukraine
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
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.
Біголі
Kyiv, Ukraine
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
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.