KURŠIS, kavinė-baras, Gražinos Starkuvienės firma — Restaurant in Neringa

The place has an interesting interior with cozy seats and it's open before the tourist season starts. That's the main positive things about this restaurant. The waitress who served us had the face expression of somebody, who was sentenced to death and suffers to be around people. I asked many questions about the menu and it seems like her knowledge was very limited. I asked about the fresh fish - basically I wanted to eat something, what was not frozen. First I heard, that everything is fresh, but after checking in the kitchen, it appeared that everything was frozen. I heard that there is "no fishing allowed in this area" - interesting to say in Nida by the end of April, when fishing season starting now. The rest of the experience was only worse. We got the fish burger, which was containing in 80% of coleslaw salad, absolutely no seasoning in fish (talking salt/pepper) and soggy bun with a teaspoon of mayonaise. We had a fried bread, which was nice, since it had cheese on top. We had a blynai which were served with really bad quiality smoked salmon and saved only by sourcream - after all soggy from fat potato pancakes were the least disgusting. Overall it was tragic food, soaked in fat with no seasoning, kitchen has no idea how to compose the flavours and it's just another tourist trap. Nida, you can do MUCH better, check for example Tik Pas Jona -...

Deutsch:

Ah, was für ein Erlebnis! Dieses Restaurant, meine Damen und Herren, könnte glatt als Drehort für einen Dokumentarfilm über die Verschwendung von Geld und Geschmack dienen. Schon beim ersten Blick auf die Gäste dachte ich, ich wäre in einer Show über „Möchtegern-Millionäre“ gelandet. Alles sah nobel aus – der Schein trügt aber, und zwar ordentlich.

Nun zum Essen. Wenn Fett ein Michelin-Stern wäre, dann hätte dieses Restaurant wahrscheinlich zehn davon. Das Essen trieft förmlich vor Fett, als würde man an einem Pommesstand im Hochsommer direkt neben der Fritteuse sitzen. Geschmack? Ach, da war doch was! Leider hat der irgendwo auf dem Weg von der Küche zum Tisch aufgegeben. Stattdessen bekamen wir ein labberiges Etwas serviert, das wohl mal Essen gewesen sein könnte – bevor es in Fett ertränkt wurde.

Die Wartezeit? Nun ja, ich hatte genug Zeit, mein Leben zu überdenken. Vielleicht hätte ich ein Studium in Ernährungswissenschaften machen sollen. Oder ein Nickerchen. Beides hätte produktiver und vermutlich auch befriedigender gewesen als das Warten auf unser „Festmahl“.

Am Ende des Abends war der einzige Geschmack, den ich hatte, der bittere Nachgeschmack des Geldes, das ich für dieses Erlebnis ausgegeben habe. Falls ihr euch also überlegt, dieses Restaurant zu besuchen: Es gibt viele andere in der Gegend, die euer hart verdientes Geld und euren Gaumen deutlich mehr zu schätzen wissen.

English:

Ah, what an experience! This restaurant, ladies and gentlemen, could easily be the set of a documentary about the waste of money and taste. From the first glance at the guests, I thought I had landed on a show about "wannabe millionaires." Everything looked fancy – but appearances can be deceiving, and oh boy, they certainly are here.

Now, about the food. If fat were a Michelin star, this restaurant would probably have ten of them. The food was literally dripping with fat, as if you were sitting at a fries stand in the middle of summer right next to the deep fryer. Taste? Oh, there was supposed to be some! Unfortunately, it must have gotten lost somewhere between the kitchen and the table. Instead, we were served a soggy something that might once have been food – before it was drowned in fat.

The waiting time? Well, I had plenty of time to reflect on my life. Maybe I should have studied nutrition science. Or taken a nap. Both would have been more productive and probably more satisfying than waiting for our "feast."

By the end of the evening, the only taste left was the bitter aftertaste of the money I spent on this experience. So, if you're thinking of visiting this restaurant: there are plenty of others in the area that will value your hard-earned money and your palate a lot more.

Russian (Русский):

Ах, какое это было впечатление! Этот ресторан, дамы и господа, мог бы с легкостью стать местом съемок документального фильма о том, как можно зря тратить деньги и убивать вкус. Уже с первого взгляда на посетителей я подумал, что попал на шоу про «мнимых миллионеров». Всё выглядело шикарно – но внешний вид, как выяснилось, может сильно обмануть.

Теперь о еде. Если бы жир был эквивалентом звезды Мишлен, то у этого ресторана было бы, наверное, десяток. Еда буквально текла жиром, как будто ты сидишь в жаркий день у фритюрницы в каком-нибудь ларьке с картошкой фри. Вкус? Ах да, должен был быть вкус! К сожалению, он где-то потерялся по пути от кухни к столу. Вместо этого нам подали какую-то размякшую субстанцию, которая когда-то, возможно, была едой – до того, как её утопили в масле.

Время ожидания? Что ж, у меня было достаточно времени, чтобы поразмышлять о своей жизни. Может, мне следовало изучать нутрициологию. Или вздремнуть. Оба варианта были бы более продуктивными и, вероятно, более удовлетворяющими, чем ожидание нашего «пира».

К концу вечера единственным вкусом, который у меня остался, был горький привкус потраченных на этот опыт денег. Если вы думаете посетить этот ресторан: есть множество других заведений в этом районе, которые гораздо лучше оценят ваши...

Simply terrible! Totally stuffed with tables to maximize the amount of people who can be fed with soulless tourist food at the same time. We first wanted to eat something, but after a short glimpse on the fatty dishes on the plates on the tables next to us, we decided to skip the idea. We only wanted to order two beers instead but this turned out to be pretty difficult as the waitress simply ignored us for 25 minutes. When she came to our table at last, she literally threw the menue on the table. No smile, no friendlyness, no welcoming word, no words at all. Ok!? Is this normal in Lithuania? When "Miss Speechless" returned to take our orders and we only asked for two beers, she asked "Only this?", followed by an arrogant and overbearing giggle. If it wouldn't have been cold and windy outside and if there wouldn't have been 40 more minutes to wait for the bus back to Klaipeda, I would have left this place immediately! Another mistake I made that day was to use the toilet at this unwelcoming place. It was simply disgusting. The floor was completely wet with water or urine (who knows?) and paper was wasted all over the place. Combined with the smell of urine, this place was hard to bare. Don't ever go there! The whole village of Nida is a terrible ripp-off tourist-trap and this restaurant is the cherry on top...