New restaurant to open in Chelyabinsk hotel after Oliver's lease ends
The restaurant «Oliver. Cosmos» will operate at the Ibis Styles hotel on Lesoparkovaya Street in Chelyabinsk until 28 February, after which a new holding company will take over serving the hotel and spa complex«s customers. This was reported to 74.RU by the complex»s general manager Alexandra Butueva.
«All restaurant venues that provide food for hotel guests, the spa complex, and city residents are transitioning to the management of the Life Easy Group holding, which already successfully runs the projects The Center, AMMA, »Olive« and »Milk«,» said Alexandra Butueva. «In the near future, the Cosmos restaurant will undergo a phased renovation of the hall, menu, and guest infrastructure. The goal set by the holding»s management is to preserve the atmosphere and values that guests love about this place, while simultaneously making it more modern, comfortable, and interesting for family recreation.«
The establishment will see a reconstruction of the children«s room and an update of the breakfast menu in a buffet format — so that it suits both family and business meetings.
«The restaurant at the »Khvoya« spa complex will retain its existing concept with a thematic coniferous menu and a healthy food menu,» assured Alexandra Butueva. «At the same time, the operating format will be refined to improve the quality of dishes and reduce serving time. Particular attention will be paid to service standards, speed, and kitchen stability. Moreover, the holding will introduce its own dessert production, and the dessert menu will be expanded — both for restaurant venues and for hotel and spa complex guests.»
The hotel emphasized that all restaurant venues will continue to operate, just in an updated format.
The legal entity of the Chelyabinsk Ibis Styles is LLC «Mi-Alliance», the company was registered in 2016, 54% is owned by the co-owner of «Atlantida-SPA» Ilya Bykov, 26% by Igor Anisimov, 10% each by Mikhail Timoshenko and Ekaterina Denisenko. The company«s official revenue for 2024 was 144.7 million rubles (approximately $1.6 million at current rates), net profit — 45.3 million rubles (approximately $503,000). The main owner of LLC »Termopolis« (Hwoya) is Ilya Bykov (54%), 36% of the company is held by Ekaterina Denisenko, 10% belongs to Mikhail Timoshenko. Official revenue in 2024 was 15.1 million rubles (approximately $168,000), net profit — 4.9 million rubles (approximately $54,000).
Recall that last week it became known about the closure of popular family restaurants. The «Oliver» in Parkovy stopped operating on 15 January. The project«s owner Ksenia Kozhevnikova explained on social media that it was closed for reconstruction. At the same time, information appeared that the »Oliver« located in the hotel on Lesoparkovaya would also close, but no details were provided. The restaurant»s kitchen was responsible for catering at the Ibis Styles hotel and the Hwoya spa complex.
LLC «Oliver» was registered in Chelyabinsk in 2015, its sole owner is entrepreneur Vladimir Kozhevnikov, who together with his wife Ksenia developed the restaurant holding 48 GROUP (which, besides «Oliver», includes Joy Cafe and the «Shakh i Myata» that changed owners in 2025). The company«s director is Victoria Dilman. The official revenue of »Oliver« in 2024 was 54.8 million rubles (approximately $609,000 at current rates), net loss — 8.8 million rubles (approximately $98,000). In the LLC »Oliver-Cosmos« that has existed since 2018, Vladimir Kozhevnikov has one employee (who is also the owner and general director), turnover is zero, loss for 2024 — 26 thousand rubles (approximately $289).
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