VILNIUS - In Your Pocket

24 restaurants
With the exception of a handful of amusing and/
or appalling disasters, eating out in Vilnius is both
excellent and relatively affordable for all. The city’s
restaurants and cafés literally cater to taste buds of
every persuasion, offering everything from vast plates
of potato-based local specialities to a surprisingly wide
and generally palatable concoction of dishes from the
kitchens of such far away places as India and Brazil.
Service continues to be the main stumbling block even
in the most aristocratic of eateries, and is easily the
subject from which the majority of visitors gain the
most displeasure. Although the bulk of restaurants
worth visiting can be found within the city centre, the
suburbs also offer a few treats, which we list when we
feel that the plaudits is deserving. Tipping, if deserved,
is up to the diner, with 10 per cent or a rounding up of
the bill both being acceptable.
Symbol key
P Air conditioning A Credit cards accepted
E Live music S Take away
T Child friendly U Facilities for the disabled
G Non-smoking W Wireless Internet access
X Smoking place B Outside seating
I Fireplace J Old town location
Prices listed in the Restaurants section of this guide refer to
the average cost of a main course for one, excluding drinks.
Lithuanian
There are essentially two types of Lithuanian restaurant
in Lithuania. The first and most obvious variety features
pigtailed waitresses in national dress serving plates of
potatoes and beetroot soup in an atmosphere reminiscent
of an old barn. The second is less easy to pin down, and
is perhaps best described as a restaurant or café serving
predominantly but not exclusively Lithuanian favourites
in an atmosphere you won’t find anywhere other than in
Lithuania. Rather than insult the best intentions of the
good restaurant owners of Vilnius and call the former of
the two Folk restaurants, we choose to list both types of
restaurant together.
Aula C-2, Pilies 11, tel. (+370) 5 268 71 73, www.
aularestoranas.lt. A mixed Lithuanian and international
menu of competent cooking brought to your table by staff
whose lack of expertise is usually more than made up for by
their friendliness. The last serving of potato pancakes eaten
here went down a treat, plus there’s the added advantage of a
downstairs live music club. Summertime brings a small terrace
and large courtyard to this classic Old Town favourite. QOpen
10:00 - 24:00, Thu, Fri 10:00 - 01:00, Sat 10:30 - 01:00, Sun
10:30 - 24:00. 20Lt. PTJAUBSW
Čili Kaimas B-4, Vokiečių 8, tel. (+370) 5 231 25 36,
www.cili.lt. Walt Disney meets The Waltons inside the
country’s most popular folk restaurant chain. Resplendent
accessories include small farmyard animals to keep the children
entertained, agricultural implements on the walls and a surprisingly
friendly and efficient bunch of waitresses scuttling about in
traditional costumes. The menu of artery-clogging indigenous
dishes is pretty good considering the rate at which it’s pumped
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