Svit Kavy ("World of Coffee") is Lviv's best-known coffee house and the city's specialty-coffee pioneer. In 2000 Markiyan and Olha Bedrii opened a tiny coffee shop with just four tables on Katedralna Square; today it fills three floors of an old church house beside the Latin Cathedral, with a period interior and its own bakery. The point of the place is the coffee: Markiyan travels to farms in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Honduras and Nicaragua to buy lots directly, and since 2012 the beans have been roasted at the company's own roastery on Kulparkivska 59, which doubles as a barista training centre and supplies cafes across Ukraine. The cafe has repeatedly won Best Cafe at the Lviv Coffee Festival and was named Roaster of the Year (Zerno Prize, 2020). Order a filter or espresso from a seasonal lot with a house-made pastry — and take a bag of beans home from the shop next door.
It is Lviv's first specialty coffee house (opened in 2000) and roasts its own beans, bought directly from farms in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi. Its roastery on Kulparkivska 59 also runs a barista school and supplies cafes across Ukraine.
Per the official menu, coffee runs about 110-150 UAH (espresso ~110, cappuccino ~130, latte ~150) and pastries or desserts 130-180 UAH, so coffee plus a dessert comes to roughly 250-300 UAH per person.
The Katedralna Square location is open daily from about 08:00 to 22:30.
No — it is a self-service cafe: pick a dessert and order at the bar. It has three floors, so seating is usually available.
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Phone
+380322975675Website
svitkavy.com/Working hours
Mon-Sun: 08:00-22:30
Price range
Coffee 110-150 UAH, pastries and desserts 130-180 UAH (official menu). Average check: coffee with a dessert is about 250-300 UAH per person.
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