The best restaurants Russia

The terrace with bay windows at the Ritz has the most beautiful view of the Kremlin! So of course it's very expensive, just have a plate. The French chef and his Italian sous-chef compose a rather international menu, which however has some Japanese specialities. An aquarium has been installed so that you can choose and even fish the seafood you are going to eat! It's best to book and dress a little for this very select place. Don't hesitate to drop by for an author's cocktail created by the head bartender.

This restaurant in the Akademia chain (12 sites in Moscow) offers good value for money for breakfast to take on the days of visit. The location of the hotel is excellent. The food is good and varied, the Art Nouveau decor and the large glass windows make it possible to take up forces before further visits.

The Cabinet (to be heard including desks, not toilet of course), is a good news address, close to Bolchoi and the north wall of the Kremlin (with a huge statue of Marx). The place is trendy perhaps a little too, but Italian food Russian fusion is very correct, yet affordable.

The cheburek, like the brick, is a fried laminate filled with meat. Okay, Dr. Dukan doesn't recommend it before bedtime, but it's good, hot and portable fast food. In this restaurant (which is a bit like a train station buffet), you can find a whole crowd who come quickly to eatone of the best cheburek in town for a few rubles. To eat on the spot (bad wood tables and plastic decoration) or to take away.

This restaurant makes a mockery of Moscow's elite. Oblomov, the 19th century character celebrated in Goncharov's novel of the same name, is bored and lazy - a metaphor for Russia at the time, when Europe is in the midst of a revolutionary upheaval. In the restaurant, you lie down in soft sofas, and are served Russian cuisine by the chef Pavel Kirillov, including game, while waiting, in the softness and warmth of a cosy room, for the end of the world. The place is particularly famous for its dessert menu.

This restaurant has a large, airy room, and in the summer a terrace with wicker chairs in the patio of the restaurant. Before dinner you can play backgammon, chess, badminton or table tennis while the children have access to the slide, swing and even a hammock. Its chef, Iso Dzadaeva, says he only cooks according to his Georgian grandmother's recipes. As is often the case in the restaurants of the Ginza gastronomic group, the quality of the products is top-notch. In short, we live and eat well in Elardzhi!

John Donne manages the feat of being one of the most crowded restaurants in the neighbourhood at night when the competition is tough! The place makes a point of always having something to celebrate or an event that the crowds want to enjoy. On game nights, the restaurant turns into an Irish pub; in the summer, you can enjoy the bistro-style terrace. After midnight, you can dance the night away like in an American rock club. And, at all hours of the day, you can enjoy excellent food with a mix of Russian and Anglo-Saxon influences.

The restaurant "Russkiy Dvorik" transports its guests back several centuries. The interior of the restaurant is designed in the style of late classicism. The interior decoration is historically accurate, the waiters in folk costumes offer you all the flavors of a real Russian hut. Chef Andrey Louzin revisits traditional Russian cuisine to make Instagrammable dishes. Breakfast menus are named after famous Russian artists, from Chekov to Chaliapin. The whole thing is enjoyable and the dishes delicious.

Another good representative of the new wave of modern bakeries. Attention! Do not look for a sign that says "Volchek", all establishments are called "Bulochnaya №" followed by its number (Булочная №..). Volchek is the last name of the creator of the brand, which has a hundred bakeries in the city (108 in all). This is your neighborhood address specializing in pastries and breads. Always fresh and close by, most establishments have seating. You'll enjoy it every time.

Community is the niche of a dinner that lasts all evening and turns into a Lounge evening. The setting is absolutely extraordinary (take the time to look on the internet to get an idea) and succeeds in creating an intimate space for the guests while providing a beautiful stage and enough space for the live musicians and DJ sets that play there in the evening. The food is exceptional and plays with all the senses, taste and colours. To top it all off, the cocktails, alcoholic and non-alcoholic, are masterfully crafted.

