Top 10 restaurants in Bukovel: Where to find the most delicious food in the mountains.

08 November 2024

What aromas do the Carpathians beckon you? The smell of fresh mountain air, the coniferous plume of evergreen spruces or, perhaps, fragrant herbal tea and bograch? What do taste buds want to experience during an unforgettable trip to the mountains?

Of course, a good vacation cannot be imagined without gastronomic pleasure, which is an important part of an atmospheric, tasty, and comfortable stay in the mountains. Today, the establishments in Bukovel have become so diverse, conceptual and eco-innovative that in search of a location where to eat in Bukovel, tourists have the opportunity to choose among dozens of offers. Moreover, the best restaurants of Bukovel are famous not only for dishes of national cuisine. At the ski resort, which currently works as an all-season top location for recreation, there are restaurants in Bukovel with Georgian, Italian, Japanese, American and Chinese cuisines. You can try delicious dishes with an emphasis on environmental friendliness, piquancy, and exquisite tastes in the most popular restaurants of the resort right in the mountains. This feature makes Bukovel establishments incomparable with urban cafés, bars, and restaurants.

On the slopes of the Carpathians, an English breakfast, a generous Ukrainian lunch and an American dinner taste much better, especially after long walks in the fresh mountain air.

The best restaurants in Bukovel from the top list fill ordinary meals with new meanings. Within the walls of establishments, new eating habits are born, unique tastes are revealed, and unforgettable impressions, emotions, and sensations are formed. Visiting hospitality establishments gives full gastronomic and aesthetic pleasure.

We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the top restaurants in Bukovel, which are located in the very center of the resort, and have an enchanting presentation of incomparable author’s dishes from the menu, which you have definitely not tasted yet.

Art Drovitnia (Hotel Stara Pravda)

Location: Podina tract 62a, village. Polyanytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

Art Drovitnia is more than just a restaurant in Bukovel. This hospitality establishment reveals in its concept a new perspective on the usual things for tourists in the mountains. It is about food in the forest. When you want to walk along mountain paths, go higher and higher in the mountains and dissolve in the powerful energy of the Carpathian spruce forests, without burdening your eyes with heavy brick structures, it’s time to stop for a delicious rest in Art Drovitna. The glass facade of the facility will not separate you for a second from the mighty nature of the Carpathians. It is completely flooded with the dawn rays of the sun and firmly holds the shadow of the spruce branches during the day. And in the evening, guests are treated to a real fairy tale, when the surrounding forest comes to life thanks to a special illumination.

A unique surprise for visitors to Art Drovitni in winter is a laser show broadcast once an hour right on the spruce branches. The spectacle is unique!

It’s about coziness, comfort and complete unity with nature. Nothing extra will bother you either outside or inside, as the interior of the establishment is decorated with decorative elements made of natural materials, which continue the theme of the Carpathian landscapes.

And what to eat?

Art Drovitnia is a restaurant in the mountains with hospitable Ukrainian and concise European cuisine. Reinterpreted classic dishes and new unique flavors are achieved by a simple formula of three components: local products, aesthetic presentation and love from the chef. The dishes in the restaurant in Bukovel from the menu are worth your attention:

• Filet Mignon in black vegetable powder;
• Dumplings with tiger shrimp, mussels and creamy sesame sauce;
• Cheesecakes stewed in salted caramel;
• Fresh oysters, which is a rarity for Bukovel establishments.

Original cocktails Blueberry Arkan, Hutsul and Pink Synevyr perfectly complement a cozy and spicy “dinner in the forest”.

The facility has a game room with an animator. This is important in order to feel complete unity with nature alone in silence or in a large circle of relatives, and to complement this moment with delicious gastronomic dishes.

Living Room (Mountain Residence Hotel)

Location: Vyshni tract 421, Polyanytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

The new fashionable restaurant in the Carpathians is fully equipped with panoramic windows to enjoy the mountain scenery from sunrise to sunset.

