Damijan
522 reviews
July 5
Cozy and homely. It can be seen that they really messed up in the interior right from the entrance, and with the menu, and with the name of the dishes. You open the menu and everything and immediately want to eat or at least try a piece. But, everything changes when they bring it to you. Moreover, they bring you everything at once, so that you haven't had time to finish the salad yet, but you already have hot steaming on the table and you don't know whether to finish the salad, or take hot snacks, or eat hot while it's hot. This is despite the fact that not even half of the tables are occupied in the restaurant. I understand that the basic concept of the establishment is a simple Belarusian cuisine and interior, but not to the same extent!? We ordered a salad, 2 juliennes, and hot. Everything is fine with salads. But Julien... In the photo and in the description, nothing alerted. The waiter focused more on its small size than on its non-standard reading. I've never tried julienne on mayonnaise! In fact, they were pickled tasteless champignons with pieces of chicken in mayonnaise. All this is sprinkled with cheese and baked. Since they were already eating chilled, the cheese was just lying on top of the layer. You definitely won't want to repeat such a tasting experience. For the hot meal, they ordered "hussars at a halt" (how does it sound, huh?!) and potato chips with mushrooms.(I could forget how it sounded on the menu, because I was very focused on the HUSSARS) While we were ordering and waiting for the order, we thought that we would still try real homemade Belarusian cuisine, as they wrote in the reviews..But.. the Hussars were even more disappointed (honestly. Just potatoes, fried eggs, fried bacon and sausage. Everything was supposed to be hot and hot, but everything cooled down in just 5 minutes while we were finishing salads and julienne. From which I conclude that everything, even the glazes, was heated in the oven to the state of a hot frying pan when serving.. and the glaze has already become not glaze at all. the meatballs were not bad, but they were already eaten cold, so the impression was spoiled.
I praise you for the idea, I take off my hat! I am always ready to support Belarusian and native with a ruble! but after visiting this place, disappointment remained.
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October 2
The exterior and interior of the cafe in a colorful Belarusian style with antique attributes of Belarusian life. Inside there are 3 public halls and a room for 2 tables (VIP boarding). The prices are average, for two you can tightly and deliciously re-mix by 50 bel. rubles. The cafe staff is polite and smiling. The cooking and order submission time is 15-20 minutes. However, the attention was attracted by the not fully peeled beef tongue in the salad (photo attached), which was unappetizing. Otherwise, the cafe is decent. 🙂👍
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July 31
It's a pretty cozy place. Something in between a restaurant and a cafe. The interior is themed and somewhat overloaded with antique utensils.
But the overall impression is pleasant. The waitresses were polite, competent, and efficient.
The dishes are delicious.
The only thing I didn't like was the atmosphere itself - it somehow presses. It seems cozy, but cramped.
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September 19
We visited your cafe twice during our trip to Belarus. It is especially pleasant to have dinner outside in good weather. The portions are small, but delicious! Especially draniki and deruny. I also really liked the strudel dessert with ice cream. And not expensive. Thank you, we will definitely visit you again!
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August 26
Everything is incredibly delicious, a very authentic place. We drove all over Belarus from Minsk, Grodno, Braslav to Vitebsk and such delicious food, pleasant atmosphere and price were especially memorable here!
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September 12
We took Pancakes with meat for ourselves and French fries with chicken schnitzel for the child. Everyone ate with pleasure. It was cooked quickly. The pancakes are juicy and very tasty. French fries are common, the child liked them. The chicken schnitzel is also juicy, the child ate it with pleasure.
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August 24
The food is delicious, this applies specifically to Belarusian cuisine. I tried everything except dumplings. I responsibly declare that my wife cooks (the same thing) 100,500 times tastier, but for catering standards. The room has the smell of an average pensioner's apartment, either because of the paraphernalia decorating the walls / shelves / ceilings, or the basement ..., the summer veranda saved the situation. The only thing that slightly confused me was the receptionist. A woman with a contraceptive face, dissatisfied with life and visitors, offended by fate, with a lack of communication culture (and in general, I think too) with customers.
