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KAUNAS: Buon Giorno €€ view. The food cannot quite serves an appetizing choice of
Italian Road Map D5 match the panorama, but the Karaim cuisine, including fish
Daukanto 14 simple fare and a children’s baked in pastry and other similar
Tel 6106 3777 playground make it an attractive pasty-style dishes.
Revelling in Italian gastron omy, destination for families. On
Buon Giorno serves great pizza, the Vilnius–Sudervė–Kernavė TRAKAI: Senoji Kibininė €
pasta and bruschetta. This branch road, turn left towards Vievis, Karaim Road Map D6
is a trattoria with full meals. For continue for a couple of Karaimų 65
drinks and lighter bites head to kilometres and it’s on the left. Tel (528) 55 865
the taverna of the same name Located in an atmospheric barn,
(and quality) found at Vilniaus 34. MARIJAMPOLĖ: Sudavija € Senoji Kibininė specializes in
Lithuanian Road Map C6 traditional čenakai (stewed
KAUNAS: Moksha €€ Sodo 1a cabbage) and kibinai, Karaim
Indian Road Map D5 Tel (343) 52 995 pasties stuffed with a choice of
Vasario 16-osios 6 Expect home-cooked food filling including mutton, beef
Tel 6767 1649 served by attentive waiting staff and vegetables or, for dessert,
Highly regarded for its Indian and at this cosy dining room in the chocolate and nuts.
Thai food, Moksha is an intimate Sudavija Hotel. The relaxed interior
place in the Old Town with features crisp white table cloths, a TRAKAI: Bona €€
whitewashed walls and simple fireplace and a piano. International Road Map D6
furniture. Dishes are spiced to Karaimų 53a
European tastes, and the staff PANEVĖŽYS: Hesburger Tel (528) 55 595
provide efficient service. Panevėžys Babilonas II € Bona is an upmarket pizzeria
International Road Map D5 with an enviable lakeside spot
KAUNAS: Pompėja €€ Klaipėdos 143 providing wonderful views of
Mediterranean Road Map D5 Tel 6730 2758 the castle. Well-prepared inter-
V Putvinskio 38 Part of an ubiquitous Baltic chain na tional dishes are available in
Tel (37) 422 055 of McDonald’s-style fast-food addition to pizza.
Pompėja has a well-deserved restau rants, Hesburger has
reputation for fine Mediterranean hamburgers, fries, wraps, cakes TRAKAI: Remus €€
food. Mock Classical frescoes and and salads. With efficient service, International Road Map D6
clay floor tiles conjure up the it is convenient for a quick meal. Karaimų 93a
spirit of ancient Rome. Tel 6981 3777
PANEVĖŽYS: Déjà vu €€ Serving first-class European and
International Road Map D5 Lithuanian cuisine, this luxurious
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KAUNAS: Uoksas AUNAS: Uoksas €€ €€ Tel (45) 584 859 rowing club features plenty of
International
International Road Map D5d Map D5 Panevėžys’ classiest restaurant is polished wood, antique boating
Roa
Maironio 28
Maironio 28 located within the Romantic paraphernalia and even a small
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Tel 6863 8881 l 6863 8881
Te Closed Sunlosed Sun Hotel (see p306) and features an museum dedicated to rowing.
One of Kaunas’s best restaurants,
One of Kaunas’s best restaurants, elegant interior with paintings
Uoksas has an open kitchen
Uoksas has an open kitchen and soft furnishings. Imaginative TRAKAI: Akmeninė
where diners can watch the
where diners can watch the dishes include caramelized duck Rezidencija €€€
chefs prepare inventive dishes
chefs prepare inventive dishes breast, baby octopus risotto, Caucasian Road Map D6
usin
using liquid nitrogen and other g liquid nitrogen and other and pear salad. Bražuolės village
cuttin
cutting-edge cooking methods. g-edge cooking methods. Tel 6983 0544
Innovative food presentation
Innovative food presentation TRAKAI: Kybynlar € Nestled in a picturesque spot on
features the use of slate, stone Karaim Road Map D6 the shore of Lake Akmena, the
fea tures the use of slate, stone
and wooden slabs in place of Karaimų 29 rustic yet elegant restaurant at
and wooden slabs in place of
plates and rough woollen bread
plates and rough woollen bread Tel 6980 6320 this secluded hotel (see p306)
baskets instead of traditional
baskets instead of traditional This riverside restaurant with a serves dishes such as baked
wicker ones.
wicker ones. pleasant summer terrace and rabbit’s liver, smoked eel, and
traditionally decorated interior meat and fish shashlik (kebab).
KĖDAINIAI: Grėjaus Namas €
Lithuanian Road Map D5
Didžioji gatvė 36
Tel (347) 51 500
Housed in the vaulted cellar of
the Old Town hotel bearing the
same name (see p306), Grėjaus
Namas is one of the loveliest
restaurants in Central Lithuania
and serves first-class cuisine in
elegant surroundings.
KERNAVĖ: Pušynėlis €
Lithuanian Road Map D5
Verkšionys, near Dūkštai
Tel 6991 4103
Situated above a thickly forested
bend in the Neris river, Pušynėlis
commands an almost primordial Alfresco eating at traditional Karaim restaurant, Kybynlar in Trakai
For more information on types of restaurants see pp308–9