Where is Belarusian cuisine served?

Brest region

Potato pancakes, homemade sausages, baked potatoes, homemade bread, pickles - these are the delicacies you can enjoy at museum “Bezdezhsky Fartushok” in Drogichin district. All dishes are prepared according to special local recipes. And after the meal, you can visit an interesting exhibition that introduces you to the lives of our ancestors.   

National cuisine is widely represented in the menu of restaurant “Belovezhskaya Pushcha”, which is located in the central estate of the national park of the same name. The machanka with draniki is especially popular. In addition, guests are offered signature game dishes: venison medallions with cranberry sauce, braised European bison meat under sweet and sour sauce. 

You can also try traditional Belarusian dishes at agro-eco-estate "Kraynyaya Khata" (“Last House”) in Malorita district. Here, guests are offered three meals a day. And after visiting the bathhouse, you will be treated to herbal tea.

Malorita land is famous for its tradition of making buckwheat bread. It is recognized as an intangible historical and cultural value of Belarus. You can try the unique bread and learn about the technology of its preparation in Doropeevichi House of Folklore.

Vitebsk region

At agro-eco-estate "At the Waterfall" in Miory district, you will not only be treated to traditional dishes, but also taught how to cook them. Master classes at the stove are of great interest to guests. And the hit of each feast is home-cooked meat delicacies.

A variety of fish dishes are served at agro-eco-estate “Ustye Life”, located in the protected area of ​​the National Park “Braslav Lakes”. The menu includes fried pike fillet, carp steak, hot-smoked perch, baked bream. Guests are also treated to traditional potato pancakes, dumplings with sauerkraut and cracklings, and poultry dishes.

Grodno region

Restaurant "Zevana Castle" is located in agrotourism complex "Grodno estate "Korobchytsy". The menu widely represents the cuisine of the nobility. Here you can try game cooked according to old recipes. Guests are also offered potato pancakes with various side dishes, small fried patties with meat filling, peasant hotplate. In the drink menu, you will find several types of sbiten (tea with honey and spices), mead, herbal teas.

Treat to natural honey from its own apiary at agro-eco-estate "In rural silence" in Volkovyssk district. In addition, the hostess prepares delicious homemade food for each guest. Always on the table - pickles according to grandmother's recipe and homemade wine.

Hearty treats from the oven delight guests at agro-eco-estate “Farmstead Komarishki” in Ostrovets district. Many people come here to try homemade yeast-free bread and other pastries, as well as taste natural honey and herbal teas.

Cafe "Kumpyak" is located in the famous Lida Castle. An old-style tavern offers dishes based on traditional recipes made from farm products. Potato soup "Tertyukha" with smoked brisket, potato pancakes, cybriki (Belarusian national dish made of grated potato mass with a little flour added to it) made of pike, dumplings, babka (a dish made of grated potatoes, seasoned with fried lard, meat and onions and baked in the oven), plyacek (Large potato pancake, fried on both sides until golden brown with meat goulash in a delicate creamy sauce) - in a modern interpretation, treats are presented according to recipes collected in different corners of Grodno region.

Agro-eco-estate "From dawn to sunset" in Voronovo district serves Belarusian national cuisine, including game. Guests are also offered homemade yeast-free bread, herbal tinctures and teas.

Gomel region

You can enjoy dishes made from home-made products at agro-eco-estate "Visiting the Golden Bee. Honey Paradise". Here you will be treated not only to honey from its own apiary, but also to hearty delicacies from the oven according to traditional recipes.

Agro-eco-estate "Museum of Folk Humor "Avtyuki" serves dishes according to local recipes that are passed down from generation to generation. The signature dishes are considered to be Avtyuki-style foreshank and stuffed goose with apples.

Minsk region

The calling card of agroeco-estate "Ganka" is aromatic homemade bread with a crispy crust. It is prepared from whole grain flour, which is ground with stone millstones. The secrets of bread making can be learned at a master class from the hostess.

Just 30 kilometers from Minsk is agro-eco-estate "Koni-Poni" (“Horses-Ponies”). Here you can not only try hearty national dishes, but also taste cheeses made according to traditional recipes from homemade milk.

Drinking honey is an ancient drink that was an important part of festive ceremonies in ancient times. In peasant farm "Honey Queen", it is prepared according to a traditional recipe. In addition, guests are served homemade pancakes.

Mogilev region

The next stop on the gastronomic journey through Belarus is Mogilev region.

The agroeco-estate "Farmstead "Lazenki" is famous for its homemade sweets. Here you can try natural fruit candy and dried fruits, honey from its own apiary. Desserts are served with aromatic Ivan-tea, which the owners prepare, dry and ferment themselves.

Pyzy (a dish of Belarusian, Polish and Ukrainian cuisine. Reminiscent of Lithuanian zeppelins) with cracklings, potatoes with pork in pots, baked foreshank with herbs and garlic, homemade sausages - these are the dishes served at agro-eco-estate "Na Rodnikovoy" in Mogilev region.

In the restaurant of the ecotourism complex "Nikolaevskie Prudy(Ponds)" an entire section of the menu is made up of dishes of Belarusian national cuisine. Hotplate in a peasant style, pot in Krugloe style and other treats are modern versions of traditional treats.

Agro-eco-estate “Kurkulya” serves a variety of national dishes. The menu includes potato pancakes and small fried patties with meat filling, babka (a dish made of grated potatoes, seasoned with fried lard, meat and onions and baked in the oven) with pork, smazhanina (Belarusian meat dish) with potatoes. Dried and stewed game, homemade saltison with horseradish, and salted mushrooms are also served.

You can try the signature fish soup at agro-eco-estate "At Knyazev`s in Lyubuzha". The owners also prepare potato babka in an original way.

Minsk

In the very heart of Belarus, you can also taste national cuisine. What traditional treats do Minsk establishments offer?

The cafe "Tavern Urszulya" is located in the National Academic Theater named after Yanka Kupala. The establishment is named after the founder of the professional Belarusian theater Frantiska Urszulya Radziwill. The menu widely features dishes from the diet of the famous magnate family.

Restaurant “Panorama” is located on the 22nd floor of hotel “Belarus”. National cuisine occupies a special place in the menu. Guests are offered potato pancakes with pork, mushroom soup, beef with cranberry sauce and other delicacies according to traditional recipes.

Authentic Belarusian cuisine is presented by restaurant "Kukhmistr". Its visitors are offered to take a gastronomic journey into bygone eras. Among the signature dishes are vereshchaka (thick meat sauce) with pancakes, Vilnius borscht with pampushkas, potato pancakes with various additives and sauces, duck leg stewed in kvass (mildly alcoholic drink made from fermented rye bread, yeast or berries).

You can also try old Belarusian cuisine at restaurant "Old House" in the historical center of Minsk. On the menu, you can find mushroom soup in bread, stewed rabbit, baked duck, oreshank, potato pancakes, pickles.

Dishes based on old recipes are widely represented in the popular chain of restaurants "Vasilki". Zeppelins, babka, potato pancakes, village sausages, gravy with chicken, foreshank - guests are offered treats from both peasant and noble diets.