Welcome in Caffe Ristorante KOGO!
Do you feel like having something special you have last
eaten when you were on holiday at the seaside? Do you
fancy for instance a grilled octopus, fresh fish or risotto
with seafood? Or do you just long to sit on a terrace
and have a rest? Well, Caffe Ristorante KOGO is the best
choice. Our restaurant with a large terrace situated directly
in the historical centre of Bratislava offers a view on
Carlton hotel, the building of Slovak National Theatre
and the statue of a great Slovak poet P.O. Hviezdoslav.
Our cooks prepare meals from Mediterranean, mainly Italian
cuisine; using only fresh ingredients. You can choose
from 96 meals on the menu. Our specialty is home-made
pasta prepared in 35 various ways; then 8 kinds of risottos,
fresh fish and seafood; lamb, beef, and veal, and large
salads. Home-made bread baked daily in our restaurant
and extra virgin olive oil is served with the meals. Taste
of meal is always underlined by good wine, therefore we
have carefully selected a wide range of reputable Italian,
Slovak and world wines in our offer. Here you encounter
casual but highly professional and fast service. Come
and enjoy KOGO experience.
Our regular customers' the most favourite meals:
Starters: octopus a la chef
Soups: bean soup with pancetta
Salads: buffalo mozzarella with fresh tomatoes and basil
Pastas: pappardelle with lamb and tomato sauce
Risottos: risotto with mushrooms and risotto with seafood
Meat Main Courses: lamb or veal roasted in wood-burning
oven
Main Fish Courses: sea bass in salt crust/gilled
Sweets: ricotta cake with strawberries
Except regular daily offer we have special menu consisting
mainly of fish and seafood.
Restaurant's capacity: 46 seats inside,
80 seats on the terrace
Payments: all credit cards accepted
Caffe Ristorante KOGO is a branch of
successful Prague's restaurants KOGO. More information
on www.kogo.cz
What was written about us: Bratislava's
Newspaper, 11th May 2006: Kogo has immediately ranked
among the best…
As an indirect proof of increasing living standard in
Bratislava is a growing number of new restaurants opening
in the centre, while a few belong to the category where
a decent amount of money either in your wallet or on your
credit card is expected to posses. Only recently a new
restaurant of this kind has been opened on Hviezdoslavove
námestie (Hviezdoslav Square) - Caffe Risorante KOGO.
Each passer-by will certainly notice a sheltered summer
terrace. It reaches up the level where the pavement is
covered with cobblestones and because it takes a part
of the pavement with smooth surface, it is in contradiction
to the valid rules; particularly mothers with prams and
pushchairs surely curse the terrace in thoughts because
they have to walk around on a bumpy surface. Chairs are
comfortable, but tables are little bit small, though,
personnel when requested immediately pulled two tables
together to make a bigger one. Inner space of the restaurant
is divided into two parts separated by the passage which
joins the Square and the courtyard. One part consists
of a kitchen, bar, and toilets; the restaurant itself
is in two unequally large rooms in the second part. The
usage of the doors between the two rooms in the passage
is simplified by eye controls. The interior is stylish;
elegant mosaic in the bar goes smoothly from the walls
to the ground. The restaurant part is similarly arranged.
Earthly colours prevail, mainly shades of brown and yellow
with white; in some rooms also black. Menu is varied,
oriented unequivocally on Italian cuisine and the system
how the chapters in the menu are organized is also in
Italian style. Except usual starters, there is a special
chapter consisting only of seafood starters; then wide
range of pastas, eight kinds of risottos, also main courses
where a special chapter belongs again only to meals from
seafood. The choice of starters shows that the chef sets
a high standard. Excellent Italian bacon with toasts (128
Sk) and especially a large portion of tasteful grilled
octopus a la chef (346 Sk) proved high quality - we recommend
it not only as a starter. Mixed smoked fish in balsamic
vinegar (298 Sk) and bruschetta with roasted parma ham
and gorgonzola cheese (158 Sk) are pleasant-tasting, too.
All three chosen soups were delicious - bean soup with
pancetta (132 Sk), veal soup with vegetables and home-made
pasta (126 Sk), and tomato soup with pesto (116 Sk); from
home-made pastas, it was gnocchi with lamb and tomato
soup (296 Sk). Sirloin of argentinean beef (626 Sk) was
also toothsome and very well prepared grilled meat: veal,
beef, chicken, and sausages with roasted potatoes with
rosemary (68 Sk) as a garnish. Both meals were juicy and
medium done - according to our wish. Veal meat roasted
in wood-burning oven (468 Sk) was also nice, moreover,
the portion was so big that our colleague could not eat
it only himself. From main fish courses - Dorado royal
in salt crust/grilled (576 Sk) was simply perfect. Ricotta
cake with strawberries (112 Sk) and walnut cake with chocolate
cream (112 Sk) gave our visit an excellent ending. Caffe
Ristorante KOGO belongs to more expensive restaurants
but quid pro quo it offers high quality meals - especially
main meat courses. Service is quick and precise. If the
restaurant maintains the same level of quality, it will
have all preconditions to stand in competition among the
restaurants in the centre.
Our evaluation: 4 out of 5 stars
The restaurant was not informed about our visit in advance.
The editors paid all expenses.
