Zolotoy Ducat

Good enough to visit at least once. Not good enough to come back.

Krasnoznamennaya (rus) or Chrevonopraporna (ukr) street, 6
between 2 metro stations: Puskinskaya and Architectora Beketova
tel: 706-37-36
wi-fi

 

This cafe is almost underground: when going downstairs you find yourself in a dark place with a bit of candle light. Heavy wooden chairs and tables, symbols on walls resemble ancient castle... I was disappointed when instead of a knight my order took just a waiter ;) Staff often speak Ukrainian which is not good if you don't know the language. The place itself is huge but never crowdy. Who knows, maybe, this is because they don't have ads or because it is difficult to find them - signboard is very small and you can pass by the place several times without noticing it. Once you find the place - watch your steps: stairs are slippery and dangerous. They warn about this...in Russian :)

There is a big choice of coffee, you can even buy ground coffee for home if would like to. Coffee itself is really tasty.
It is not allowed to smoke there until 4 pm. They have free wi-fi. 
I noticed that waitresses served only boys and waiters - girls. hm...coincidence? Maybe. If not, it would be funny to see how they serve mixed companies :)

As for food - we tried only desserts there (not sure they serve more substantial meals) and, must admit, their cheesecake was great.

 

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