Damijan
599 reviews
March 26
The place is decorated with a "local" flavor. We were pleased with the dishes of the national cuisine, we liked everything very much. They cooked it and brought it pretty quickly. Machanka and draniki with pork rinds are generally on fire! The drinks are great too! I tried a set of tinctures and moonshine with horseradish, I was satisfied! The staff was polite, but the girls were kind of sad! Smile more 😁 I will definitely come back if I am in Polotsk 👍
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February 1
Cute restaurant, decor and food in Belarusian style
Among the advantages: affordable prices, a wide variety of dishes, a cozy atmosphere, food straight from the heat)
Cons: they were hot for a long time, they waited for more than an hour, the sauce in the machanka was a little bland in taste and liquid, the potatoes in the dish "Hussars on the pass" were completely regretted (I will attach a photo)
Bottom line: a good place, the main thing is not to rush anywhere while sitting there)
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April 24
we were looking for a place in Polotsk with Belarusian cuisine and settled on Damian, we liked everything very much! the cafe is conveniently located, there are many places inside, the air conditioner is working (but not cold). we tried a couple of dishes of Belarusian cuisine, fresh salads and fruit drinks, and were satisfied with everything. everything was delivered quickly, the food was fresh. I recommend it!
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May 17
After a walk in Polotsk, it was decided to have lunch at Damian cafe, as there are many good reviews on the Internet and the convenient location of this institution. At first, we doubted our choice, but in the end, we were pleasantly surprised by the good and friendly service and delicious dishes. All the food we ordered was eaten with pleasure, the portions are good, the products are of high quality.
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April 30
A lovely, cozy and atmospheric cafe. The food is quite good, it's certainly not high cuisine, but everything is delicious. It's great for a cafe!
Located next to a picturesque place, the Western Dvina River complements it if you walk along it afterward.
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May 12
Awesome cafe))))) large portions, everything is very tasty, the waiters and chefs work with a bang, the atmosphere is like a house in the village, and at the same time quite reasonable prices)))) (of course, everyone's wallets are different, I come from a poor society - in general, prices are democratic)
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December 30, 2024
I'll be brief :
Satisfying, tasty and inexpensive.
I really liked the homemade Crambambula.
Draniki are sincere.
The opening hours until 00.00 are very helpful for all night travelers.
Excellent surroundings and adequate staff.
Recommend 👍
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May 28
I took a magic pot, everything was delicious, there was a lot of meat, the waiters were polite, the toilet was clean, there were few people, they brought it quickly, the entourage was authentic. It was my first time in the city, I was guided by a high rating and, I must say, it is justified 🎉
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May 18
I really liked the cafe.The atmosphere is interesting, various household wisdom is outdated, in the form of a spinning wheel, wooden wheels.But the most important thing is the delicious food and wonderful service.Thanks to all the staff.Bravo!!!!
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May 6
Convenient location of the cafe, polite and friendly staff. Delicious, I would say, heartily prepared national dishes, the portions are large. And yes, a homemade krambambulka mmmmm..... I recommend it!
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January 22
The best Belarusian cuisine is here. We from Russia have been chasing real Belarusian draniki for a long time, and we found this place. The food is made with soul and very homely. The hall is a little dark, but these are small things. I liked it so much that we stopped there not only for a walk, but also on the way back to Russia.
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April 28
The best turds I've tried in Belarus. Suddenly. We didn't find such delicious ones in Grodno or Vitebsk. The interior is for an amateur, the staff is excellent. We were surprised by the large number of people at 12 p.m. on Sunday. This is a plus)).
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February 7
I must say, the food is excellent. The service is at the village level. I'm coming back from the sanatorium, from the canteen. I WANT TO EAT. I order 3 dishes, 250 vodkas. It's 6 hours before the bus, I'm going to sit for at least a couple of hours. They bring it fast, hot, and delicious, but.... all at once. By the time I finished the hodgepodge, the rest was hopelessly cold. Well, DAMN, a man orders a lot and vodka, so he'll be sitting... Why carry it all at once?!!! I'm not full, I want more, I wait 15-20 minutes (stuck on the phone), I see 3 girls sitting talking, zero attention to me. I had to go to the counter to ask. Oh, I forgot to tell you, I'm the only visitor all the time, there's no one else. Yes, probably Polotsk is not a tourist center, the flow of tourists is small, there is no one to study with. But.... Maybe that's why there aren't so many tourists?! A lot depends on the internal culture. Uncle, I forgot... Well, don't cover the glaze with a lid!!!