You will never go by chance to this restaurant, located in the middle of nowhere in Moscow's East. But if you are eager for Russian regional cuisine, here is a very authentic restaurant of the Tatar community. The place also seems to be the center of Tatar activities in the capital and you will often arrive in the middle of a wedding, birthday or concert! Try the lamb and raisin pilaf, chicken sadj, fried kystybaï pancakes and the famous chak-tchak and baoursaki for dessert!

Gastroli offers gastronomic dishes (the fish is wonderfully well cooked) and an excellent selection of wines and cocktails at very reasonable prices. The decor is particularly well done, a DJ perched high in a wooden booth gently lifts the mood with an excellent selection of music. The meeting point of those who make the local hype in this strategic district (between Liteyny prospekt and the Fontanka quay). Book a table by the window to enjoy the view of the beautiful church in front of the restaurant.

At the entrance of WinZavod, this small restaurant run by a young and friendly team offers excellent Russian and Georgian cuisine (we recommend the Georgian set and the lobio). The place is particularly suitable for a quick break between two exhibitions. The menu is prolific and inexpensive, the dishes served quickly are fresh and tasty. For a quieter break, the café is also popular for its tea offer and good desserts. Another strong point of the place: its large shaded terrace for the beautiful days.

You will come to this restaurant especially for its location and its terrace nestled in the greenery. Not that the kitchen is of poor workmanship but it is surpassed by the setting. An ideal place to laze around in the deckchairs enjoying a delicious view of the Hermitage Park and an excellent option for an aperitif before a show at the Nouvel Opéra located directly behind the restaurant. Be careful, you pay full price for the setting and you need to be patient in case of heavy crowds.

Created by Oleg Menshikov, this restaurant was one of the first to become a speciality of Siberian cuisine among the gourmets of the capital. He had enjoyed it so much during a film shoot in Krasnodar that he decided to share it with Muscovites. A cuisine and products that are now very fashionable. The main room plunges us into the cosy lounges with subdued lights and walls lined with the large Russian residences of the end of the 19th century. The menu changes throughout the year according to the authorized hunting and fishing periods

Named "The Soviet Era", this cheburechnaya announces the colour, which is reflected in the tone of its decoration: posters delivering Lenin's messages, covers of old editions of Pravda on the wall or a logo featuring the sickle and hammer, the Soviet imagination is revived from the comfortable distance of today. In fact, this restaurant has been in existence since the fall of the Wall and since then its prices have been successfully aimed at the popular masses. Thus, it is less than 100 RUB for a shot of vodka with its pickle.

Fun atmosphere for lovers of healthy food and fusion, with a strong Asian inspiration. The menu offers a wide choice, including several vegetarian options, always welcome in Moscow. The dishes are good, fresh, and the open kitchen inspires confidence. Finally, the room is colorful and cosy, giving in to what is fashionable in the millenials nowadays. You are advised to try one of the delicious siphonful whole fruit teas offered by the restaurant. All in all, an imaginative place that will be good for both stomach and eyes.

It's the friend of the fringe and the nocturnal! Kroshka Kartoshka is a sign that you will find everywhere in town: in tourist places and outdoors, and elsewhere. The recipe is simple: large baked potatoes in an alu paper which are composed according to 4 bases: Greek (with fresh cream and pickles), butter and chives, butter and cheese (our favorite and that of most aficionados) and finally butter and meat. You then dress the beautiful meat, vegetables, condiments and sauces at the choice, and accompany the whole of a good beer or lemonade. Much more effective than a Red Bull and much more comforting and tasty! Ah, for your ruling, Kroshka Kartoshka means "Little Potato." But, as you will have understood, this is an emotional turn that confines itself to the litote.

A true Petersburg institution, this canteen specializing in pirozhkis (filled rolls) has been open since 1956. The director Valeria Nikolayevna, despite her venerable age (she stopped counting at 75), has been faithful to the post since 1983 and strictly follows the traditional process of their production. The dough for the pies and pirozhkis is always freshly made in the morning, the classic pirozhkis with meat or cabbage are succulent and generously filled. So local!