The restaurant’s menu offers gastronomic hits of different generations and countries of the world, from Thai tom yum to Peking chicken. Of course, aromatic borscht and classic dishes of Ukrainian cuisine perfectly complement the variety of tastes among the items on the menu.

The cocktail menu and bar also have something to impress guests. Everyone can enjoy the alcoholic notes of New York, Singapore, and London. And for this, you don’t need to buy a plane ticket, you just need the waiter to accept the order and in a couple of minutes deliver you the world’s gastronomic hits at a cozy table in a restaurant in Bukovel.

Charlton Restaurant (Charlton Estate cottage complex)

Location: str. Horishkiv 333 B, p. Yablunytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

Here it is about nature, peace and a panoramic view of the quiet picturesque Carpathians.

A house of taste and hospitality — this is how the Charlton restaurant in the Bukovel ski resort declares itself. Here, a modern combination of innovative culinary techniques takes place, which reveal the old Ukrainian traditions in a new way with the mastery of the chef. As a result, the restaurant’s menu is filled with absolutely unique offers and dishes.

• The most demanding gourmets, without a doubt, will find their own:
• Ukrainian borscht with donuts according to a special recipe;
• Grilled trout with vegetables and crispy crust;
• Belgian waffles with ice cream and blueberries, which from the first notes reveal the whole bouquet of taste.

These and many other dishes guarantee you an unforgettable gastronomic experience that will make you want to return to Bukovel and its establishments again and again.

RestoBar Phoenix (Phoenix Relax Park Hotel)

Location: school Preluky 573, p. Polyanytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

The modern café in Bukovel in the Art Nouveau style among the cozy houses of the Phoenix Relax Park hotel welcomes families with the smallest guests to present traditional Hutsul dishes in new interpretations. Please note:

• Banoche with foie gras and chutney with pear and pistachio;
• Deruns with wild mushroom sauce;
• Banosh with pulled pork and smoked sour cream;
• Dumplings with cherries, honey and sour cream.

Dishes made of smoke and fire will taste the same as classic Hutsul dishes: salmon kebab in pomegranate sauce, spicy neck in spicy sauce, Carpathian trout.

It should be noted that among the variety of dishes, it is worth leaving a place for a delicious dessert, which tempts guests from the showcase.

Lis (Ribas Hotel Karpaty)

Location: Vyshnya tract, 162 a, village. Polyanytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk region

The restaurant offers its own step-by-step instructions for full gastronomic satisfaction:

1. To start, order a glass of water or ginger tea, restoring the water balance. In the meantime, you can get to know the menu in more detail and choose the main dishes and snacks.
2. Nice to eat. Doves, fish, meat, or potatoes? Small and large portions of deliciousness, for which you definitely want to come back for more.
3. Tilt a glass of pleasure. Juice or something stronger? No matter what drinks the guest decides, this café in Bukovel tries to surprise everyone with a bouquet of tastes, aromas and intoxicating notes.

In order to fully enjoy the meal without rushing, you can leave your baby under the supervision of an experienced babysitter in the children’s room on the premises.

Babyn Bograch (Hutsul Land ethnopark territory)

Location: village Polyanytsia, TK Bukovel (beyond the Lake of Youth)

Colorful and tasty establishments in Bukovel meet tourists at almost every turn, and during a walk through Hutsul Land, you may come across one of them — the Babyn Bograch inn. The stylized wooden inn has a unique highlight. This is the main competitor to modern ovens and innovative equipment — a real Ukrainian oven. It is in the hot oven that the ancient recipes of Carpathian cuisine are revived: banosh, ribs, mangalica meat, cabbage rolls and, of course, bograch. Smoked meat dishes and delicacies are full of aromas from the very entrance to the establishment.

We recommend tasting:

• Babin Bograch;
• Sticks with forest mushrooms and smoked duck in a creamy sauce with Verkhovyna mozzarella;
• Kaiser pies with cherry.

At the Bukovel resort, you can eat deliciously, immersing yourself in the cultural traditions of preparing first courses and delicious snacks amidst the ethnic atmosphere surrounding everyone in the Hutsul Land Park.