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March 6
It's not a bad place. The surroundings, of course, leave much to be desired, but since the goal was to have a snack, I didn't pay much attention to it. The menu is quite good, the choice of dishes is wide. There are hot dishes in the assortment. The price tag is slightly overpriced, but it was delicious. I was surprised that it was cooked very quickly. I noticed that at lunchtime there is a lunch menu with fairly reasonable prices. In general, I did not regret that I stopped by. And my stomach was satisfied)).
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March 17
Delicious, cozy. But it's always heartburn after draniki. I've been there many times. As for me, the most adequate place in the city to sit and eat quietly.
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January 30
A cool room, a long wait for an order, and a phenomenally unfriendly staff. However, this is probably the norm for Belarus. That's where the cons end. The food here is very tasty. It's good, satisfying, and everything is very fair in terms of cost. A very rich menu for such an establishment. Well located. A must-visit!
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February 9
We visited several catering establishments in Polotsk. The cuisine is definitely more pleasant here.
The staff with a "working" expression is a bit confusing. They would like a little warmth and goodwill. As it is, everything is fine.
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March 21
On September 29, 2024, our group had lunch at this cafe. The service was nice, the appetizer was delicious. And when the draniki arrived in a pot, I asked the waitress to put them in a lunch bag. But the waitress was aggressive, not friendly, irritable. At first she said there was no lunch box, then she said it had to be paid for.Account 1612, last name. Karimullin's waitress brought me a lunch box and threw it at me. I paid for it when I left. and I gave the draniki to the crows, they were not tasty. I will never go to this cute cafe with a rude waitress again.
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January 23
We are from Russia.On weekdays, the ordered dishes arrived quickly.Everything was oh-so-delicious!Buns with pork rinds, draniki with mushrooms, machanka is just on top!When we left for home, we went back to the cafe for lunch, I liked everything so much.The interior is quite interesting and pleasant.In general, we recommend it, especially tcm, for those who want to try real Belarusian cuisine. Thank you very much!
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December 18, 2024
A very cool cafe! The food is delicious, they cook quickly.
Smiled at the bill served in a small bucket)))
The atmosphere resembles a cowboy bar) probably the owner loves horses)
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May 11
I visited this place, tried a set lunch at lunch, which I can say is soup like at home. A large bowl of soup, I tried an omelet with ham, I can say that everything is quite tasty, I recommend it to everyone.
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July 5, 2024
Cozy and homely. It can be seen that they really messed up in the interior right from the entrance, and with the menu, and with the name of the dishes. You open the menu and everything and immediately want to eat or at least try a piece. But, everything changes when they bring it to you. Moreover, they bring you everything at once, so that you haven't had time to finish the salad yet, but you already have hot steaming on the table and you don't know whether to finish the salad, or take hot snacks, or eat hot while it's hot. This is despite the fact that not even half of the tables are occupied in the restaurant. I understand that the basic concept of the establishment is a simple Belarusian cuisine and interior, but not to the same extent!? We ordered a salad, 2 juliennes, and hot. Everything is fine with salads. But Julien... In the photo and in the description, nothing alerted. The waiter focused more on its small size than on its non-standard reading. I've never tried julienne on mayonnaise! In fact, they were pickled tasteless champignons with pieces of chicken in mayonnaise. All this is sprinkled with cheese and baked. Since they were already eating chilled, the cheese was just lying on top of the layer. You definitely won't want to repeat such a tasting experience. For the hot meal, they ordered "hussars at a halt" (how does it sound, huh?!) and potato chips with mushrooms.(I could forget how it sounded on the menu, because I was very focused on the HUSSARS) While we were ordering and waiting for the order, we thought that we would still try real homemade Belarusian cuisine, as they wrote in the reviews..But.. the Hussars were even more disappointed (honestly. Just potatoes, fried eggs, fried bacon and sausage. Everything was supposed to be hot and hot, but everything cooled down in just 5 minutes while we were finishing salads and julienne. From which I conclude that everything, even the glazes, was heated in the oven to the state of a hot frying pan when serving.. and the glaze has already become not glaze at all. the meatballs were not bad, but they were already eaten cold, so the impression was spoiled.
I praise you for the idea, I take off my hat! I am always ready to support Belarusian and native with a ruble! but after visiting this place, disappointment remained.