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June 18
One of the best places where you can have a delicious meal and invite guests of our city!Everything is delicious and cheap compared to other establishments, and yes it is cozy and comfortable!I advise all guests of this city
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June 25
Cafe in the national Belarusian style. The appropriate interior. The service was surprised by the speed, the waiting time for the first course after ordering did not exceed 10 minutes. The menu consists of dishes of Belarusian cuisine. A lot of potatoes, fatty meat, vegetables, as if counting on a hungry person. A really hungry person will like it. Very tasty pancakes with pork rinds, as from the best cookbook, the crust crunches a little, but inside they are soft, in a hot frying pan with well-fried but quite chewy pieces of lard. Magnificent turds. A pancake made of mashed potatoes, folded in half, and finely chopped chicken fillet between the halves. All this is fried to a pink crust. Combined with various strong local tinctures, it's just great. I recommend
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July 31
This is probably the only cafe (not self-service) in the world where, if there is a waitress, visitors have to run to the bar to mourn the bill. The main thing in this cafe is not the visitors, but the staff. For some reason, if there is a waitress, there are 2 more administrators who, by and large, must control the work of the staff, but they seem to be touched that the waitress ("mamkina Pryntseska") immediately at the entrance to the cafe of visitors begins to turn on the "Main" and lead "in full" what the visitor should do, where to go, where not to go, instead of just saying hello to begin with.
I can't say anything about the kitchen, we were there around lunchtime, and at that time there is a business lunch menu, and after a 3-hour walk through beautiful Polotsk, of course, you can admire the cabbage salad,
The font size of the menu, it would be nice to increase, not everyone was lucky to be born a "sharp-eyed falcon". About the mission of the waitress in this cafe, who should familiarize you with the menu, see above.
Dignities:
Wonderful, cozy design, convenient location for this 2 stars. The rest....
visited on July 23, 2024
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July 25
I read about this cafe in one of the reviews, it was written that it was the best place in Polotsk... A few days ago, while staying in the city, it was decided to go there with my family for dinner. A complete disappointment. The dishes are very different from the type on the menu (at least what we ordered). The portion of salad was as stolen. I think you could put the whole portion on one spoon. When they took away the salad plate with the fork left in it, the waitress put it out of the plate on the table in front of me!!! I'm shocked, they didn't bring clean utensils for another dish, but put my fork on the table (not even on a napkin). Only my wife liked the taste of the pancakes (I don't remember exactly which ones). My daughter and I were disappointed to visit this institution. We usually leave tips, but this time, not even a hand was raised. Neither the kitchen nor the service deserved it. Something like this....
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June 3
Mysterious atmosphere, delicious menu, pleasant prices and courteous staff. There are set meals. Tables are available on the street. In the cafe itself, you can sit in different halls.
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August 8
It's a wonderful place. Delicious cuisine, pleasant prices and very responsive service. Especially considering that we came there with a dog. With a dog, it is generally difficult to find a cafe where they will let you in. And then they let me into a separate room.
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June 5
Nice cafe, beautiful interior. Simple, delicious Belarusian cuisine. The staff is polite and friendly. Fully justifies the large number of positive reviews.
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May 4
A very quiet, colorful place. There are a lot of old things to see and touch. The price tag is average, the food is delicious, the choice is large, the national cuisine is widely represented and children also have something to choose from. The staff is polite, the service is good. I recommend.
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July 28
A cozy, atmospheric place with excellent cuisine and service ...
You can always find a dish for yourself ...
It was a surprise - the menu of Belarusian cuisine in the Belarusian language...
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August 8
Не понимаю откуда такая высокая оценка. Пошли с мужем есть драники. Он когда-то давно ел их там и был в восторге. Пришли, в итоге долгая подача, никто не улыбается, официанты неприветливые и было ощущение что они делают нам одолжение, хамили, не умеют извиняться за свои ошибки.
Еда вся в майонезе, драники оказались обычными, очень жирными, в Минске в Васильках пока мои любимцы, перепутали часть заказа (просили 1 салат, принесли 2), для оплаты нужно было идти самому, долго считали, девушку которая нас рассчитывала отвлекали постоянно, внутри персонала тоже какая-то суматоха.
Всё было ужасно, единственный плюс они не испортили пиво, но благо он был защищён от них бутылкой 😅
August 18
The biggest disappointment of Polotsk. There was a plan to visit three similar establishments in the city during a tourist trip. The institution is in the top according to reviews if you look at the map. The chefs should be ashamed of the dishes they served. Of all the ordered soups, only the soups turned out to be more or less edible. The level of dishes of the worst canteens in Minsk (am I an overeager snob?). The prices are quite Minsk in a medium-sized cafe. Caesar salad with hard chicken, with Russian cheese, with quail egg for 12p for me, my daughter got classic cutlets with mashed potatoes. The composition of these hard cutlets remained a mystery to me when I honestly tried to finish them with a child. It feels like everything is warmed up and not cooked. Even the super chicken pancake was initially pleased with its crust, until I reached the middle - a not very tasty substance leaked out. Black mushrooms may have been champignons in a previous life. I can't recommend this place. Perhaps the cooks in the kitchen were in a bad mood. We're sorry we didn't tell the girl who served us.