To Babina Bograch! Table reservations are not available, so you have to go and taste!

Hrybova Khata manor restaurant

Location: Vyshni tract, 8 a, GK Bukovel, village. Polyanytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

Are you looking for a place to eat in Bukovel where the prices are adequate, the menu has a wide range of dishes, and the concept of the establishment is thought out from the first to the last floor?

The Mushroom House is a unique location unlike any other. The complex is designed in the shape of a mushroom and immediately attracts tourists with its unusual exterior. Undoubtedly, with such a non-standard facade, you want to see what’s inside.

The interior of the establishment is no less colorful, warm, and cozy, but that is not the main thing. The restaurant’s menu has a legendary dish that almost every tourist of Bukoveli wants to try—Hutsul First Communion. Ukrainian borscht with smoked plum and meat is served in baked bread with garlic and sour cream. Have you seen anything like this in cities? These are real miracles of cooking!

The original food in Bukovel makes guests want to taste the creatively presented dishes first and only then climb the snowy ski lift.

There is a children’s room on the territory of the institution.

Montblanc (Radisson Blu Resort Hotel)

Location: str. Schivky, 220, Yaremche, Ivano-Frankivsk region

Food establishments in Bukovel are not only about snacks between descents from snowy peaks and long walks along the paths of spruce forests.

Guests who want to spend evenings in a luxurious and sophisticated atmosphere and wear elegant clothes should visit the fashionable Montblanc restaurant at the international chain Radisson Blu Resort hotel. The restaurant’s cuisine is European and Ukrainian.

Buffet breakfasts allow guests to feel like the leading chefs of their first meal, mixing the ingredients for the dishes.

For dinner, a menu with a wide choice of appetizers and main courses is offered:

• Premium Caesar salad;
• Penne pasta 4 cheeses;
• Gnocchi Carbonara;
• Bouillabaisse with seafood;
• White mushroom consomme;
• Pacific tuna fillet.

Colorful Hutsul Derun and Carpathian Banosh are also “favorites” among guests’ orders.

Feel like you are in a high-class restaurant, being in the middle of the snowy Carpathian Mountains — with MontBlanc, everything is possible!

Kitchen Hill (Hvoya apart-hotel)

Location: Bukovel, Ivano-Frankivsk region.

Where to eat in the center of the Bukovel resort is not a problem because the Kuhnya Gir restaurant immediately comes to mind.

According to the formula, coziness is multiplied by delicious food within the establishment’s walls, which provides full taste satisfaction and relaxation from every day worries. Undoubtedly, the restaurant presents mountain cuisine. Local products are used as a basis, and the flavors are adapted to the guests’ preferences.

The desserts of Mountain Kitchen deserve special attention because they are most closely related to mountains and Carpathian motifs. What can I say, when it’s worth trying!

Sazha — coal-fired restaurant (Didukh eco-hotel and spa)

Location: Vyshni tract, 431, Bukovel, Ivano-Frankivsk region

Behind the rather loud and creative name of the establishment, there is an atmosphere of coziness. Refined laconic design and simplicity of forms, complemented by aesthetic decor in the Ukrainian style, make the institution an essential part of the traditional concept of the complex. Here, having dinner alone and loudly celebrating life’s most important events is comfortable.

“Infernal cuisine” and the infernal black color are intertwined in the ideology of the Sazha restaurant. Black and black food can be found in almost every section of the menu, but there are also plenty of colorful and bright dishes here. Worth your attention:

• Poltava-style duck porridge;
• Carp in cream sauce;
• “Soot” dessert, a must-try!

The author’s interpretation of dishes by media chef Yuriy Didenko is present in every unique combination of tastes and design of dishes. Feel free to experiment and try something new for yourself.

For every taste, budget and request, Bukovel will make the most cherished gastronomic dreams come true in the life of every tourist. Your vacation will be unforgettable, and the smells of your favorite dishes will remain in your memory. Traditional concept of the complex.