About Baczewski Restauracja
Canaries sing somewhere above the leaves. A harpist plays beneath a tropical canopy three storeys high, and the light comes down green and gold through the glass roof. This is the main hall of Baczewski Restauracja at 8 Shevska Street, the room that tops every Lviv dining list — and the reason to come before the food has even arrived.
The name belongs to a dynasty. In 1782 J.A. Baczewski founded one of Europe's first commercial horilka distilleries in Lviv, winning medals at international fairs and supplying the Viennese court, before the family and their enterprise were erased by the Second World War. The Kumpel Group reopened the name as a restaurant on Shevska Street in 2015 — part dining room, part act of cultural restoration. It runs across three floors: an animated ground-floor bar of cocktails and liqueur flights, quieter rooms above, and the greenhouse conservatory at its heart.
Chef Aleksander Chernyshenko calls it "new Galician cuisine": old Lviv-family recipes rebuilt with modern technique. The Novolvivsky salad layers duck with cranberry and honey pear; the nadivanyy korop, a stuffed carp in carrot sauce, carries centuries in a single plate; halaszle fish broth, Lviv-style gefilte fish and lazanka pasta with braised duck fill out a menu that reads like a map of everyone who once lived here. The unlimited weekend breakfast with live piano — around ₴400–500 a head — is one of the city's great social rituals, and the terrace and veranda open up the room in the warmer months.
Then the liqueurs. The in-house cellar keeps over a hundred original recipes — apricot, walnut, caraway, elderflower, seasonal berry — poured in proper glasses with proper intention, a pre-war Ukrainian craft kept alive rather than a tourist gimmick. A tasting flight here is a more interesting education than most wine lists in Western Europe, and a shop on the premises sends your favourite home.
Book Baczewski to impress a client because the room argues your case before you say a word. The story — a pre-war distilling dynasty rebuilt inside a singing greenhouse — lands instantly with anyone who values heritage and craft. The cooking is refined without being austere, the liqueur flight is a ready-made conversation, and the harp under the leaves softens any silence. For a visitor it is the definitive Lviv evening; for a Ukrainian host it says you are proud of where you come from. Private rooms upstairs handle the sensitive conversations.
Not for a quick, quiet bite — the greenhouse runs lively with music and full tables, breakfast is a leisurely buffet, and the whole point is to linger over the liqueurs.
Delivery: 11:00–19:00
Dinner mid-range à la carte
Common Questions
Is Baczewski worth it?
Yes — it is the definitive Lviv dining experience and one of the most beautiful rooms in Eastern Europe. Chef Aleksander Chernyshenko's new Galician cooking is genuinely good, but the greenhouse hall, the live harp and the hundred-plus house liqueurs are what you remember. Come for the atmosphere and stay for the breakfast buffet; it earns its place at the top of the city's lists.
How hard is it to book Baczewski?
Reservations are essential for weekends and recommended any day, especially for the greenhouse hall and the unlimited breakfast. Book by phone (+380 98 224 44 44) a few days ahead, ask specifically for the conservatory room rather than an upper floor, and aim for a weekday if you want the space calmer and the harp easier to hear.
How much does Baczewski cost?
It is mid-range for the quality. The famous unlimited weekend breakfast with live piano runs roughly ₴400–500 a head, and a dinner of Galician dishes with a liqueur flight stays gentle by Western European standards. The liqueur tastings and the à la carte menu let you spend lightly or settle in for a long, generous evening.
What is the dress code at Baczewski?
Smart-casual to business-casual. The room is grand but not stiff, so a collared shirt or a nice dress fits perfectly; jackets suit a client dinner but are not required. Dress as you would for a handsome, celebratory evening rather than a black-tie one, and you will read the greenhouse exactly right.
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