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January 3
Wonderful atmosphere and surroundings. Good national cuisine. Thanks to Margarita for her help with the order and excellent service.
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May 3
Very tasty! Good service, fast, attentive. It is very different for the better from other restaurants in Polotsk, which offer from 40 minutes of waiting even for snacks.
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October 2, 2024
The exterior and interior of the cafe in a colorful Belarusian style with antique attributes of Belarusian life. Inside there are 3 public halls and a room for 2 tables (VIP boarding). The prices are average, for two you can tightly and deliciously re-mix by 50 bel. rubles. The cafe staff is polite and smiling. The cooking and order submission time is 15-20 minutes. However, the attention was attracted by the not fully peeled beef tongue in the salad (photo attached), which was unappetizing. Otherwise, the cafe is decent. 🙂👍
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July 31, 2024
It's a pretty cozy place. Something in between a restaurant and a cafe. The interior is themed and somewhat overloaded with antique utensils.
But the overall impression is pleasant. The waitresses were polite, competent, and efficient.
The dishes are delicious.
The only thing I didn't like was the atmosphere itself - it somehow presses. It seems cozy, but cramped.
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January 2
I often visit there, the food is delicious, the service is normal! The service is good, the atmosphere is quiet, which is good news! I advise you to visit!
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May 3
Decent Belarusian cuisine. They took a pancake maker (for a child, it went to him, they didn't expect him to eat everything himself) and draniki (thin, crispy, super!). It's a pity I couldn't visit in the morning before departure - they open at 12.
Thank you!
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March 10
We were walking around Polotsk on March 8, and we wanted to drink coffee with a delicious dessert. There was a House nearby...... A dirty basement, everything in black, including the waiters. We ordered a cappuccino. They brought a burnt mess with added milk, it doesn't look like a cappuccino at all. The desserts are all stale and out of the same barrel -sickly sweet and sticky, obviously store-bought. The interior is unpleasant, and so is the service. I don't recommend it.
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January 6
An hour of waiting for a hot one is a bit, like, a lot. They are justified by the fact that they were honestly warned about this, but not at the entrance, but already in the process of receiving the order. The staff is gloomy and not very friendly. Now about the food, everything we ordered was delicious. Except for pork medallions, which could compete with the soles in terms of rigidity.
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January 8
Fast, delicious, Belarusian cuisine. I'll put it on 4, because they brought glasses for wine, but it was necessary for champagne. But they apologized and changed it. And then they brought a second bottle of champagne, not like this (semi-dry, although it should have been brut). They also apologized and changed it.
And I recommend it for a visit.
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February 3
Belarusian national cuisine, the same national interior! It's okay! The service is 3-4, so 4 on average.
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September 19, 2024
We visited your cafe twice during our trip to Belarus. It is especially pleasant to have dinner outside in good weather. The portions are small, but delicious! Especially draniki and deruny. I also really liked the strudel dessert with ice cream. And not expensive. Thank you, we will definitely visit you again!
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August 26, 2024
Everything is incredibly delicious, a very authentic place. We drove all over Belarus from Minsk, Grodno, Braslav to Vitebsk and such delicious food, pleasant atmosphere and price were especially memorable here!
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January 17
Sets of liqueurs and draniki ... and all this in a historical interior. Our group was absolutely thrilled.
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September 12, 2024
We took Pancakes with meat for ourselves and French fries with chicken schnitzel for the child. Everyone ate with pleasure. It was cooked quickly. The pancakes are juicy and very tasty. French fries are common, the child liked them. The chicken schnitzel is also juicy, the child ate it with pleasure.
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January 5
It's a very mediocre place, the food is tasteless, the hodgepodge is very thin, there is a feeling that it is diluted. Salads from a typical dining room. Strudel on a specific dough without the traditional ice cream scoop. Yes, the prices are low, but you won't get any pleasure from visiting this place. Suitable for those who are just looking for a snack option.
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August 24, 2024
The food is delicious, this applies specifically to Belarusian cuisine. I tried everything except dumplings. I responsibly declare that my wife cooks (the same thing) 100,500 times tastier, but for catering standards. The room has the smell of an average pensioner's apartment, either because of the paraphernalia decorating the walls / shelves / ceilings, or the basement ..., the summer veranda saved the situation. The only thing that slightly confused me was the receptionist. A woman with a contraceptive face, dissatisfied with life and visitors, offended by fate, with a lack of communication culture (and in general, I think too) with customers.
