Going to a restaurant in Astana, you should prepare for the fact that your evening will be irretrievably ruined by poor service and disgustingly cooked food. A short trip to some places will result in a senseless waste of money and possibility of finding yourself in a hospital.



Disgracefully trained personnel who have no idea about the culture of service will surely cause a nervous breakdown even among the most patient visitors. Obvious reluctance to engage in direct duties, profanity, dirt and lack of culture prevail in the restaurant "Tiflis". Visitors have a strong feeling that they did not come as guests, and they themselves have to prepare their own food and cover them on the table, while they also trying to cheat them by including non-existent drinks, dishes and services into the check.


Visitors are forced to spend a lot of effort to persuade the waitress, so that she could be bothered to remove the dirty dishes from the table and accept the order. Having received the order, they are not in a hurry to serve the visitor as soon as possible, even in an empty room you will have to wait at least an hour. If you protest and start a fuss, the security will simply throw you out.

The attitude towards women in the restaurant is peculiar. The administration sincerely believes that any visitor who crosses their threshold is by definition a woman of easy virtue and does not deserve respect. If you suffer material damage from a drunk, do not count on a compensation. The drunk administrator and the security guard will immediately stand on the side of the rude man. Here you can feel comfortable only with armed mercenaries who are allowed to use weapons in case of danger.

The management does not differ much from the personnel and understands only brute force, listening to authorities only. Simple visitors are like garbage to them, so if you want to irreparably ruin the evening, you are in the right place. There is a strong impression that all the staff, including the director, passed special courses, where they were taught that rudeness and lack of culture would help them to advance through the ranks and achieve the most advantageous position in society. To all the charm you can add the disgusting cuisine, the desire of waiters to significantly increase your check by adding a few expensive dishes and drinks, and you can get a clear idea of ​​the upcoming holiday.

Want to irrevocably ruin your evening, visit the restaurant "Dudu". Probably, the cook was specially trained to spoil the simplest dishes and translate the products into an absolutely inedible mess. It is good to receive your enemies here. Order a table for those who you do not like and enjoy! The money spent in this case will at least bring moral satisfaction. Moreover, everything will look like a desire to please the guests. A local chef can spoil even chicken, which doesn’t need any special talent to cook. He confuses eggplants with peppers and instead of lemons will offer a freshly cut onion. It is possible to be in a situation where your order is simply forgotten, and you will be sitting at an empty dirty table for a long time. The waitresses are not in a hurry to remove the dishes from the previous visitors and replace the tablecloth covered in wine. At the end, after many of your demands and indignations, you can get a spoiled dish from the refrigerator, which did not even bother to warm up properly.

 

If you’re looking for some thrills, go to cafe Maria. Roughness and rudeness are the main advantages that are important when hiring here. The waitresses demonstrate with their whole appearance that the visitors are just bothersome insects, crawling in a cafe, and they need to get rid of them as quickly as possible, without forgetting to completely empty their wallets. In case of conflict, do not expect that the bully will be immediately withdrawn by the guards. Most likely, they will bring chairs and observe what is happening, encouraging the fighting with enthusiastic exclamations. The contingent of visitors is clearly unsettling with representatives of the lowest strata of society coming here for drinks and cheap food. Curses, a crowd of drunks and drug addicts are the main attraction of this place.

 

There is a common way to lure in inattentive simpletons. Write an ad about unlimited beer with big discounts and you are provided with an influx of visitors. The "Sivy Merin" bar is a bright representative of this kind of place.

However, none of the staff will not find time to clarify that such discounts apply exclusively to live beer. Czech beer lovers’ budgets will
suffer. In addition to everything else, waiting for a simple order is almost impossible. You can bring beer yourself to the table, but watch
carefully what you are pouring, because instead of expensive varieties, you can be easily slipped a sour product. If you decide to pamper yourself and friends with a hookah, be patient, since such a service will certainly make you wait at least an hour. Staff clothing confirms the low status of the institution. Even the administrator is in the workplace in tattered, sport trousers and a dirty T-shirt. Receiving a check from a waiter resembles a battle. If you still manage to get the coveted item, carefully read the list of beverages and snacks included for payment. Some positions will probably surprise you, because you never ordered them in the first place.

Fortunately, not all Astana restaurants are like that, see the catalog of restaurants with reviews here.

Stay healthy and good luck!