Ukrainian WORLD WAR II Restaurants Experience!! Medieval Building Tour | Lviv, Ukraine

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My incredible time in the city of Lviv in western Ukraine continued with a one-of-a-kind medieval building tour! Come with me as I hit up three awesome spots in one building, including a mind-blowing Ukrainian World War II restaurant!

My friend and guide Diana from Tours by Locals and I started our afternoon at the former Venetian Consulate in Rynok Square. It’s called the Holding of Emotion Complex and is home to three businesses: Kryivka Restaurant, Freemason’s Lodge, and Pretty High Kitchen.

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You have to know a special password to get into Kryivka, which is said to be the most-visited restaurant in Europe! Exploring the entire building is a super unique experience!

After saying the password back to the guard and passing the “test,” you enter Kryivka,
a bunker-style World War II restaurant. It’s part restaurant, part museum!

There are also lots of guns on the walls, a cell for captured Russians, several small dining halls, and a bar. At the bar, Diana and I enjoyed some horseradish horilka and cranberry horilka. The cranberry was easy to drink, but the horseradish was scary strong!

Then, we headed to the bunker where the nationalists lived and stored their weapons. There’s also a gift shop where you can buy war-themed souvenirs!

Then, we headed up to the Freemason’s Lodge. To get inside, you must go through a Soviet-style bachelor’s apartment and be approved to go through.

Inside is lots of Freemasons imagery. They have Colonist wine there, which is roughly 250 hryvnia/$10 USD. There are more pictures of 19th-century Ukrainian Freemasons and a unique BMW from the 1920s!

The bathroom is plastered in money and even has money under the toilet! The menu prices are 10 times higher than anywhere else.

We tried some Cabernet Grande Reserve wine and enjoyed the amazing view of the city. It was delicious and felt like a Bordeaux. Then, we headed up to Pretty High Kitchen for lunch!

Pretty High Kitchen is large and spacious, with high ceilings and even vinyl records. There’s no menu, so the chef comes and asks what you like and offers suggestions based on that.

I went with a James Bond Martini and Diana got the Violet Spritzer. My grandmother loved martinis and drank one with two olives every day. She lived to be 97!

Then, my pulled pork and Diana’s sea bass arrived. My pulled pork contained blue cabbage, cheese from the Carpathian Mountains, and greens. Pork is very common and affordable in Ukraine.

It reminded me of Texas barbecue and was so moist and juicy! The fresh ingredients were phenomenal.

The creaminess of the cheese, moist pork, and crunchy beetroot were incredible. I tried a bit of Diana’s sea bass with arugula, blue cabbage, and tomatoes. It was so tasty and flavorful

Each dish costs roughly 300 hryvnia/$12 USD each. It’s one of the best restaurants in the city. You have to taste the food here for yourself! The cinnamon in the glazy, marinated blue cabbage was unreal!

Then, it was time to go! Before we left, though, we visited the rooftop terrace. The tables were surrounded by plastic tents.

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My name is David Hoffmann. For the last 13 years, I have been traveling around the world in search of unique culture, food, and history! Since starting David’s Been Here in 2008, I have traveled to over 1,200 destinations in 83 countries, which I welcome you to check out on my YouTube channel, travel blog, and social media sites.

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