This ice cream parlour's exclusive creations are full of unexpected flavours: fresh cinnamon cream, green olives or cep cream. It's so unusual that we'll either love it or hate it, but we'll remember it for sure! Each ball is served separately to avoid confusion of tastes. The service, a little "old-fashioned" Soviet-style, is not very warm but it is part of the decorum of this institution (and saves on tips!). Another specialty of the house: Italian desserts.

The spot to enjoy good food on the go(streetfood as we say nowadays) oriental, Maghrebi and Jewish. To taste on the spot or to take away. On the menu, the must-try dishes: falafel, shawarma, tchakchouka and much more. In the evening, especially on weekends, the café becomes a popular bar for young people. The newest establishment of the same team, Babaganoush, is similar to Bekitser but in a "pita bar" version. Bekitser has several spots in the city, the addresses are available on the site.

On cold days in the northern capital of Russia, nothing warms the hands and heart like a hot soup! This small café offers some very good ones as well as sandwiches (ciabatta, roll or classic sandwich) and coffee to go. The menu changes daily and offers 5 soups, each with at least one vegetarian, one meat broth and one exotic, with herbs, spices and other tasty additives. Very practical for a quick, healthy and inexpensive break.

Garage café built in the middle of nothing in the summer of 2015, in an abandoned yard, and quickly became a beautiful and trendy place. The American industrial style is very successful with a large pool table in the middle of the room, beautiful vintage motorcycles. The large windows and the huge courtyard promise pleasant moments in summer. The menu is without fuss with pizzas, salads, some Asian dishes, good breakfasts, draught beers, wine and strong alcohol. On weekends, it is often packed with a rather young and local crowd.

It's a smart address with a very good value for money! Alone, planted on the banks of the clean pond, this restaurant with its wooded decor is not too difficult to find. Given its friendly location and its extraordinary terrace in good weather, the prices displayed for their cuisine are very honest. You can even get discounts on the menu if you arrive at off-peak times. We therefore advise you to use this place, which is always open, both for a break during the day in a pleasant setting and to eat there.

From the street, it is impossible to imagine that inside is a two-storey restaurant-bar dedicated to Portuguese gastronomy. Tawny Bar is a tribute to the Portuguese culture. The walls are decorated withazulejos, a statue of the Virgin Mary watches over the place in a bottle-shaped niche. The lower courtyard of the building serves as one of the most romantic terraces in the city, bathed in greenery and climbing plants. Reservations are recommended for the terrace.

If you have already tried all kinds of Russian specialties and are in the mood for a different kind of cuisine, Duo Asia is on everyone's lips for lovers of exotic fusion cuisine. Headed by the famous chef Dmitriy Blinov, the establishment is resolutely contemporary with its kitchen open to the room, where an experienced team is busy before your eyes. Each dish is as tasty for the eyes as it is for the taste buds. Duo Asia offers a beautiful wine list of the world, and especially of France.

The house specialty: juicy and tender ribs of beef or pork cooked to your liking with pepper, smoked, barbecue, maple syrup, grilled... Good American-style steaks, a few finely executed burgers or soups, salads and meat snacks. And don't forget to drink local craft beer. The industrial style with the neon decor makes us feel like we're in a 1990's Hollywood movie. Simple, efficient and so good that we lick our fingers!

One of the flagship buildings of the new eco-neighborhood and cultural project on the island of New Holland (pronounced Novaya Gollandiya), which is called Bouteille (or boutilka), houses a dozen restaurants that are open every day. The choice is impressive: Hagao (Chinese), Zita & Gita (Indian), Surf Coffee, Roumochnaya(pelmenis and nastoikis), Oggi Bistro (Italian food), Bekitser (Israeli street food), Dzamiko (Georgian food), Ronny (Californian-style Japanese), Island Poke & Bowls (Californian bowls and Hawaiian poké).

