Barabulya

A three-level restaurant in the center of Sochi, offering stunning sea views. The restaurant specializes in various preparations and textures of horse mackerel.

It might seem unusual, even shocking, but horse mackerel can be prepared in many ways besides being fried. At the "Barabula" restaurant, with its panoramic terraces, this Black Sea delicacy is boiled, dried, smoked, added to fish soup, incorporated into salads, used in pasta, and even ground into a pâté. They also prepare it as tataki, smørrebrød, and even chebureks.

However, the menu offers more than just horse mackerel. There are also meat and poultry dishes, but the main focus is on fish and seafood. You'll find local fish like whiting, flounder, sargan, and sea bream, as well as imported oysters, shrimp, sea urchins, and crabs. It's definitely worth trying the dishes prepared on volcanic stones.

Be sure to try the locally produced canned goods: horse mackerel pâté and "shkara" (a type of smoked fish) made from sprat. The wine list features primarily Russian wines, and the menu provides recommendations for which wine pairs best with each dish.