Such a cool place to pop by and pick up something hot or a pastry to go. They also have a good…read morevariety in their grocery section. Counter staff were patient when I didn't know what I wanted and directed me towards the "house tubes" which were like waffle cones rolled up into a tube and filled with caramel, it was delicious!

The menu at Kalinka is a prime example of how we have more in common than some like to portray…read more Whether you call it aji relleno, stuffed bell peppers or perchenok s kuritza, we all love a delicious sauteed pepper stuffed with seasoned shredded chicken. This was my recent dinner at Kalinka, where instead of my usual barbecue sauce I seasoned it with sour cream ("smetana")! It's always great to expand one's culinary horizons, isn't that what makes a foodie? As other reviewers mentioned, the majority of the space is a grocery store stocking traditional dishes from Russia and other Eastern European countries. There are a few tables inside the store as well as outside. You order at the counter, and your dish is brought out to your table if eating in. Besides my chicken dish, I also enjoyed a portion of kachapuri (stuffed cheese bread) as well as a warm and flaky cherry pie ("vishni"). One of my overseas friends recommended pomegranate juice as part of my wellness regimen. To my delight, I was able to purchase a large bottle of it (sok granat). The cashier / deli attendant helped me find it, and also gave me the opportunity to place my order in Russian as well. Thank you for that "above and beyond" level of service. Blagodario bas!

Delicious food, lively music and fun atmosphere! If you want an authentic Georgian experience, this…read moreis the place!

Terrible place with zero respect for customers. We called ahead to ask if they could prepare food…read morefor us, and they confirmed that they could. The restaurant is listed as closing at 10 PM, so we arrived at 8:50 PM. When we got there, we were told they wouldn't make anything because the chefs had already left. How does that even make sense? Why say one thing over the phone and then do the complete opposite in person? The staff is unprofessional and rude, and clearly doesn't care about their guests. It honestly feels like no one there wants to work. I do not recommend this place under any circumstances. If you don't want to waste your time and nerves, stay away.

Best food and service! I love the kompot, pickles plate, lagman, lamb kebabs, and pumpkin samsa…read more The service is always exceptional and the ambience is very nice. They have live music inside, and beautiful decor. The Uzbek bread is also very good. I love this place and go as often as possible.

I ordered the khinkali, and while the flavor was good, the ground meat filling contained an…read moreexcessive amount of cartilage. Finding hard, chewy pieces occasionally can happen, but it occurred often enough that it noticeably affected the texture throughout the meal. At times I was picking cartilage out while eating, which took away from the experience. Whether this is an oversight in preparation or part of the meat blend they are using, it points to a quality-control issue with how the ground meat is handled. The kitchen needs to do a better job trimming and preparing the meat before grinding and serving it. Aside from that, the service from the waiter was excellent, truly 5-star, but this issue kept me from rating the overall experience higher.

Visiting from LA, we are very familiar with Armenian food, and this restaurant is a good…read morerepresentation of what good Armenian food should taste like. Everything we ordered was really good, so if you are craving good Armenian grilled food, this would be the place to go.

Miami has a few microcosms of life that take one into a different dimension. Some of them are…read morebetter known, like Little Havana with its Cuban heritage. Others, like "Moscow on the Sea" are less explored, even by locals. The shady world of grey money emphasizing itself through extravagant condos that never have a resident, persistently present black G Wagons and a sense of stepping into a different world. Ararat, is exactly that. While the restaurant is Armenian, it appeals heavily to all Eastern Europeans in the area, more heavily Russians and Ukrainians. It's a place that shows that despite everything going on in the world, here, all are friends sharing a wonderfully cheesy khachapuri from the table. The live music is something else, with talented Armenian singers and melodies that are as soulful as life itself. Aside from the khachapuri cheese pies, the kharcho soup is phenomenal. There are Armenian and Georgian wines on the menu, which really cannot be missed. The vibe is truly transformative into a land far away from Miami and perhaps, even a different time. This is a place to enjoy life and think of little else.

My friend recommended this place. I never tried Uzbekistan dishes and I was curious to find out…read more We ordered three different dishes to share and a pot of tea. I especially loved the dish with grilled eggplant. The service is friendly. The place is not so big but had a cozy atmosphere. My friend said it could be crowded on the weekends.

What a great experience for dinner. My kids & I sat outdoors, enjoying the evening breeze and…read moresunset. We ordered juice, fresh salad, Manti (handmade dough stuffed with beef, and onions, steamed with garlic dipping sauce), traditional bread, beef kebabs and lula - a mix of ground beef and lamb grilled on skewers. Our server was kind & patient with us as we navigated the menu and overwhelming options. Everything was fresh and delicious. I'm so glad this was close to our vacation location.

We stopped by last Friday because we were craving the schnitzel, which we absolutely love here…read more Unfortunately, the restaurant was temporarily closed. We weren't sure if it was just for the day or if the restaurant is closed for a longer period of time, so I'm hoping someone can clarify if you're reopening again. I really hope you do, because the schnitzel and the German potato salad are some of the best! We always enjoyed coming here and would love to return in the future.

Spending a day at the Frost Science Center, we walked to Pierogi One for lunch to avoid eating bad…read more museum food. Pierogi One is a Polish restaurant just a four-minute walk from Frost. With indoor and outdoor seating, we opted for the AC inside. To feed three, we got the Polish hot dog, spicy beef pierogi, pickles, cucumber salad, and both soups. The borscht and zurek soups were very tasty! Everything else was too, but more on the average side. The soups, however, will keep you coming back. Service was a bit slow, but not too bad!

