Zolota Forel restaurant, Korostiv

Korostiv, Lviv region, Ukraine

Zolota Forel (“Golden Trout”) is a restaurant and hotel complex in the village of Korostiv near Skole, right beside the Kyiv–Chop highway. Its heart is the family’s own trout farm on the Butyvlia mountain river: the fish are raised from the egg and then served in the restaurant that overlooks the ponds. The farm goes back to 1976; the current owners revived the ponds and the hatchery and turned them into a family-run place with a genuine farm-to-table concept. Many reviewers say their families have been coming here for more than ten years.

The setting is a Boyko village in a valley between forested slopes: wooden cottages, terraces above the water, log-built dining rooms, silence and the sound of the river. In summer the best seats are on the open terraces with views of the ponds and hills; in winter, in the warm timber-walled halls.

What to try

The main reason to come is fresh trout from the farm’s own ponds. It is served in several ways: grilled over charcoal, baked in homemade sour cream with herbs, with pine nuts, marinated in Carpathian herbs or hot-smoked. The farm is especially proud of its golden trout and sterlet, as well as the red trout caviar harvested twice a year. Guests recommend the rainbow-trout pâté with house-baked bread, the fish soup with croutons and salamur sauce, trout dumplings and potato pancakes with caviar.

Alongside the fish, the menu has Carpathian and Ukrainian classics: banosh, bograch, Ukrainian borshch with salo spread, creamy porcini soup, porcini in sour cream, homemade pickles and, for dessert, cherry strudel or cherry varenyky. The menu changes with the seasons and the local produce available. Sample prices from the menu – please check current prices at the restaurant: trout grilled or in sour cream about UAH 1,000 per kilogram of live weight, fish soup UAH 310, trout pâté UAH 330, banosh UAH 230, bograch UAH 360.

Experiences

Fishing in the ponds. Catch your own trout and ask the kitchen to cook it.
Farm tour. Guests of the complex can tour the trout farm, from the hatchery to the ponds.
Wood-fired hot tubs. Two open-air cast-iron chany filled with mineral sulphur water from the complex’s own well, followed by Carpathian herbal tea and honey.
For families. Large grounds, a playground, a children’s room and a kids’ menu.
Mountains nearby. The complex organises hikes up Mount Parashka, one of the best-known peaks of the Skole Beskids.
Farm shop. Take home cold-smoked trout, fresh sterlet, trout caviar, jams and herbal teas from the surrounding forests (delivery available).

Sample menu

Dish	Portion	Price, ₴
Signature dishes
Charcoal-grilled rainbow trout	1 kg	1 000
Rainbow trout baked in sour cream	1 kg	1 000
Trout prepared with pine nuts (cooking)	1 pcs	250
Juicy marinated trout	1 kg	1 900
Rainbow trout pâté	180 g	330
Fish soup with croutons, pâté and salamur sauce	430 g	310
Rainbow trout dumplings	220 g	270
Hot-smoked rainbow trout	1 kg	1 600
Hot-smoked sterlet	1 kg	2 000
Fisherman’s lunch (sharing platter)	2350 g	2 700
Гарячі закуски
Banosh	220 g	230
Porcini in sour cream	150 g	300
Soups
Ukrainian borshch with sour cream, salo spread and croutons	400 g	250
Creamy mushroom soup	300 g	250
Bograch	300 g	360
Desserts
Cherry strudel with vanilla sauce	210 g	320
Cherry varenyky with cream-and-cherry sauce	300 g	290

Prices according to expz.menu, October 2026; please check current prices with the restaurant.

Practical information

Address: 67 Ivana Franka St, Korostiv village, Stryi district, Lviv region.
Getting there: by car along the M06 (Kyiv–Chop) towards Skole, about 120 km from Lviv; the complex is right by the highway, a convenient stop on the way to Zakarpattia. The nearest railway station is Skole, a few kilometres away – take a taxi from there.
Opening hours: daily 08:00–22:00, breakfast 08:00–11:00.
Price level: above average for the mountains – budget roughly UAH 500–900 per person with a fish dish.
Reservations: +380 67 889 6999 (restaurant and hotel), +380 67 676 2909 (shop and delivery). Book ahead at weekends and on holidays.
Parking on site; the hotel and cottages are there if you want to stay the night.

Website and social media: zolotaforel.ua · instagram.com · facebook.com

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