Cafe "Tea House" has a reputation as one of the best places in Kazan, where you can very cheaply kill a worm. In Tatar, it is called "Ashkhan Chay Yorty." This cafe is so famous that travel companies specially bring travelers here, as if to a museum. Fast and friendly service, reasonable prices and delicious food attract visitors here. Today we will get acquainted with one of the iconic cafes of Kazan and tell in detail about all its advantages and bonuses. And also see how his customers rate it. After all, this is not about a restaurant, but about a relatively inexpensive institution, designed for a budget visitor. Nevertheless, his rating is just off scale. Let's see what the matter is.
Restaurants and cafes in central Kazan
In the capital of Tatarstan, both a tourist and a native will always find a place where you can have a bite to eat. And even play around. The most fertile area for this is Bauman Street. It gathered about sixty of these "food outlets" - from cheap to the most expensive and luxurious. Here, for example, is the Rooftop Restaurant with a stylish interior, gourmet cuisine and business lunches. Or “Irish Trinity Pub” - a beer institution as if from Ireland itself. Here you can try different types of this foamy drink. Ashkhan "Caffeine" will give you the opportunity to treat yourself to exclusive varieties of coffee, including Moroccan, Brazilian, Colombian. Sushi bar "Rock and Rolls" offers Japanese fast food and more. Stunning soups, teriyaki and even rice vodka await you. There are among the food establishments on Bauman and cafes with national color. Take, for example, the Chuck Chuck with delicious food and pastries. But Ashkhana “Tea House” breaks all records of popularity. This is one of the oldest places with national cuisine, loved by the residents of the capital of the republic. Our story will go about him.
Location, address, which is nearby
No wonder Bauman Street is called Kazan Arbat. This is the very center of the capital of the Tatar Republic, Vakhitovsky district. The street is pedestrian, there are always a lot of tourists. Therefore, they often go to the "Tea House" (Kazan). Address institution - st. Bauman, house sixty-four. We can say that this cafe is located at a crossroads. The house in which it is located is angular between the streets of Bauman and Astronomical. Near the cafe there are many fast-food establishments, including representatives of the famous international McDonald's and Burger King networks. Nearby are the Suleiman Palace and Ramada City Center hotels.
How to get there
Since Ashkhana is located in the very center, almost all city transport comes here. For example, the nearest metro stop to the Tea House cafe (Kazan) is Tukaya Square. By the way, this institution does not need to get on purpose. Here you can have a bite to eat and drink tea just to have a rest during excursions or walks around the city. If you are in a hurry, then this place is just for you. Travelers who come to Kazan for work, as well as in transit travel through this city with a change, assure that the cafe seems to be designed to eat tasty and inexpensively and to take a short break between things. And if you are in a hurry to train, then you can always buy food on the road.
Concept
Tea House (Kazan) consists of two levels, located on different floors. The first - lower - hall is like a bistro, where self-service is practiced. There is already a restaurant upstairs, waiters deliver food and drinks. Cafe on the one hand, with a national touch. On the other hand, it is not at all going to renounce the Soviet past (or rather, the good that was in it). Not without reason, many visitors describe Ashkhana as "a dining room at the university, only comfortable, with delicious food and friendly staff." There are four rooms in the restaurant. One holds one hundred, the second thirty, and the third forty people. There is also a VIP room for ten people. Each room has its own mode. The cafe is open from nine in the morning until seven in the evening, and on Sunday - until six. Therefore, it is also a kind of fast food, only national. Here, few people linger, dinner is not relished here, and romantic dates are not arranged. People come here not for exotic dishes or show programs. People eat well and hearty and go about their business.
Interior, infrastructure, style
The Tea House (Kazan) was opened in the nineties. This is a fairly modest food establishment. In the central showcase, you are greeted by stylized figures of Tatar grandparents. By the way, there are two entrances in Ashkhan. You can go inside with any of them. Some even get the impression that these are two different cafes. In the self-service room on the tables, not a tablecloth, but an oilcloth, artificial tubs in tubs. The interior is more than modest, but at the same time elegant. Nevertheless, the Tatar folk style is sustained - bright paintings, light bulbs, a lot of green, porcelain figurines of animals, national music sounds from the speakers. The atmosphere of the cafe is very democratic, it allows you to relax and really relax. Hands can be washed not only in the toilets, but also in the halls. In case of heat, air conditioners work. But the hall on the second floor is completely different. There are tablecloths on the tables, and chandeliers on the ceiling. On the wall is an LCD TV. The conditions here are more comfortable. There are sofas for relaxation throughout the cafe.
