Editor Pick
Restaurant in the Hotel Bratislava
- September 19, 2000
- Rated 1 of 5 by
Amanda from London, United Kingdom
We ate here in the evening as we didn't feel safe venturing out into Kiev. The food was pretty bad, greasy burgers and fried chicken, boring sandwiches, and chips. Apart from the pickled vegetables, that was it on the menu. After one try at this place we bought bread, fruit and cheese and picnicked in our room.
The one time we did go to this place, two local men in their 50s sat down with us, uninvited, and got much too friendly. They suggested an exchange of our sexual favours for $40, which isn't what you want to hear over dinner. We told them to do something rude in Russian, or we would call the police - they got out their ID cards and said 'we are the police'. We beat a hasty retreat, and avoided the place after this! 'yob t'voya mat' is a useful Russian phrase for these circumstances, but it isn't exactly polite. On the other hand, we didn't feel polite under the circumstances!
(The phrase invites the person to whom it is addressed to become extremely friendly with his mother.)
From journal Ancient Kiev