Cafés in Satpayev & Republic Square

Abay Avenue

Abay Avenue is the area's café street. Shaden Coffee at Abay 47 is open 08:00–00:00 with tables inside and out, and Tomchi shares the address with outdoor seating; Degusto Coffee at Abay 95 and Trend also have terraces. Oysh Coffee is at Abay 30, Трдельник (Trdelnik) at 44 and Tang at 48/4.

Abylai Khan Avenue ends where it meets Abay, in front of the National Library, and the metro runs west beneath Abay Avenue on its way to Altynsarin Avenue.³⁴

Al-Farabi Avenue and brunch

Лето (Leto) at Al-Farabi 21, in AFD Plaza, belongs to the White Enterprise restaurant group and pitches itself at people grabbing a dessert and coffee on the way to a business meeting.⁵ It has Wi-Fi, outdoor tables and a brunch menu. MAMA's at Al-Farabi 34 opens on weekdays, 09:00–19:00, with Wi-Fi, and Sunset Cafe is at Al-Farabi 5.

Master Coffee at Seifullin 597v/1 combines a bakery counter with brunch, and Kind sells vegan pastries 10:00–19:00 every day.

Around the clock

Violet at Zein Shashkin 5V is open 24 hours, with Wi-Fi and brunch at any hour. Nearby side streets hold smaller places: Petit at Baiseitova 45, Кофейня La Famille at Musrepov 22, Table 61 at Gandhi 11/1, Chaos at Sholom-Aleichem 21 and Arabica Coffee & Kitchen at Nauryzbay Batyr 127.

Students and the square

The square is also where the city celebrates: the first Nauryz (spring new year) festival was held there on 22 March 1992, and a parade on 16 December 1996 marked five years of independence.¹

Satbayev University's library, founded with the institute in 1934, holds more than two million books, its reading rooms seat 1,650 people, and its computer rooms another 500.² In 2015 the square was entered on the state list of local historical and cultural monuments.¹ On the square itself, 70 Tien Shan firs were planted along the walkway in 1981; many were cut down when an underground shopping center was built there between 2007 and 2012.¹

For late hours in this part of town, Shaden Coffee on Abay serves until midnight and Violet never closes; Art cafe Muse is on Seifullin Avenue at 574/2.