Vanka Cafe

3810 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn
(347) 702-4023

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Julia Abramova

Vegetarian options: We didn't get any borscht, we had to take it with us, the menu said chicken schnitzel, it turned out to be a regular cutlet, but the staff argued that it was schnitzel, without apologies, they were rude, we ordered kutaby, we didn't get any, we wasted our money and time, we won't go to this eatery again, we don't recommend it!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Borscht

Bender Rodriguez

Ukrainian establishment. If you are Russian and don’t want to receive a portion of hate, don’t go to this establishment. There are real Russian restaurants in NY that respect Russian culture and you.

Yompale Gorodovoy

They got MUCH worse. They hired a young guy who is very slow, lazy and when we asked why we are waiting 40 min for our food, he rudely said "well, clearly its not ready yet, is it?" And walked away. When he brought our food it was the wrong order. I had to wait extra 20 min for him to change it, and then he brought me burnt fish... Used to be a great place. No more.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

Anna J.

We use to order 3 times a week, sometimes more. Last few month here and there we had issues with food quality. Mashed potato was spoiled, Radish and Beef Tongue salad spoiled, buckwheat not washed before cooking with a lot of random pieces, hair under chicken cutlet, soup oversalted. The manager refused to admit there was an issue, although gave the refund for spoiled food. This place used to be better.

Food: 1

Alexey Altukhov

Delicious food and reasonable price ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Katia

Absolutely the best place u want to enjoy homemade food and amazing people around.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: жульен, соления под водочку, Crepes with Red Caviar, Chicken Broth with Dumplings, Poperechka

Дима Стрелец

I've recently arrived in the U.S., and this is my second time in New York. This is one of the best authentic cafés in the style of the former Soviet Union countries, with excellent cuisine and a wonderful atmosphere. Solyanka is simply excellent I highly recommend it.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Svetlana Kozmena

Simply THE BEST!!!

Aleksandr Gun

Very good food ?. Thank you.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Maksym Cherleniuk

Best cold borsh in Brooklyn!!!???
Nice job?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nina Zav (Nina)

The food tastes good, no complaints at all. But they have a huge problem with delivery. They have only one delivery guy, he is really great, but they put too many orders for him. That means that you have to wait for your order at least 2 hours. It would be great if they open ubereats or doordash, so it will be possible to order their food.

Food: 5

Service: 1

Valeriy Tychkivskyy

Very, very beautiful!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

SG13 K044

Chicken Kiev is terrible, it’s a shame.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 5

Alexander Skorobogatov

Amazing Restaurant. My family and friends go to this place to celebrate and to enjoy their delicious food!! Thank you and God Bless!

Kid-friendliness: Staff is very kind and understanding to kids.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Crepes with Red Caviar, Chicken Broth with Dumplings

Melissa Tarpov

Posting for a close friend DEAR Marina… I explicitly asked to speak to the owner end I have 3 recorded videos that I already submitted to the health department. Please do not try to discriminate and lie yet again and bluntly dismiss my legitimate concern. I uploaded pictures of exactly two of your staff who one of them claimed to be the owner. Disobeying and disregarding the Americans Disability ACT you should be ashamed of your employees. Instead of coming on here to bash me and claim this never happened, you should teach your employees that harassment and discrimination is unacceptable in the United States and I will make sure of it that your cafe will answer for it. Little did you know but the person with us who witnessed everything is a very well known lawyer, and the whole incident was very clearly documented. Claiming you never recieved bad reviews regarding your hygenie - well check your reviews again. Almost every one mentions how filthy the place is. Very nice to see your actual violations - live mice in establishment. We were denied service with our service dog. OWNER AND WORKERs ARE BOTH DISGUSTING AND RUDE. Educate your employees on the law and how to speak with clients. Refused to allow a 75 year old man with a service dog into the premises. Discrimination at its finest, I will be calling the health department so they can inspect what a dirty and disgusting establishment you run. Hope this place gets shut down.

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