In Kharkiv, as well as any large city in Ukraine, you will find many nice restaurants, cafes, and fast foods. Prices are very reasonable; although, there are some expensive places of course. Some restaurants are part of a recreation centre, so you will find also entertaining shows, billiards, sauna, and even, hotel rooms. Most restaurants open at 11:00 a.m., and close when the last customer leaves. Tips are usually included in the bill and it is about 5–10% of the total.

You will find lots of good restaurants around Petrovskoho Street, for example, Adriano which serves Italian food and Parizh serving French dishes. Other cuisines you may find are European, Uzbek, Caucasian, and East-Asian. Other popular restaurants and/or cafes in Kharkiv are Fidéle is a popular lounge/jazz café where you can buy both food and drinks. Restaurant Pushka is a nice and romantic place and very expensive. Rafinad is a very original restaurant with great variety of dishes. Zhuly Buly is a café with nice atmosphere, prices are reasonable. Cafe Dikan'ka offers good Ukrainian food. Restaurant Metropol is located in front of the Taras Shevchenko monument.

Kharkiv is a wonderful place to experience the local cuisine which is unusual and tasty.

If you want to cook your own food, Kharkiv supermarkets are well equipped with fresh meats & fish, spices, herbs, breads, wines and produces; usually, supermarkets are open from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., but some of them are open around the clock.

Alcoholic drinks in Kharkiv are cheap and easy to buy in many stores, kiosks, bars, restaurants, markets, and in specialized shops. In bars and restaurants the drinks have a higher price.

Cafes and Restaurants in Kharkiv:

Restaurant Name	Address	Telephone
Fidéle Lounge Café	19 Sumskaya Street, Kharkiv	+38 (0577) 581 261
Restaurant Pushka	31 Pushkinskaya Street, Kharkiv	+38 (0577) 546 729
Bukhara	32 Pushkinskaya Street, Kharkiv	+38 (0577) 162 045
Potato House	33/35 Petrovskogo Street, Kharkiv	+38 (0577) 156 855
Adriano Pizzeria	79/1 Pushkinska Street	+38 (0577) 507 360
Parizh	30/32 Petrovskoho Street	+38 (0577) 143 963
Rafinad	109 Klochkovskaya Street, Kharkiv	+38 (0577) 056 868
Restaurant Armagedon	50 Rokiv SSSR Avenue, 151-B, Kharkiv	+38 (0577) 666 792
Zhuly Buly	Shevchenko Park, Sumska Street, Kharkiv
Agata	11 Revolution Street	+38 (0577) 073 347
Cafe Dikan'ka	Lermontovskaya Street 7	+38 (0577) 587 558
Restaurant Sloboda	23 August Street 34-A	+38 (0577) 155 056
Billiard Club and Cafe Piramida	Pereulok Korolenko 19	+38 (0577) 589 417, 127 156
Restaurant Metropol (French cuisine)	50 Sumskaya Street	+38 (0577) 194 040
F1 Restaurant and Bar	276b, Klochkivska St, Kharkiv, 61000	+38 (0572) 374 831
Bosphor	2, Kharkivska Naberezhna St., Kharkiv, 61057	+38 (0572) 128 291
Dionis (European cuisine)	21, Kosmichna St., Kharkiv, 61145	+38 (0572) 149 188
Karina	18, Mironosytska St., Kharkiv, 61002	+38 (0572) 402 108
Okolytsya	152, Akademika Pavlova St., Kharkiv, 61144	+38 (0572) 651 438, 651 279
Raiskiy Ugolok (European cuisine)	19, Kravtsova provulok, Kharkiv, 61003	+38 (0572) 431 110, 143 092
Chineese and Russian Food Restaurant	15, Chervonoarmijska St., Kharkiv, 61052	+38 (0572) 245 123
Yuzhny	30, Karl Marx St., Kharkiv, 61052	+38 (0572) 124 221, 120 305