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Vandenis

Restaurant

Informal Lithuanian dining in a cozy, low-lit space with music-themed decor & al fresco seating. People often mention good, staff, service, nice, quality, average, experience, taste,


Address

Birutės al. 47, 00135 Palanga, Lithuania

Website

www.vandenis.lt

Contact

+370 460 53530

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.40 (2.5K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Saturday: 9:30 am to 12 pm
  • Sunday: 9:30 am to 10 pm
  • Monday: 10 am to 10 pm
  • Tuesday: 10 am to 10 pm
  • Wednesday: 10 am to 10 pm
  • Thursday: 10 am to 10 pm
  • Friday: 10 am to 12 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: good (17) staff (10) service (9) nice (8) quality (7) average (7) experience (6) taste (6)
Reviews are sorted by relevance, prioritizing the most helpful and insightful feedback at the top for easier reference.
  • 1/5 Paulius L. 1 year ago on Google
    Famous and popular place in the past, known for good quality and price balance - not anymore! Good quality now is below average, however prices are on top range. Respect yourself and don’t waste your money. There is many other places around, where you can spend same amount of money for much better food quality, service and experience.
    9 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Kingsley C. 11 months ago on Google • 136 reviews
    Beautiful location and interior. Very well designed. The food and staff were decent. The atmosphere was a bit dead but that's because I visited during the off season. But I like the vibe of this place.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Ruta D. 9 months ago on Google • 40 reviews
    Score of three to reflect how average it is. We came with the family with a bit of expectation as we visited Vandenis 4 years ago. Perhaps the management or the owners changed but it's a different place now. It's much larger, well equipped and decorated (definitely lots of investment), but the menu gone down. It's largely traditional Lithuanian cuisine. Some dishes were good, but some very average. Our group was disappointed by service. Half of our table was still finishing our starters when all of our mains arrived. It felt they were rushing us out. Otherwise the service was good, just too efficient. If you want efficient and largely good food in a nice outside setting - that's the place for you. If you expect some special taste or meals - avoid it.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Gabrielius J. 1 year ago on Google • 85 reviews
    Loved the interior. Modern interior mixed with old style concert posters. Monkey 47 Gin cocktail was really well made. Only one spot better that made better gin tonics is Sanatorija Gin bar in Vilnius. Prices are higher than other places in Palanga to eat but portions, waiters are really good here. The only thing I missed was salt on my cepelinai and potatoes with my cold beet soup.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 SB G. 8 months ago on Google • 41 reviews
    This restaurant has become into something below average when it comes to food. We've been visiting very frequently in the past several years and the food has been ok before, however this year it's gone really bad. There is literally nothing to eat, dumplings always come cold, pasta always overcooked, fried bread never crispy, biggest joke is the "Caesars" salad which is just some regular salad with tomatoes. Everything hugely overpriced for what it is. Would not recommend.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Jelena S. 11 months ago on Google • 9 reviews
    Poor quality food and hugely overpriced for what it is. We were wondering if chef turned up to work that day. Staff were nice and polite but seemed stressed. It was sad to learn waiters have to pay customer walk out bills… we were only one evening in Palanga, so it’s a shame we spent it in this restaurant, we should have walked away.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 cristian r. 1 year ago on Google
    I went yestetday and ordered the pasta bolognese, it was the dryest suace i ever had and the meat was not mince, it was like powder, i am not italian, but im sure any italian would cry if they saw this dish. There was also some of the pasta was burned black, strange how the cook the pasta.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Rokas K. 1 year ago on Google
    Not many vegan options, but beet salad without feta was really good. Also bruschettas with tomatoes are nice.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Romanas V. 5 months ago on Google • 7 reviews
    Despite bad reviews, we were pleasantly surprised by the restaurant. Food was very good for our taste. Prices average for Palanga. So all in all a good place to eat.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Val S. 9 months ago on Google
    Great cafe-restaurant, helpful staff, tasty dishes, great atmosphere.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Saulė S. 2 years ago on Google
    Tasty food, big menu, cozy place, You need to reservade the table before coming if you Dont want to wait
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ieva G. 9 months ago on Google
    Beautiful location with a nice terrace, amazing place to eat! All meals we tried were delicious.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Eric 2 years ago on Google
    Following our first off-peak visit that we enjoyed immensely we decided to visit it again during peak hours, that did not go as well as our first visit. Service was less than perfect to say the least, we received our table water around half way through our meal although we requested for it to be served ASAP, our server seem to be all over the place and less than attentive to say the least, i assume because he was overstretched and as a resul we felt neglected, but worst of all he didnt even bother to advise us that BBQ chicken (saslykas) is served without any fries, rice or bread (that is a crime in itself) when he took our order and while he was as quick as he could be bringing fries (they are best fries i have ever eaten btw) we ended up eating chicken luke warm, our soup was also served luke warm and cheese balls (surio spurgos) was nowhere near as well made as the first time round, most likeley because kitchen was also overstretched. As a result i have downgraded our experience from 5 stars to 4 stars and i would advise to visit it off-peak time for best experience
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Izabella U. 11 months ago on Google
    Excellent food, customer service, prices. Recommend! Thank you.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Agnė K. 1 year ago on Google
    Food is good as always, but it was the staff that made our dinner amazing. Waitress with glasses was not only quick with the order but was also extremely sweet with our little boy.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tom K. 10 months ago on Google
    Very good and fresh food. Pleasant service and nice environment. Recommended.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 inga i. 1 year ago on Google
    Very cozy place near the seaside,big portions,tasty meals and nice waiters! Recommended!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Maria F. 1 year ago on Google
    Best breakfast place in Palanga!!! Kepti varskeciai is a must!!! Also good for lunch and dinner! Service is fast and polite, food is outstanding, cozy atmosphere, 5 * no doubt!!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Øystein B. 10 months ago on Google
    Great food, good prices, friendly staff and nice looking place. Very family friendly since they have their own playground!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nerijus D. 1 year ago on Google
    Very friendly staff, tasty food.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ugnė L. 1 year ago on Google
    Wonderful place! Our waiter was very professional and friendly, the food was delicious and in high quality. Also, we were really surprised how quickly the food was prepared and served to us. I recommend it 100% and definetely will come back!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 K i. 2 months ago on Google • 30 reviews New
    Very nice food, staff is a bit all over the place though, lacks experience probably