A Russian market and language school all in one :) (well not formally a school, but the employees…read morehave always been helpful in putting my DuoLingo lessons to real world usage.) For my most recent stop to grab dessert after dinner nearby, to other times when I have enjoyed savory dishes in their adjacent sit down restaurant, Matryoshka was one of Sunny Isles' first delis stocking a wide variety of authentic food from Russia, Belarus, and various other European countries. They also have Mediterranean dishes for sale. It is mostly a grocery store, along with a well stocked (and clearly labeled) buffet of entrees and desserts. Since it is in the corner of a shopping plaza, they have outside tables along both sides if you want to enjoy your bites with a view of the Sunny Isles skyline. The blini (pancakes) I enjoyed tonight were filled with cheese and a mixed berry compote, and went perfectly with my latte (kofe s molokom).

Today we had the "pleasure" of visiting this place, which, at first glance, looked absolutely…read morewonderful. Everything on display looked fresh, appetizing, and delicious, so my friends and I decided to pick up several different items for dinner. Unfortunately, the good experience ended with the appearance of the food. Almost everything we bought turned out to be completely unfit to eat. Some of it tasted sour and was clearly spoiled, some had a disgusting rotten smell, and we even found mold on some of the food. It is honestly difficult to understand how this amount of spoiled food can be sitting on the shelves at the same time and still be sold to customers. What makes it even worse is that everything looked perfectly normal from the outside. You only discover what you actually paid for after opening the packaging and trying the food. The photo attached to this review shows just one example of what we were sold. Unfortunately, the rest of the spoiled food did not survive long enough for a photoshoot -- once we realized what condition it was in, most of it went exactly where it belonged: straight into the trash and down the toilet. So instead of enjoying dinner, we ended up with wasted money, ruined appetites, and some very serious questions about how this place handles food safety, expiration dates, and storage conditions. It is especially disappointing because the place makes a genuinely nice first impression and the selection looks very tempting. But after an experience like this, I have absolutely no desire to come back -- and I certainly cannot recommend this place to anyone. Food can look beautiful on a display. That means very little when what you actually take home is sour, rotten, or covered in mold.

Unfortunately not many peopke are familiar with Georgian cuisine, otherwise these restaurants would…read morebe very busy because the Georgian food is very good. Just to give you a rundown, start with Khachapuri for the whole table to share. This is just a boat-shaped bread filled with melted cheese, butter, and make sure you get it with the egg options. Tear the crust, mix the center together, and use the rest of the bread to dip inside the mix For main plate, you should try Khinkali, which is a dumpling stuffed with meat and broth. I also recommend Ozhakhuri if you want so thing simpler, which is a mix of pork, potatoes, and other vegetables and seasoning So Askaneli is a large restaurant, and at the time I went had a nice and private ambiance. The server was good and let us sample Georgian wines. And the food was obviously great. So if you are looking to try something different, I'd say go to Askaneli and try good Georgian cuisine for yourself

We came here to celebrate a birthday and had made a reservation a few days in advance for a party…read moreof 12 (8 adults and 4 young children). When we arrived and walked through the front door, the restaurant was completely empty... No host, no staff, no one in sight. We waited around for about 15 minutes before deciding to walk around the property, where we eventually found a side entrance near the bar with two employees. When we told them we were there to dine, they seemed genuinely shocked by the size of our group, despite the fact that we reminded them we had a reservation. We were then asked to wait another 15 minutes while they prepared a table. During this time, the air conditioning inside was not on, which is unacceptable given this is South Florida and the heat can be relentless. We ended up asking to sit outside, which was surprisingly cooler. Once seated, we immediately noticed bird droppings on the floor and on a wall/pillar just inches away from our table. It was very off-putting and confusing why this wasn't cleaned, especially since the outdoor area is clearly meant for guests. Service continued to be disorganized. After sitting for several minutes, we were finally asked if we wanted anything to drink, and we requested water. Immediately after that, we were asked what we wanted to order for dinner -- before we even had time to look at the menu. It felt rushed and poorly timed. When the food began coming out, it arrived in random spurts rather than together. Half of our group received their meals and started eating, while the other half waited over 20 minutes. At one point, more of our food was brought out -- but instead of being served to us, it was left sitting on the bar nearby for about 15 minutes. We had to ask three separate times if that food was ours, get ignored, then FINALLY be told, "Oh yeah, sorry, we'll serve you now." By that point, the food had been sitting out, exposed, and had gone cold. Not to mention we were already outside so I'm sure some flies were on and around the food. The server attempted to give us the food and we told him it was cold. He then said he would "warm it up". We had to explicitly ask for fresh plates, which should never have been necessary. By the time the replacements arrived, the rest of the party had already been waiting 30+ minutes after others had finished eating. The entire experience just felt chaotic. There was obviously a noticeable inconsistency in service. A table next to us appeared to be receiving extremely attentive service, while our table struggled to get even basic needs met. I think they may have been Georgian so they got special treatment. One of the particularly frustrating issues was water -- all of us were drinking water, and not once were our glasses refilled until the very end, when they were completely empty and we were visibly thirsty. Even then, we had to ask for more water!! Because this was a birthday celebration, we had originally planned on getting dessert, but given everything that had happened, we decided to just ask for the check. Getting our check took an additional 20+ minutes to arrive. To add to the confusion, another staff member repeatedly brought food to our table that none of us had ordered, forcing our server to redirect him to the correct tables. It seemed like nobody was trained?? With all that said, the food and drinks themselves were very good overall and tasted unique compared to standard offerings in the area. Our waitress was also very kind, and it was clear she was overwhelmed and likely did not have enough support to properly manage everything. The location is beautiful and has a great atmosphere, with fantastic views of the surrounding buildings and nearby water in Fort Lauderdale. Unfortunately, the lack of organization, cleanliness, and basic service overshadowed what could have been a great experience. I really am rooting for them and hoping they can get it together because it has potential.