Come and Stay

championship-level filter coffee (Ukrainian aeropress champion barista) and the signature coffee lemonade

Small specialty cafe with clean coffee and friendly service. A few seats inside. Best mornings; it gets busy later.

Come and Stay is a well-regarded specialty coffee shop in central Kyiv, located in a courtyard off Velyka (Bolshaya) Vasylkivska Street near Lev Tolstoy Square metro, with a small pastel-toned interior decorated with real flowers and a long couch. It is known for quality coffee — the baristas reportedly include a Ukrainian aeropress brewing champion and a pour-over specialist — and a signature 'coffee lemonade' blending cold coffee, currant and lemon. The food offering is pastry-led: brownies, biscuits, a chocolate ganache tart with salted caramel, cheesecakes and savoury quiches. Seating is limited, matching the curator's note of 'a few seats inside.' This corroborates the curator's description of a small specialty cafe with clean coffee that is best in the mornings.