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August 1
The cafe is conveniently located, the interior is carefully made, however, the soup solyanka did not cause delight (compared with homemade), in my opinion, the soup was a little thin..
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November 16
Wonderful, cozy atmosphere, courteous staff, delicious food,fast cooking, reasonable prices, this is the second time in Polotsk and I recommend this place
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September 3, 2023
Отличное, очень атмосферное место, только за это можно ставить 5 звёзд. Тихо, чисто и уютно. Вежливые и обходительные сотрудники. Прекрасно приготовленный салат Цезарь, всегда радует, как и котлеты. А вот свинина, оставляет желать лучшего. Брала несколько раз разные блюда и всегда сталкивалась с тем, что она жестковатая и жилистая. Драники к слову, тоже отменные. Порции большие, которыми запросто наедаешься. Благодарю за атмосферу и уют!
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October 31
Very tasty, they bring it quickly) authentic interior .
Minus-modern music. To preserve the impressions, there is not enough appropriate music, native Belarusian.
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July 7
A great place to eat. The food of the national cuisine is hearty and very tasty! I especially recommend the branded dranik! After it, the feeling of hunger will definitely leave you for a long time)
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October 26
It was on 10/26/2024 . A place for an amateur . As for the atmosphere ( light , smell , decoration ) , so is the food . We were passing through for the first time , we got there because of the reviews and location ( probably outdated information already ) . Long serving, price-quality food, not friendly staff, all the cutlery is greasy... In general, it passes by 3 points out of 5 !
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August 28
The food is very tasty and fast, the staff is excellent, the prices are excellent. If we pass by again, we will definitely stop by!
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June 16
It was 11.06. Long serving and high price for medium-table quality. There are no set meals. The pot was with 5 pancakes and a tablespoon of some kind of liquid with a couple of pieces of chicken. There were customers sitting next to us who ordered soup. They didn't like it either. A few years ago, everything was really good in this place, as it is written in the reviews, but now it is better to avoid this place.
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July 20
I am shocked by the high reviews. We ordered Caesar with chicken, salad with tongue, Polotsk dranik, drinks. The pitch is long, unfriendly! Salads are about nothing, you can make it better at home and decorate it more beautifully. No one bothers with the design of the dishes, they put it on a plate and okay, it tastes like complete nonsense. Three only for the fact that the food is fresh. And so there are a lot of threes.
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July 2
Great! Large portions. Very tasty. We were in the evening, at about 21 o'clock. Quickly and promptly. It's a nice cafe.
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May 9
A good restaurant for Polotsk. Home cooking, the menu is not very large, but everything is basic. I was upset by the frozen squid in the salad and the abundance of oil, but when asked to replace it, they immediately made another salad. Considering the small number of establishments in the city, it is quite normal.
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August 26
you feel cozy, comfortable light, beautiful interior. Delicious food, nothing to complain about, a very pleasant place
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November 6, 2023
A great place with national Belarusian cuisine. I was there once and was very satisfied. The waiters are very competent and friendly. Served perfectly, quickly, everything is very tasty. The next time I visit Polotsk, I will definitely visit this place.
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October 27
A dark, cramped, cluttered room with antique interior items. Uncomfortable furniture. The kitchen is so-so. It's fine, but nothing extraordinary. Anyone who thinks that they are well fed there has simply not been to decent places with good cuisine. The waitresses fly past you, not interested: maybe we want something else, whether we liked it. As soon as we entered, the girl at the bar was not very happy with us. I had to convince her to find us a table. Now I regret it: I had to leave as soon as she gave out the "dishes", I will have to wait 30 minutes. In general, we haven't set foot there for the second time!
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September 9
The establishment was "tired" about 10 years ago.
This applies to everything, and the interior, and the menu, and the technology of cooking and serving.
Staff should be noted separately. The waiting staff cannot be called waiters, they are waitresses tired of life and adversity.