Service
This cafe in Kazan can offer you a car park. In the institution you will not only have a tasty meal or drink tea with dessert, but will continue to communicate with friends in social networks. After all, “Wi-Fi” works here. For children there are high chairs. Banquets are organized. Waiters try to be quick, but visitors sometimes have to wait. This is not surprising given the number of people in the cafe. It is very popular, so there really is no end to customers. In the self-service room there is a distribution. You take a tray, come up and say what you want. A free table in the first room is less common, but in the second - almost always. Salads are seasoned right in front of you, some dishes are prepared too. However, you will not pay with a card in this somewhat archaic cafe - only cash is accepted.
Ashkhana cuisine
Tea House (Kazan) can offer you Russian and Tatar dishes. Everything here is prepared according to classic recipes from natural ingredients. Among the inhabitants of the city and tourists, these pies are very famous (meat, fish, potato and so on). Manti, noodles, chak-chak olesh, gubadiya - all this is regularly ordered by regulars. Tatar national pastries in this cafe are probably the best in Kazan. Only here you can find out what a real echpochmak or kystyby is. But they serve European, Russian, and even “Soviet” dishes in the cafe (the latter is important for those who are nostalgic for the past). They will definitely like “Tea House” (Kazan). The menu will satisfy every taste. They prepare hodgepodge, sour cream, crab salad, Olivier, pike perch with cheese. Vegetarians will also find something to profit from here. In the cold season, it is good to go here and warm yourself first with hot soup, and then tea. The products are always fresh, the food is cooked on the same day and does not stale. There is no pork, but a variety of alcohol is sold.
Hot drinks
This cafe serves mainly Greenfield tea. You can order bags, or you can order a custard drink. In this case, they will bring you a deliciously smelling kettle. And some drinks are brought in a French press. For example, tea with sea buckthorn. The coffee served here is Jardine Colombia with chocolate. If you order tea in the self-service room, then it is poured at the end of the distribution. Hot drinks are usually ordered desserts. In Tatarstan, baking is a national pride. Therefore, a special very serious approach to such dishes in the cafe. Sour cream, chuck-chaki, peremyachi - all in a large assortment. And tourists, as a rule, drop in here to “scout” what is here and how. First of all, they order tea with dessert, and then they look at the rest of the menu. Locals also love baked goods with hot drinks.
Prices
The motto of “Tea House” is to feed a visitor tasty and inexpensive. And indeed, here you will not only get enough and meditate on a hot drink, but also pay a relatively small amount of money for all this. The average customer check is about two hundred to three hundred rubles per person. For many, especially those who come from the capital, such prices are simply surprising. Salads are about forty to ninety rubles per serving. First courses - 80-120 rubles on average. The most expensive soups are olesha. A serving of manti or cutlets in Kazan is about a hundred rubles. Roast, pilaf, Tatar beef, pike perch - about 150-180 p. The most expensive dish is salmon steaks. They will cost visitors two hundred and seventy rubles. A variety of side dishes - rice, potatoes in many forms, buckwheat, cabbage, pasta - starting from 20 p. Kystyby - for 70 rubles. But teas are quite expensive - a bag costs at least twelve rubles. Desserts - from 30 to 50 p. By the way, the prices are the same both in the self-service room and where the waiters serve food.
Tea House (Kazan): reviews
This place is one of the first in the ranking of the best cafes in the capital of Tatarstan with cheap and quality food. It is solid and comfortable. Popularly, this cafe in Kazan is often called the "Tatar estate". The staff, as the reviews claim, is very friendly, welcoming and attentive. The dishes are very tasty, well prepared, decorated. In the restaurant itself, it’s nice, cozy, you can sit with pleasure in any corner. Some visitors start their meal simply with pies and tea, and then they take up the rest and don’t even want to go out! After all, there is a huge selection of dishes - appetizers, salads, hot, soft drinks and stronger drinks, and, of course, tea. And the locals are also frequent patrons of this cafe. They not only come here to eat, but also take food with them. And the employees of not only Kazan, but also Moscow restaurants can learn from waitresses. Even those tourists who previously visited other places on the same street recommend returning here.