Eating Out

Yalta's restaurant scene runs from simple Black Sea fish cafes on the embankment to more formal restaurants in the hotel complexes. Fresh Black Sea mussels, flounder (kambala), and mullet (barabulya) are the seafood staples. Georgian cuisine — khachapuri, khinkali, grilled meats — is widely available and very well done. The Nikitsky Botanical Gardens has a restaurant that makes a pleasant lunch stop if you visit in the afternoon.