Good day! I think this is a wonderful place! The views are mind-blowing! The lake is incredibly beautiful, and the staff, who by all means, by hook or by crook, will do everything to make you visit this institution, will leave this location an unforgettable (in the worst sense of the word) spot to visit. To the point: Driving on the road around the lake, you are met by a character who will ask you the question "do you want to go to the lake or to Stalin's dacha?". If you tell him that you are going to the lake, he will show you the way to the cafe, for parking which they will ask 500 rubles, or make an order in the amount of 1000 rubles + free parking. Having refused, on departure, the above character will start throwing insults at your back, ala "a lover of massaging the male genital organ with his mouth (of course using obscene, non-permissive Yandex vocabulary)." It's not worth asking why he uses such vocabulary in your direction, I say right away. Bottom line: visit this place if you want to spoil the impression of such a magnificent natural object with unforgettable views.

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Александра Алесандровна

Level 9 Local Expert

We were at the Grotto cafe in July.Going down the steps, you immediately find yourself at the cafe.The place is beautiful, the view of the lake is cool.The prices are high, the portions are not large, the food is not tasty.Khinkali from below are torn, overcooked.Tea costs 100 rubles.After paying, I had to go to the food distribution, and there I had to stand in line.The cafe was recommended by the guide.At least they didn't get poisoned, and thanks for that.There wasn't much time, but it would have been possible to choose another cafe.I do not recommend this cafe.

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Елена М.

Level 2 Local Expert

We were in a cafe on the veranda with an excursion to Lake Ritsa. Dinner at the end of the trip, of course, I already wanted to eat after a trip lasting 6 hours and endless tastings. The lake is beautiful, the places are wonderful... That's all... The time on the lake in the excursion at 8 o'clock is limited, about an hour, so we were afraid that we would not have time to try grilled dishes and ride catamarans, we decided to order what would be served quickly. We ordered fish soup and pilaf, saw, while we were waiting with coupons, how they took everything out of plastic buckets from refrigerators and combined fish soup in a plate and put fish to it, then they also collected and heated pilaf from separate parts. Here we would have stopped, but, no, the kind of dishes is normal, we ate, and at night four out of five had a nightmare. There has never been such a poisoning in my life. Thank God there were only adults among us. The next two days were spent only in bed. We remembered for a long time the dinner at the Ritz with a price tag of 6000 for four: fish soup, pilaf and tea. It didn't happen to anyone... We are happy for you!

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