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KYIV DESTINATION: Salateria Restaurant

Salateria http://salateira.ua is a chain of eight fast food restaurants across Kyiv that provide healthy food. They focus on salads and pasta combinations, but they also do soups and deserts. You choose from the selections on the walls, pay and the food is made before your eyes.
As in most restaurants in Kyiv, the staff are keen to speak English.
As in some coffee chains elsewhere the cashier will ask for your name. You collect your order at the other end of the counter.
TIP: Add a Eurovision twist to your experience. Some people like to give false names to the cashier. This is for practical reasons in a country that probably has a million Natashas, Tanyas and Volodymyrs. So you will hear tannoy announcements saying "James Bond, your salad is ready". 
So why not use this moment to become Dana International or  Conchita Wurst - if only for one fabulous moment in time?!

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