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PANK'olis Quadrum

Pay-by-weight self-service canteen in the Quadrum business district of Vilnius: a broad spread of salads, soups and hot dishes for a quick, customizable breakfast or lunch.

Updated Jun 20262 min read·1 sections

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The short version

✓A pay-by-weight self-service spot — build a plate exactly the size you want.
✓Wide, varied spread of salads, soups and hot dishes for a quick breakfast or lunch.
✓In the Quadrum business district on Konstitucijos Avenue, near Konstitucijos.
✓Pleasant, helpful service and a cosy interior.
✓Busy and lively at the lunch rush — energetic, occasionally noisy.

Build your plate, pay by weight

PANK'olis Quadrum is a pay-by-weight canteen in the Quadrum business district on Konstitucijos Avenue, north of the river — the kind of fast, flexible spot office workers rely on for a quick breakfast or lunch. The format is the appeal: a broad self-service spread of salads, soups and hot dishes, and you pay for the weight of whatever you load onto your plate, so you can graze across several things when you can't decide.

Regulars praise the variety and the genuinely interesting dishes alongside the everyday staples, plus pleasant, helpful service and a cosy interior that lifts it above a typical canteen. The catch with big plates is that it's easy to overfill them, so a lighter hand keeps both the portion and the bill in check.

Come at peak lunchtime and expect a bustle — it gets busy and a little noisy, which some read as chaos and others as energy. For a fast, customizable, well-priced midday meal away from the tourist trail, it does the job nicely.