  • 2/5 ALNA 8 months ago on Google • 27 reviews
    Came with recommendation to have some lunch. Less than Average food + found a curly black hair in my soup that I had to pay for. 😏 Asked for butter, got the lard, that we ‘be refused right away, also had to pay for it. Won’t be back.

  • 5/5 Nora 3 months ago on Google • 9 reviews New
    Perfect place have a dinner at any time of a year. Delicious, always fresh food. Friendly staff.

  • 1/5 DAIMOND 1 year ago on Google
    one of the most best places that had good price to food ratio ruined with huge price tags and average food as others said. don't waste ur money and time here

  • 1/5 Ilona B. 1 year ago on Google
    Terrible service. Not enough staff. Never coming back. 4 tables around us complained about service and a wait time. Our food never came at all after 1 hour so we have to leave without eating. No apology was made by staff or manager.

  • 1/5 Ern G. 1 year ago on Google
    Saltibarsciai horrible old, rotten potatoes. Bad service. They look entitled. May too expensive. Kijevo kotletas i could get much better take anywhere else and cheaper. Overall taste does not meet the high price. Too overpriced. For rich fokes who dont understand taste.

  • 5/5 Paulius M. 1 year ago on Google
    Nice breakfast, but servers could smile a bit more. Nonetheless a great vibe with a great food. Service was also fine and in a timely manner. Recommended

  • 1/5 Edward R. 1 year ago on Google
    Got nothing to say about the food because we never got to taste it. We waited for more than an hour for the staff to completely fail to communicate to us that the food had already been prepared only for it to be forgotten on the pass and gotten cold. We had to chase them around to have some kind of update on our food. I don't blame anyone else but management and the poor quality of training to the young waiters, who clearly weren't enjoying their work with so many angry customers. Complete disaster of an avenue and they should be ashamed of the way their restaurant is performing. Such a pity since the location is fantastic and the overall space is gorgeous.

  • 3/5 Gytis G. 2 years ago on Google
    Sad experience, restaurant was understaffed. Waiters were exhausted, people angry that no one is bringing menu. After waiting 30min to get our order food came pretty quick, but that was another disappointing experience meat was really dry and not worth the money.

  • 3/5 Irmantas C. 2 years ago on Google
    High prices, food is very average, I thing do not pay your attention. There is a lot better place to eat and drink.

  • 5/5 Benux C. 1 year ago on Google
    Don’t always write positive reviews. But this is sad when the place has 4.4 stars and its nothing but great. Just like a great country of Ukraine.

  • 2/5 Kamilė D. 1 year ago on Google
    My family and I were visiting Vandenis on the 18th of July, 2022. The service was pretty good, waitresses were polite and working quickly. We only had to wait for a receipt for a little bit too long. However, the quality of food was poor. We ordered some starters, that was overpriced. Eventually, the cocktails that are very simple to make (aperol Spritz and Mojito) were very disappointing. Mojitos were made in very small glasses and Aperol Spritz was made in normal size glass but there was half of it in the cocktail glass. Price of the cocktail is from 9 to 12,5 eur so for such price you should make it proper size, taste and look.

  • 4/5 Elīna L. 5 months ago on Google • 1 review
    The atmosphere was good very nicely decorated. The cepelini were amazing, but the Kiev kotlet was not that good, quite dry and the salad was not good either.


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