The barrel was the calling card of Nalchik in the Soviet times. The most favorite place for vacationers. When the price of beer rose everywhere, a barrel always cost 25 kopecks. And suddenly the barrel caught fire at night and a new one was built in its place.

I really liked it! Interesting design of the establishment, pleasant unobtrusive but fast service, delicious food and very reasonable prices. We ordered noodles, pasties, khinkali, Caesar salad with shrimp, Caesar with chicken, local flatbreads without filling and with cheese and potatoes, I don’t remember the name, everything was very tasty and fresh. Glad we visited this establishment

Restaurant Bochka is another iconic restaurant in Nalchik, with a rich history. Almost half of the population of the USSR has photographs with a view of Bochka. I love this city and this Barrel.

A place where you can enjoy national cuisine - dalyamchiki, lakumchiki, the most delicate skewers of lamb backbone - all the dishes served are top notch. The menu is quite modest, BUT you get real pleasure from each of the dishes. The staff is so caring that it seems like we came to visit old friends, although in fact we were here for the first time. The waitress offered me her homemade honey for tea when she found out I was sick. A great place for intimate friendly gatherings. P.S. In my opinion, the motto of this place should be “Come into Bochka and you’ll be like a barrel” or something like that 😁

Perfect place. To love beer and not visit a barrel when visiting Nalchik is blasphemy. Delicious, inexpensive beer, lots of snacks. Very beautiful and cozy environment

Very nice place ,good beer

Found this place based on reviews and went for lunch. The waitress very politely warned that all the dishes from the menu were available, except for khinkali and chebureks. When ordering, it turned out that most of the menu could not be ordered either 🤦‍♀️ we chose from what was available and waited 40 minutes. The chicken and quail were delicious, but the so-called “pasta” on the menu is boiled corn porridge without salt or any spices, I don’t recommend it.

We were vacationing in Naltchik with my friend and stood in front of this beer barrel. It's a bar where you can drink beer... Looks very nice. It was even in the Guinness book for a while

Шикарное место, где пил пиво Путин и Медведев. Вкуснейшее нальчиковое живое пиво и сногшибательный шашлык из свежайшей баранины. Улыбчивые и шустрые официантки. Рекомендую всем.

(Translated by Google) Without Kuarkod, there is no entrance about vaccination, the guard immediately warns. Repairs are going on around. There is a parking lot, but under a barrier .. The cafe itself is interestingly decorated. (Original) Без Куаркода о вакцинации входа нет, сразу предупреждает охранник. Вокруг ремонтные работы идут. Парковка есть, но под шлагбаумом.. Само кафе интересно оформлено.

Great bar! Very friendly staff, very good food (xichini) and beer. Travelers from Slovakia. Well thank you

Хорошее кафе и ресторанчик. Уютные кабинки и хорошее обслуживание. Если вы захотите там посидеть достойный шашлык как и люляшки. Вода и пиво местное нальчикское.

Пришли первый раз и последний , официантки такие грубые , не подходят вообще два раза спустилась позвать их , бокалы с таким лицом мерзким кладут будто мы в ихний дом пришли , в итоге поднялась, я с ней разговариваю она проходит мимо с таким лицом типа даже не слышит , уровень на Ноль ( УЖАСНОЕ ОБСЛУЖИВАНИЕ !!! Аж настроение испортилось от ихний лиц 👎👎👎👎👎👎

Заходили с главного входа. Ждали минут 20 официанта. В итоге, шашлыка нет, сыра нет, мороженого нет.

Everything seems to be not bad, we wait a whole year for a vacation, we go here to a sanatorium and always come in for a glass of delicious beer, we met us and almost collapsed with the words there are no places, we left, maybe the management should consider how 3 years ago there were more seats so that people wouldn’t leave , and the staff were so-so 3 years ago they were friendlier, they can change them, apparently they’re stuck