Bar "Library" in Samara is a fashionable institution in the city with a vintage interior in the spirit of an apartment of Soviet intellectuals, a large number of books and a pleasant twilight.
An art restaurant - that is how they began to call this place after the birth of the project “Thursday in the Library”. This project owes its appearance to the creative evenings that were held within the walls of the "Library" every week. So a new format appeared - a theater-restaurant, where performances have been going on for more than one season.
Useful information
The restaurant bar "Library" in Samara is located at 40 Galaktionovskaya Street, not far from Alabinskaya and Rossiyskaya metro stations.
The bar is open seven days a week. From Monday to Thursday, the doors are open from 15:00 to 02:00. On Fridays and Saturdays - from 15:00 to 06:00, on Sunday - from 15:00 to 02:00.
Prices in the institution can be called high, the average bill is about 1,500 rubles. For a glass of beer will have to pay 260-350 rubles.
The library bar in Samara adheres to European, Thai and Japanese gastronomic traditions.
It has a fairly tough face control.
Services
In the daytime and evening on weekdays, the restaurant invites you to spend time at lunch and dinner, choosing dishes and drinks from a wide range.
At night, an influx of party people on DJ sets is expected. No less influx of guests during live broadcasts of matches. Here everyone who does not want to be sick alone at home in front of the TV sets, but wants to share the excitement with friends and a glass of beer. The bar will be interesting to hookah lovers.
In the bar "Library" (Samara) you can order home-style dishes.
Kitchen
The menu bar "Library" (Samara) presents all the traditional sections:
- Hearty salads.
- Snacks
- Soups
- Light salads.
The bar menu has a large number of types of wines - about 100, varieties of craft beer - more than 100.
And now about the positions from the menu with prices. The most popular salads in the library bar in Samara:
- Warm salad with chicken liver - 500 rubles.
- Caesar with chicken - 460 rubles.
- Caesar with shrimp - 580 rubles.
- Greek traditional salad - 300 rubles.
- Beetroot salad with arugula - 490 rubles.
- Seafood Salad - 670 rubles.
- Warm salad with scallop -760 rubles.
Of the soups, visitors most often choose:
- Cream soup with porcini mushrooms - 310 rubles.
- Chicken soup with homemade noodles - 200 rubles.
- Miso with salmon - 220 rubles.
- Ear with salmon - 290 rubles.
- Minestrone vegetable - 250 rubles.
- Onion soup - 200 rubles.
Especially in demand among guests are snacks:
- Cheese plate with grapes, nuts, honey (dor blue, parmesan, maasdam, mozzarella, buffalo) - 780 rubles.
- Caprese (mozzarella, tomatoes, pesto sauce) - 470 rubles.
- Tuna carpaccio - 590 rubles.
- Salmon Carpaccio - 510 rubles.
- Tuna tartar - 590 rubles.
- Mussels in a creamy garlic sauce - 250 rubles.
As always, Japanese dishes are in special demand:
- Classic and branded rolls - from 100 to 450 rubles.
- Warm rolls - from 310 to 450 rubles.
- Sushi gunkan - from 80 to 120 rubles.
- Sushi nigiri - from 90 to 120 rubles.
- Japanese noodles (buckwheat, glass, wheat) with beef / chicken / shrimp / vegetables) - from 220 to 350 rubles.
Fans of Italian cuisine are attracted by:
- Carbonara paste - 300 rubles.
- Spaghetti "Sea" - 480 rubles.
- Penne rigate - 340 rubles.
The guests are especially interested in burgers (with chicken, salmon, minced turkey, veal) - from 260 to 330 rubles.
Among desserts - traditional strudel (apple, pear, cherry - 260 rubles), assorted cheesecakes - 250 rubles, ice cream - 120 rubles, fruit plate - 690 rubles.
Reviews on the library bar in Samara
The restaurant guests approve of the institution’s concept, they like an unusual stylized interior, great dishes, theatrical atmosphere, dissimilarity to other bars, great music, a large selection of delicious dishes (especially tartar with tuna, rolls, cheeses, burgers, beer), great business lunches. The institution has many regular customers who are happy to spend time here in parties. Hookah is also praised for its good hoods, thanks to which the smell of smoke is not felt even with a large number of smokers.
The disadvantages include rather high prices, the lack of call buttons for personnel and draft beer, too loud music that prevents people sitting at the same table, insufficiently attentive waiters without smiles on their faces, small rooms and cramped spaces. They also find flaws in the kitchen: it is more shaped for drinks than as an independent story, cocktails leave much to be desired, bartenders refuse to mix complex cocktails and are asked to order another one, Japanese food is far from real, many dishes are frankly tasteless. The place is more suitable for hanging out youth, in fact, it makes up the bulk of visitors.