2 Best Restaurants in Ukraine

Popular with Kherson families, Basta Pasta is a casual Italian restaurant in the city's Fabrika shopping center, with a great selection of fresh—and filling—dishes. The space is cozy and has a faux-rustic feel, with unfinished wooden floors and walls and lots of cushioned booths divided by homey wooden bookshelves. As the name suggests, the cuisine here is dominated by pasta and other Italian classics, and the pizzas come particularly recommended. Surprisingly, they also serve a huge variety of sushi and Japanese seafood dishes along with kebabs.

Popular with locals and international visitors alike, this is a popular Italian restaurant with a wide menu that goes beyond pasta and pizza, offering traditional soups, cheeses, and meat and fish dishes. Prices are a little steep by local standards, but the quality of food is excellent and the house-made pastas get rave reviews. Off-white spackled walls and dark-wood ceiling beams give it the feeling of a medieval tavern, and there’s a plant-filled front terrace for summertime dining.