Sometimes we need a cozy place without hustle and bustle to have a rest, but there is no wish to go out of the city. The good point about Kiev is that you can easily find such a calm place even in the heart of Kiev. Barbara Bar is in the list of these places.

Beinside chose Barbara Bar (especially summer terrace) as a perfect place for warm summer evenings. You can come alone, come with a friend or with someone beloved, can come with a group of friends. It is located on the rooftop of the building and that is why you always feel a lot of space around you and warm fresh air. Summer terrace of Barbara bar is light, decorated with wood, flowers, cozy sofas and pillows on wooden chairs. 

When the sun has gone down and night is coming to the city,  you are surrounded with hundred of  lights, and you it seems that miracle appears...

Food & Drinks

The main characteristic of the Barbara Bar is that any time of day or night you can come and forget about your hunger/bad mood/sadness/aloneness (tick needed) and indulge yourself with something savory. Barbara Bar has a wide variety of  dishes on the menu: starting from salads and croissants to delicious desserts, seasonable menu, breakfasts...

The most popular dish in Barbara Bar is Burger. And burgers are worthy to be tried.

Special for vegetarians the restaurant has sandwiches with grilled tofu and vegetables. And you know, our team decided that it is not less savory as Burgers are.

Talking about drinks, Beinside team choice is homemade lemonade and cocktails. Especially we liked it during the hot summer days and warm evenings to chill out.

 

A friendly and supportive staff is always ready to help you with making a choice. By the way, here is an English-speaking stuff and you can always ask for an English-written menu.

Beinside team visited Barbara Bar, liked it and strongly recommend to spend here your perfect evening.

Photos by Andrii Kuzmin

 Two days more, and the autumn will come to Kiev. But let us not be depressed! This season has a lot of benefits. For example, during a rainy windy day, you can run into your favorite coffee shop or cozy pub. Run with a loved one or alone to enjoy a cup of coffee. Beinside assembled a small collection of atmospheric Kiev places. These are the places where the harmony and good mood live. 
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"Harms"

Indie reading room is a very cozy place. Comfort is created by books - specially selected - music, theater, film and other arts, as well as vinyl records, various stationery stuff, excellent coffee and snacks to eat. Be sure to try the cheesecake! It is so gentle and creamy that you will want another piece, and then you will be inspired to take a notepad and write a couple of sentences - in rhyme or prose ... Guests of "Harms" call its menu specific and unusual. We almost forgot! A cat Elliot lives in this coffee house - such a calming animal!

Where: Str. Vladimir, 45a

Hours: daily from 10:00 to 22:00

The Blue Cup Сoffee Shop

The main thing  is to be on time to get in, as there are not many places in this Kiev coffee shop - a couple of dozens. A couch is the most comfortable place. First, you will be interested in looking at the walls of The Blue Cup. They have a lot of funny moose, rabbits, bison, birds, lynx ...the interior is colorful, but not cutting the eye. And all this beauty is imbued with the aroma of coffee, so be in a hurry to order it! Caramel latte is especially great as well as sea buckthorn-tangerine tea. Well, how it all come without sweet ?! In the menu you will find meringue, pies, cheesecake, chocolate cake, cookies ...
Where: Str. Pushkinskaya, 5
Hours: daily from 9:00 to 22:00

DRUZI café&bar

If you do not want just to hide from the bad weather, but to have fun, you must run in DRUZI café&bar in Kiev. In the evenings, from 19:00, different games are organized there. There is a lot of table games, including "Scrabble" and Dixit. And it does not prevent to enjoy delicious drinks! Order warming home tea: citrus-mint, sea buckthorn, strawberry... And of course, don't forget about a fantastic brownie! By the way, it is not only a snack. Here you can have a tasty and dense lunch or dinner.
Where: Str. Proreznaya, 3/5
Hours: daily from 8:00 to 00:00

Smart Сafe Bibliotech

Excellent library, which is constantly updating, board games, tea, coffee, chocolates, biscuits ... In "Smart cafe" you pay for the time: the first hour costs 42 UAH, each next - 21 UAH. The location is very popular. Workers even calculated that in average per day, guests eat 30 kg of biscuits and bagels. And the most popular drink here - latte and espresso. Bringing food is strictly prohibited! The cafe often hosts useful workshops, trainings and presentations and invites important persons in Kiev.
Where: Str. Saksaganskogo, 120
Hours: Mon-Thu - from 10:00 to 23:00, Fri - 10:00 to 00:00, Sat-Sun - from 11:00 to 00:00

Creative space "Chasopys"

Location for a perfect pastime! In the halls of "Chasopys" all the time something happens. Of recent: the lecture about the use of 3D-printing in medicine, master-class on the development of advertising campaigns in social networks, the seminar "How to get rid of stress and prevent it". Participation in events is paid and prices can be specified on the official page of the creative space within Facebook. But coffee with cookies is treated for free. Guests say it is very tasty.
Where: Str. Lva Tolstogo, 3
Hours: 8:00 to 23:30

Kiev vegetarian literary cafe "Ginger"

Here in this Kiev literary cafe time seems to have stopped. Choose a table, order something of an unusual oriental cuisine, and while it is preparing - you can look around. Do not be lazy to go to the bookshelf and not simply read the names on the spines, but take one or more publications. Selection of literature in "Ginger" is not very big: cookbooks, works on self-development, spiritual and physical perfection, and of course, your favorite classics. Here everything is in harmony, and this mood is immediately transmitted to the guests.
Where: Str. Zhylyanska 7
Hours: 8:00 to 23:00

Literary Pub "Krapka Coma"

Someone likes to relax with the coffee, and someone - with beer ... In "Krapka Coma" beer rules! It's homemade. And bundled with the meat (which is prepared in a pub) its taste is incredible! If you do not want a steak, order the burger with a lamb: it is something great! The atmosphere in "Krapka" is always relaxed. Everyone is busy with his business, no one does not interfere each other. Take a look through the book. Is there any desire to read? Then wait until the evening when the pub will host a live concert.  Jazz events are especially beautiful.
Where: Str. Antonovicha, 14
Hours: Mon-Thu- from 10:00 to 23:00, Fri-Sat - from 11:00 to 1:00, Sunday - from 10:00 to 23:00

Don't forget to check about other places to have a drink or merely to dine in Kiev. For example, Beinside recommends you a Ukrainian gastronomy restaurant "Last Barricade", and those who are vegetarian can find another satisfaction in Kiev by choosing on the most delicious vegetarian restaurants of Kiev.