The quality of the dishes - canteen, canteen of the 20th taxi company in Medvedkovo in the best years (1986-1991)
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November 25, 2023
The most delicious draniki are here! It's not for nothing that excursions are brought here for lunch - dranik in Polotsk, pizza on dranik, draniki with mushrooms and in goshochka - for every taste! They took draniki in all establishments of Polotsk and Novlpolotsk - only in Damian they are like at home! We always bring guests from other cities here. They also have delicious hodgepodge, crambambula and desserts that are not frozen (though, if visitors have not sorted it out before)
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June 12
The oldest cafe in Polotsk. The portions are small, as for elementary school students, the food is made primitive and not tasty, the prices are overpriced, the impression that the cook worked in the hospital canteen. I do not recommend it to anyone. It seems that the employees wrote positive reviews to themselves. Don't believe it.
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August 28
The interior is national, the pancakes are simply magnificent. I recommend taking "Polotsk"
The staff is friendly as everywhere in the Republic of Belarus.
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August 1
Delicious food, mainly national cuisine, large portions. The branded tincture of "Karambambul" is especially good.
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July 29
It's a terrible place , insanely stuffy, the waitresses are unfriendly, there are two soups from the menu (both inedible) , and five meat dishes ( not tasty ) , the only plus is the interior.
In general, it is expensive and not tasty, I do not understand where such good reviews and a good rating come from
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May 7
Polite staff, delicious dishes. A beautiful pitch. We were sitting on the summer terrace with our family, it was very cozy. As soon as I'm in this city, I'll definitely come back next time.
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November 12, 2023
Colorful, clean, tasty and inexpensive. In the city center and on a quiet street. We were in the off-season. Turned out to be the only visitors. Everything we chose was brought quickly enough. I was satisfied.
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April 29
We went to the cafe on 04/27/20:27 made an order, we were asked to go into the hall, but there is a very strong smell of fried food and this is a systemic problem. They refused to serve on the street , although there are tables there . They also were not allowed to take the dishes outside on their own, taking into account that we will return them ourselves. We entered on 28.04 . They announced an hour of waiting: "You won't wait an hour, will you?" . I would like to appeal to the owners. You have a great kitchen and a generally good place, but the staff leaves much to be desired. We have been here for the third year in a row and in all three years they smiled at us only once, and this time they refused service on the street at all, although it was +20. It feels like you 're always getting a favor when you 're being served . Please send the waiters to the hospitality courses if you care about them. We like your kitchen, but it's not enough.
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September 10
It's a good place. It's authentic enough. The kitchen is decent. I advise you to stop by for lunch if you are walking somewhere nearby
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November 14, 2023
We were passing through Polotsk.We went to have lunch, because this cafe was the closest to us.Solyanka for 3, pork with vegetables is delicious, draniki are delicious, they have never eaten such.Carbonara is also not a fantan.Very tasty tea with strawberries and raspberries!The bill, by Russian standards, is small for three, 2400 (solyanka, pork with vegetables, cutlets with mashed potatoes, carbonara, two cappuccino,tea, pancakes with mushrooms, milk cocktail and red velvet).I'm taking off my toilet score.The smell is just terrible!The public toilet near St. Sophia Cathedral is much cleaner and not with such a smell.
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April 16
We had dinner at this cafe. Everything is fine.The food is homemade. The pancakes are delicious but ordinary. Meat, beef, the portion is not large and tough. Borscht is cool. The atmosphere is good, but the waitresses are sad. The price is average.
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August 13
We went because of the rating near the hotel. It was empty. The food was mediocre, they took a pot of meat and potato pancakes. I ordered this several times in Belarus, it was the worst option and expensive enough.
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November 27
It's a great place, everything is made in the Belarusian style, the food is good for its prices. the only thing that disappointed me was the waiting time. We have been waiting for our order for a very long time
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July 28
Basement cafe, for an amateur, everything is well-groomed and tidy, but I put three stars for the dishes. It's not very tasty. I ordered pasta with chicken and mushrooms, everything is not salted, the chicken is dry
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July 1
Delicious food, traditional cuisine, but the stars were shot for a rather indifferent staff who are not at all interested in customers, but just chat among themselves. The prices are average, the waiting time is 25 minutes
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October 3
No matter how many times I haven't been, everything was more than fine with me. Someone writes that it is fatty, salty and something else. In my vision, there is a pleasant atmosphere, reasonable prices and clear and delicious dishes. In my opinion, the best cafe in Polotsk.
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July 2
Chicken kebab is a boiled breast seasoned with "Smoke". The dish with pancakes was served barely warm. In general, everything is tasteless. The service is unhurried. The appliances are sticky, as if badly washed. There is not enough lighting in the room. With the declared local flavor and authenticity of the decoration of the institution, Western pop music suddenly plays.. There is no desire to return here again.
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