Recently we visited this exhibition and cultural center "Ark" at the St. Elizabeth Monastery. I myself participated a little in the construction and design of the complex about five years ago) Wonderful architecture, spaciousness, beautiful and rich interior. A very pleasant and spiritual place! On the ground floor there is an art gallery, an exhibition of paintings by the famous artist Zhigimont was held. On the second floor there is an excellent spacious fast food restaurant with a large assortment of dishes and drinks. Here in the Ark you will be able to enlighten yourself spiritually, a concert hall will soon be opened and at the same time have a delicious and inexpensive snack! I recommend you to visit, it is especially important that St. Elisavetinsky Monastery is a huge spiritual and educational complex near the center of Minsk, where you can walk, be alone with yourself next to the greatness of Orthodox churches, monasteries, churches and pray!
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Арсений Мурашко
Level 4 Local Expert
August 14
Everything is delicious, a pleasant atmosphere buffet, there are many things to choose and eat, clean tables, a good toilet and kind staff serving food on the buffet, a pleasant interior and in most cases not many people, even a few, so I recommend this restaurant to everyone.
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Екатерина Андреева
Level 2 Local Expert
August 11
What can I say. I went to this cafe several times. And every subsequent time is one disappointment.
I'll start with the pros right away: a beautiful and cozy interior, there is a children's room, pleasant and good-natured attendants are engaged with the children there.
The food is not bad either, but...in my opinion, it is expensive for such a cafe (even in a pit stop or a Lido, in my opinion, it is cheaper).
That is, if you take meat, soup, side dish, salad, and even dessert with the whole family, then this will result in a very tidy sum.
Explain to me : 2.70 rubles per 100g of mashed potatoes is normal and it is by weight, and if you weigh more, respectively, you will pay more, i.e. 3-4 rubles for mashed potatoes is this normal?
Then the soup....4 rubles pickle... it seems to be nothing, but it's only half a plate and no one will pour you more and yes sour cream to a pickle of 1 rub (it's just a spoon in the soup).
Meat and fish are expensive.
Salads are not cheap.
And the distribution is not organized yet, you can stand in line for your lunch for a long time, and then just as long at the checkout (because one cashier serves, and the second one goes somewhere) and your not cheap food just gets cold and becomes not tasty....
Just want to express the opinion of an ordinary average Belarusian who I came with my family to have a snack after church, but the prices are absolutely not democratic.
I eat a lot of places, in different establishments, both more expensive and cheaper, and I can definitely say that the prices in this institution are very high.
And to be honest, there are many questions, because this is a church institution.... Why is it so expensive? Why rip off your parishioners?
And by the way, I started going there and as soon as it opened, then the prices were good, affordable, I even recommended it to my friends. But then they began to increase very significantly and now I understand that I would rather go to some cafe with my family than go there - it will be cheaper.
What I want to say.... be customer-oriented and at least in dishes such as potato soup and other budget items, just don't rip off your customers. After all, everyone has a different income.