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Kyiv people have known the Odessa Restaurant since 1962. But the new time demands new rules. And today the same good, old, cosy Odessa invites guests, though in a completely new format. Odessa is a rather original city, with its inexpressible ethnic flavour and centuries-old history, which is located at the seaside of the Black Sea in the South of Ukraine.
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You can truly understand and come to love Odessa only once you have visited it. This is why we didn?t aim at simply reproducing the spirit of this unique city. Instead, we were trying to identify invisible associative links through which the bright image of the place would be formed. Courtesy of YOD Design Lab – Photographs : Andrey Avdeenko
The atmosphere was formed largely by perception of materials and light. The space of the main hall is formed around the island lounge zone decorated with ropes stretching for about 30 km in total. In the evenings floor lamps directed at the ropes create a cosy lounge atmosphere changing the emotional perception of the place drastically. The play of light can be well seen from the façade attracting a visitor to look inside.
Courtesy of YOD Design Lab – Photographs : Andrey Avdeenko
Behind the bar stand there are shelves with decorated boxes placed in a chaotic order generally prompted by the famous Odessa Privoz market with its abundance. An open par...