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June 18, 2024
One of the best places where you can have a delicious meal and invite guests of our city!Everything is delicious and cheap compared to other establishments, and yes it is cozy and comfortable!I advise all guests of this city
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December 2, 2024
It's a great place.
They cook delicious and not expensive!
If the waitresses wore Belarusian costumes (folk), it would be super, because the institution is more of a Belarusian slope.
Near the park, the river, the sights.. The place is interesting and unique
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June 25, 2024
Cafe in the national Belarusian style. The appropriate interior. The service was surprised by the speed, the waiting time for the first course after ordering did not exceed 10 minutes. The menu consists of dishes of Belarusian cuisine. A lot of potatoes, fatty meat, vegetables, as if counting on a hungry person. A really hungry person will like it. Very tasty pancakes with pork rinds, as from the best cookbook, the crust crunches a little, but inside they are soft, in a hot frying pan with well-fried but quite chewy pieces of lard. Magnificent turds. A pancake made of mashed potatoes, folded in half, and finely chopped chicken fillet between the halves. All this is fried to a pink crust. Combined with various strong local tinctures, it's just great. I recommend
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September 3, 2023
A great, very atmospheric place, only for this you can put 5 stars. Quiet, clean and cozy. Polite and courteous staff. Perfectly cooked Caesar salad, always pleases, as well as cutlets. But the pork leaves much to be desired. I took different dishes several times and always came across the fact that she was tough and wiry. By the way, the pancakes are also excellent. The portions are large, which you can easily overeat. Thank you for the atmosphere and comfort!
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May 4, 2024
A very quiet, colorful place. There are a lot of old things to see and touch. The price tag is average, the food is delicious, the choice is large, the national cuisine is widely represented and children also have something to choose from. The staff is polite, the service is good. I recommend.
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May 9
The service is terrible! The waiter was rude, she forgot about our order before that. I didn't bring one dish at all, I didn't clean the dishes, I was rude when they told me about it. The mood for May 9th is ruined. The receptionist replied to indignation: well, what will I do, she's like that today. Terrible, just terrible!
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July 31, 2024
This is probably the only cafe (not self-service) in the world where, if there is a waitress, visitors have to run to the bar to mourn the bill. The main thing in this cafe is not the visitors, but the staff. For some reason, if there is a waitress, there are 2 more administrators who, by and large, must control the work of the staff, but they seem to be touched that the waitress ("mamkina Pryntseska") immediately at the entrance to the cafe of visitors begins to turn on the "Main" and lead "in full" what the visitor should do, where to go, where not to go, instead of just saying hello to begin with.
I can't say anything about the kitchen, we were there around lunchtime, and at that time there is a business lunch menu, and after a 3-hour walk through beautiful Polotsk, of course, you can admire the cabbage salad,
The font size of the menu, it would be nice to increase, not everyone was lucky to be born a "sharp-eyed falcon". About the mission of the waitress in this cafe, who should familiarize you with the menu, see above.
Dignities:
Wonderful, cozy design, convenient location for this 2 stars. The rest....
visited on July 23, 2024
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July 25, 2024
I read about this cafe in one of the reviews, it was written that it was the best place in Polotsk... A few days ago, while staying in the city, it was decided to go there with my family for dinner. A complete disappointment. The dishes are very different from the type on the menu (at least what we ordered). The portion of salad was as stolen. I think you could put the whole portion on one spoon. When they took away the salad plate with the fork left in it, the waitress put it out of the plate on the table in front of me!!! I'm shocked, they didn't bring clean utensils for another dish, but put my fork on the table (not even on a napkin). Only my wife liked the taste of the pancakes (I don't remember exactly which ones). My daughter and I were disappointed to visit this institution. We usually leave tips, but this time, not even a hand was raised. Neither the kitchen nor the service deserved it. Something like this....
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May 11
I really liked it, especially the cuisine, the service, the prices. We will definitely come back again.
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June 3, 2024
Mysterious atmosphere, delicious menu, pleasant prices and courteous staff. There are set meals. Tables are available on the street. In the cafe itself, you can sit in different halls.
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August 8, 2024
It's a wonderful place. Delicious cuisine, pleasant prices and very responsive service. Especially considering that we came there with a dog. With a dog, it is generally difficult to find a cafe where they will let you in. And then they let me into a separate room.
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January 7
Honestly, we expected more. Draniki are wonderful, the pickle is watery. The service is very unobtrusive, it feels like you're not welcome.
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