Palata No.6

Kyiv


For a healthy dose of insanity sneak into this well-hidden bar named after Anton Chekhov's tale about life in a madhouse. Dressed in doctors' white robes, stern-looking waiters nurse you vodka poured into your glass through a giant pyramid of test tubes – ask for the 'pyramida'.

Or try the 'helmet', involving absinthe, a helmet and flames.


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