Ukrainian WORLD WAR II Restaurants Experience!! Medieval Building Tour | Lviv, Ukraine
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2021
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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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Lviv is absolutely amazing. It’s so fun. A shame how American and British media portrays the country. I’m legitimately considering taking a vacation in Lviv because of your awesome videos.
You must! The reason I create content is to change the way people see the world and open them up to traveling there and living it for themselves. Super happy when I read this comment, it means all my hard work is paying off 🙏
@@Davidsbeenhere No, bro. A big thanks to you. I’ve been a subscriber for a long, long time. And I’ve taken vacations, particularly in Europe and East Asia, after watching some of your videos. They’re great for creating an itinerary. Again, thank you for your great content.
Diana is so cute when she tells David to enjoy his meal at the 15:33 mark, that seemed like it was off script and comes off so natural.
You are finding the best places to go to! I love the concept of reciting a password and getting a free drink before entering an establishment
I'm enjoying these Ukrainian videos! With what happened the last day, so many videos on Ukraine started popping up on my recommendations. It's a bittersweet day. I'm really hoping this country will not become unrecognizable and ruined. That would break my heart. My last husband was from Kyiv. The marriage didn't work out, but the interest and love of the food and culture stayed with me. I hope there's a chance someday for me to visit. With these videos from the last few years, I get a chance to see that country before the tragedy. Peace to you, your family and love to the people of Ukraine. Stay safe out there everyone ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I'm Ukrainian born. but live in Missouri USA ... You should visit my hometown of Chernivtsi ..south west of Ukraine... beautiful city
I'm from Brazil and i love these places and your videos
Thanks for this tour. It's kinda revisiting Lviv with You
Loving the Ukraine series Brotha ✊🏼🧐!! This tour of the museum, bunker rooms, bars, & food was pretty Frick’n Dope. Cheers from California Bro 👊🏼😎🤙🏼
The food looks delicious!😊
It’s so sad to see this now. My heart goes out to the people of Ukraine🇺🇦
yup. it sucks
I’m going in the summer because of this video
The guide lady is lovely ,,, love her💐❤️😘. David hi mate😎🤟 big fan
Ukraine has a very interesting history i see...very very interesting.
Да. Интересная и трагичная...
Ukraine looks good on you man, you seem natural out there
Amazing vlog!
This. I have yet to try!
You go some of the most interesting places and eat the most delicious food. The beer must be very fine overseas.
Wonderful.
Best travel vlogs
Incredible share as always ❤❤❤❤❤
Nice! Dave you should visit the Holodomor museum when back in Kyiv... very touching the history there.
Yeah. Americans know nothing about the Holodomor.
That place looks incredible!
thanku for this amazing experience i just get through my screen
It's cool that they played Queen's A night at the opera album at the 3-d restaurant
Great place 👍
david this world war 2 experience look is awesome..
nice video bro. ❤️
Amazing and surprising city. 👍🏻 wow
always looking good😍🇰🇷
I like this WWll shop
David bro you are the best 🍻
Good food 🇦🇱😋
When you coming to Australia
Iam your biggest fan ❤️❤️❤️
Hello David sir.... Love you❣️❣️ i am also making travel vlogs... Thank you for Inspiration...🙌🙌
When are you going to the Philippines 🇵🇭??
wow
May I say SHout out to the Lady who is so COOL Dobry Zovitz I AM Slav ROOTS, 100 yrs in USA .... FREEDOM SLAVA!
Hello buddy I'm watching to you from Bangladesh🇧🇩
HI from Farmington New Mexico 👍🥰👍🥰👍🥰
Hi David
LUV LUV LUV THISSSSSSSSSSS :)))))))) THE UKRAINIAN CENTURY! AHAHAH :))))))) AMAZINGGGGGG
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Great Video Dude....Glory to Ukraine....
Superrrr👍👍👍🇮🇳🇮🇳
Slava Ukrayinia!!! Beautiful video bro
i like your speak language
He is a different food blogger.
How bro I form Assam India,
You know that you're not dining in a restaurant in the United States if they serve fish with its head still on.
Bro come back to India if situation improves
I went to Kryivka in the fall of 2019 (right before COVID). Good fun. Someone (not someone I knew) tried to run off with a Soviet era helmet. Needless to say, the management was none too pleased.
are you a nazi too?
India 😋
My God Hope I was born as David... respect
COD WM - Remember No Russian xD
I could be mistaken but I'd be careful with the Black & Red Ukranian flag not to get censored or anything like that. Didn't that organization in particular support umm.... Germany in WWII? I don't wanna use the word I'm exactly thinking of so I don't get censored myself but yeah I'm sure that you can see where I'm going with that.
These nationalists even preferred to support Germans over Communists. But, of course, both regimes are very bad
Bandera supported Germany, because the Communists came to Ukraine and killed many people and confiscated their property. They considered rich people "capitalists" and robbers. Even rich peasants who had a couple of cows. That is why when the Germans came, the Ukrainians hated the Russians so much that they preferred the German troops, hoping that they would liberate them. However, they later realized that bringing them freedom was not part of Hitler's plans. That's why they fought against the Nazis too. Stepan Bandera even spent several years in a German concentration camp. In fact, in this story, Ukrainians had to choose between two great evils. The Nuremberg Tribunal eventually recognized the Ukrainian nationalists as a liberation movement and did not charge them. Therefore, the red and black flag is not prohibited.
yea? its mistake, created by russians
U were being nice we all know u dont prefer pork hahahah. But I get it ;)
Poison for Russian? 😂😂 What's that?
Horinka is a strong drink usually plumes 3 times distilled 75% alcohol
Horilka,bro.This is no vodka.It is cool ukrainian unical drink.Burning drink.
Pretty sure Putin saw this video, and decided to invade Ukraine.
Swołocz co nie walczy o wlasny kraj tylko ucieka do Europy....
Треба спитати Діану нахрєна вона іноземців весь час в Криївку водить - приколу їм не зрозуміти, да він і не надо доброго смаку, як за те мова, а кухня там... ну столовка ж їй Богу...
Stalin is an Ukrainian, right?
Nops....He was born in Georgia.
Gorbachev's mother was Ukrainian
Both Wayne Gretzky and Andy Warhol come from Ukrainian families
Nazi David🤦♂️
If we destroy all evidence from history and don't learn from. It, we are bound to repeat it. We must keep and open mind, not🙈🙉🙊.
Unpleasant woman
Bro, I love that you show many things that other travel and food vloggers show but you should know better than to go to a bunker full of Nazi sympathisers and memorabilia. THat piece of history should not be glorified.
His right. His choice. Why tell him what he can and cannot do? Nazis did that. They dictated others. Cancel culture and political correctness must end. It creates paranoia and anxiety.