{"id":7321,"date":"2022-08-19T16:29:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=7321"},"modified":"2022-08-21T16:04:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T14:04:11","slug":"cafe-seagull-by-the-lake-kaliningrad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/cafe-seagull-by-the-lake-kaliningrad\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf\u00e9 Seagull by the Lake Kaliningrad is hard to beat!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Good location, Good Cuisine, Good Service<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 21 August 2022 ~ Caf\u00e9 Seagull by the Lake Kaliningrad is hard to beat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As summer peters out, it\u2019s time to take every opportunity available to sit outside and enjoy a beer. The problem in Kaliningrad is that everybody appears to be doing just that. Consequently, bars, restaurants and caf\u00e9s with outside seating areas are heavily subscribed to. It is always refreshing, therefore, when supply is overstretched by demand, to discover something new. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, we discovered \u041a\u0430\u0444\u0435 \u0427\u0430\u0439\u043a\u0430 \u0443 \u043e\u0437\u0435\u0440\u0430 (Caf\u00e9 Seagull by the Lake). The caf\u00e9\u2019s terrace is small, but, as English estate agents like to say when advertising properties, it is \u2018well-appointed\u2019. The terrace and the restaurant windows look out over Kaliningrad\u2019s (K\u00f6nigsberg’s) Upper Pond, which was created in 1270 by the knights of the Teutonic Order as a repository for fish farming. Today, fishermen sit patiently by the water\u2019s edge hoping to get a bite, but they share the recreational space with non-fishing Kaliningrad citizens and visitors to the city for whom the pond, paths and parkland surrounding it are a convenient natural habitat for walking, cycling or simply relaxing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Mick
Mick Hart enjoys a moment of peace and sobriety outside Caf\u00e9 Seagull before guests and beer arrives<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Caf\u00e9 Seagull is an excellent place for simply relaxing; thus, if you are walking or cycling around the pond you could always make it your destination or a halfway house on your journey. On the afternoon that I visited, I was doing neither. I had purposefully gone there with my wife\u2019s family to enjoy the view from somewhere new, have a \u2018pint\u2019 and a bite to eat. I was not disappointed ~ nobody was. The menu is varied, interesting and offers something for every taste, even strange vegetarian tastes like mine. The beer, which is a tad higher in price than I would normally want to pay, was nevertheless just what the doctor ordered, or probably wouldn’t, although my UK doctor might because he likes a beer or two as, come to think of it, does my gastroenterologist in Kaliningrad. Reassured by this twin prescription, I could sense that the afternoon had all the makings of a guilt-free one. Today\u2019s choice, therefore, was Maisel\u2019s Weisse, a German wheat beer with plenty of flavour, more so and especially if you opt, as I did on this occasion, for the brew’s unfiltered version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caf\u00e9 Seagull by the Lake Kaliningrad <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Inside, the caf\u00e9 is bright, airy, unpretentious and welcoming and, as I have said (you were listening, weren’t you?), offers a pleasant view of the Upper Pond from an elevated advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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K\u00f6nigsberg’s cobbles and Upper Pond from the terrace of the Seagull by the Lake Caf\u00e9 in Kaliningrad<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Two large, framed prints on the walls, one of a cabbage and the other a rear view of a rather well-built seated lady, invite speculation as to what the symbolic connection might be, but are too thought-provoking to cogitate on at length when all you want to do is relax and sip your Maisel\u2019s Weisse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Kaliningrad<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Kaliningrad<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, that\u2019s all there is to puzzle over. The cuisine, both in terms of presentation and taste, received top marks and the service could not be faulted. The young staff are helpful, polite, attentive and, most importantly, resoundingly cheerful. They are a credit to the restaurant and thus a valuable asset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Waiter<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If my posts on bars, restaurants and caf\u00e9s in Kaliningrad included a rating system, it would be difficult, if not impossible, not to give Caf\u00e9 Seagull 10 out of 10. What we can say with impunity is that Caf\u00e9 Seagull by the Lake is highly recommended and a venue you should bookmark under \u2018I must definitely visit\u2019.\ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essential details:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caf\u00e9 Seagull by the Lake (\u041a\u0430\u0444\u0435 \u0427\u0430\u0439\u043a\u0430 \u0443 \u043e\u0437\u0435\u0440\u0430)<\/strong>
Verkhneozernaya, 16A Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad region, Russia 236008<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tel:<\/strong> +7 921 711 71 80

Opening times
<\/strong>Seven days a week: 0800 to 2200 (8am to 10pm)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note: <\/strong>Takeaway service available<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright \u00a9 2018-2022 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out and About in Kaliningrad (see links below)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\ude42 Mama Mia Restaurant<\/a>
\ud83d\ude42 Premier Caf\u00e9 Bar<\/a>
\ud83d\ude42 Kavkaz Restaurant<\/a>
\ud83d\ude42 London Pub<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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