Tsymes

Kyiv


Tucked into a vaulted cellar with green walls and Chagall-style frescoes, this place has a unique menu of Jewish dishes from all over Ukraine. The bill is a laugh – if only in the sense that it comes with a random Jewish joke, although the three-course business lunch (weekdays only) is also laughably cheap at 86uah.


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