Even if you stay in Odessa apartments for rent and have a kitchen at your disposal, have time to visit some restaurant to taste genuine home-style cuisine. The best choice is Odessa restaurant “Kompot” which in Russian means a drink made from various boiled fresh or dried fruits and berries with sugar. BTW, in Soviet times it was the most common non-alcoholic drink served in cheap restaurants and cafes. But the restaurant “Kompot” offers the most delicious meals from the Soviet times, for example, home-made pelmeni in the broth with fresh sour cream. Another bestseller of the restaurant is cherry strudel and cappuccino that is much bigger than usually served in Ukrainian cafes. You can see and taste there dishes unlikely served anywhere else in the city, like thick sauces and sour cream in simple glass jars, and sugar in classic Soviet tumblers.