Kiev

WOW! What a gem! I've lived in Pittsburgh for almost 4 years and just now made my way to Kiev. I've heard of this place, but some of the bad reviews turned me away from it. Well, I was absolutely impressed by the cleanliness of the store, freshness of the products, excellent organization, and superb service. Despite small size of the store, verity of meats/diary/preserved products/freezer items/etc was above and beyond. I've been to quite a few Eastern European stores all over the US and this one is definitely in top three (Kalinka in Miami still holds first place haha). I can't wait to go back there

Placed an order through GrubHub and 10 minutes after they confirm the order they called me and said they only have one of the three things we ordered. Didn't give me any options to change my order nothing I had them cancel it because it just wasn't worth it. I will not ever go here again

Really the only available Russian grocery store in pittsburgh, as far as I know. It is a small, hole-in-the wall store, but it is clean and well organized. However, it is a gem since you won't be getting these items anywhere else in pittsburgh. No fresh produce is available but these are the things they offer: dried goods, snacks, frozen dumplings and dessert, drinks, premade refrigerated meals, salted herring, smoked fish, canned fish, and lots and lots of pickles and sauces of all sort. The prices are quite decent and a moderate varieties of things.A big fan and will continue to go there!

Simple little Russian specialty store. They focus on wrapped candy, packaged sweets, kvas (root beer), canned sardines, and Russian style cured meats. I also noticed rye breads and pickled vegetables. In the refrigerator and freezer, I noticed brinza (a Russian cheese), spreads (such as Mediterranean caviar and mayo), horseradish, mustard, pelmeni, and blintzes. I recall seeing Olivie and other salads in my prior visits, but I did not see them during my most recent stop.All in all, it seems like a nice family run business to find those Russian specialties which are difficult to find elsewhere in Pittsburgh.

Kiev is the best Eastern European/Russian grocery store in Pittsburgh so far. It's clean, well-lit, the food is fresh and the people who work here are friendly. They have pelmeni, caviar, tvorog, a nice variety of kolbasa and salo, seaweed salad, freshly pickled cabbage and tomatoes. This is only place I was able to find that that sells pre-made Olivie (and it is delicious, a huge container of it is sitting currently in my fridge). There's also a wall with konfeti (candy) that you can buy by weight and make your own assortment. Bunch of pickled veggies, canned sardines and etc. The only thing that was lacking here was bread but I don't feel like it's a drawback since you can get most of your Russian-tasting bread at numerous Jewish bakeries up the street. They even have some greetings cards and Russian magazines and newspapers. And you can order birthday cakes here from a Russian bakery in NYC!

Our family buys in Kiev for many years and we love it very much. The food here is alway of the highest quality, fresh and tasty. Many items you simply cannot find in another shop! The service is outstanding - highly professional, warm and friendly... the customers are treated here like part of the family. I highly recommend this shop!

so, there are two post-Soviet stores of any significance in Pgh: Kiev and Natasha-Mama. The Ukrainian community knows them both. the former is a gem: clean, friendly, and with excellent service by one Olya. the latter is infamous for cheating their customers: the last three times I went there, I was cheated on twice (the usual scheme: they double charge you for just a few (out of several) items.) So, Kiev - good, honest, trustworthy; Natasha - cheating, scheming, double-charging. This I know now. lesson learned. Kiev = good; Natasha = bad.

We came to Pittsburgh for the day for a little break and found this store. The owners are so super friendly and kind. They had so many wonderful foods, teas, honeys, cheeses & meats, and sweets. They have amazing honey cakes (we got one but it never Meade it to our refrigerator, when we got home our kids devoured it immediately.)) Also, They have pelmeni! I love pelmeni but have never found it in stores. I am so happy to find them premade. I am eager to make these for my family. They had many of the foods I grew up with but have not seen in years aside from making them myself. My family celebrates vigilia for Christmas Eve and I usually have to order my ingredients on the Internet which can be very costly, but they have most of the ingredients (if not the actual premade foods) right there for half the price. We plan to return before the holiday season for sure! This place is worth a drive!

The store has a small selection of food. There is another Ukrainian store a block away that I would recommend and Kiev copies everything they do. Even the floor and the deli was copied from the store a block away. The employees were nice but not very interested in selling their products. Their prices were also steep compared to other Ukrainian grocery stores. Once again, Nataliya's a block away has wonderful prices and has good quality products. As far as quality, some of their items are good while others are bad. Overall, Nataliya's store is much better and I would recommend them.

The store seemed nice, had most of the basic things to satisfy your Ukranian/Russian food cravings, and the service was decent, but the quality of food has left me pretty disappointed. Maasdam cheese I got there is old, hard as a rock and does not taste anything like it should. I tried melting it, but it turned into something you wouldn't want to have anywhere near your mouth. Bread started getting mold the next day. Kozinaki smell like rancid seeds. Kolbasa gave me stomach ache. All of this made me afraid of eating skumbriya I got there. Tvorog and black currant varenye have been great, but they were pretty pricey. Overall, not going there ever again.