An island of calm, good taste and well-balanced small dishes. There are breakfasts (fruit compote and jams, pastries, sirnikis - dairy products -, scrambled eggs, etc.), sandwiches, pasta, soups and other dishes of the day, the menu changes very often. As far as drinks go, you won't be surprised to be in the coffee kingdom. Taste the famous Raph coffee, a speciality created in Moscow in the 1990s and so popular with the discerning palates of St. Petersburg. The music selection is as refined as the coffee blends on offer.

What could be better than a cup of tea or coffee and a good book? A good hot drink accompanied by hundreds of books, surrounded by an educated audience, in a quiet place but with a view of the lively streets of the city through a huge bay window! This is the concept of this little dream café nestled in the Podpisnye izdania bookstore, which has existed since 1926 (and for 30 years at this address). It is one of the most beautiful and oldest independent bookshops in the city. A peaceful and bright literary oasis, 200 m from Nevsky Prospect

The name of this Georgian restaurant comes from the eponymous Caucasian tarragon, a spice inseparable from Georgian cuisine. It is also the name of a tarragon elixir-based soda created in 1887 by the pharmacist Laguidze, so popular in the countries of the former USSR. For those who are interested in Georgian gastronomy, the menu is illustrated with (beautiful) photos of the dishes on offer, very useful for making your choice. Meat lovers will be delighted with the famous shashlikis, those skewers whose meat is marinated, seasoned and cooked slowly over a wood fire.

Not surprisingly, we come here to taste authentic pizzas and homemade beers. The owners team up with the local craft brewery AF Brew, which offers more than 70 types of beer (bottles and draught). Pizza is like in Naples, with a tasty fine dough and toppings staged like works of art in shimmering colours, the fruit of the inspiration of the pizzaiolo artist in the oven. The raw foundry walls are adorned with artistic frescoes combining sailor tattoos, pious images and Mafia imagery.

Zodiac proves that you can be an Asian restaurant located in a shopping mall (ground floor, a little hidden to the left of the entrance) and have standing. In fact, the restaurant is the favorite of many Muscovites, thanks to its modern and pleasant setting, its wide menu that picks from different Asian cuisines (including sushi) and especially thanks to the fact that each plate that comes out of the kitchen is a culinary slap in the face. Moreover, when you leave the kitchen, besides having enjoyed the meal, you don't regret the amount of the bill which is very reasonable.

Vai Me is part of another Georgian fast food chain, which, as you can see, is quite popular in the capital. The strength of this chain, which makes it one of the best in the capital, is a very good quality/price ratio: its cuisine, khachapuri, khinkali in mind, its staff helping out with tourists, its maps translated into English (with even gluten-free choices!) and a friendly setting. In short, it's a smart choice between two museum visits! We like the cheese khachapuri with an egg.

The Michelin-starred establishment, itself part of the White Rabbit group of restaurants and bars, is decorated in a chic industrial style with large windows. It is very popular with Moscow bobos and influencers. This pillar of bistronomy offers an original menu and a rather interesting quality/price ratio. On the whole, it is a very good address, with affordable prices for its standing. It is worth noting the chef's very nice cocktail menu to go with it all!

The Benedict Café is one of the best places in Moscow to start your day. It is located in the Atrium shopping mall. The menu of the house, prepared by the Chef Anatoly Kazakov, offers breakfast hits from all over the world (egg suitable for all sauces, pancakes, blinis, kasha... ). Moreover, the concept is very urban, you can have breakfast there at any time (for example when you wake up at 4pm the day after a club trip). We recommend it for aweekend brunch.

As its name suggests, the restaurant specializes in the must-have of big cities: the homemade burger! The decor, laid out in a London loft style with red brick walls, is very classic for this kind of place. On the other hand, the atmosphere is friendly: the room fills up quite quickly during the week and at weekends thanks to the students who have made it their favourite place for an evening with friends. As a result, we are a few years younger for a meal and we have a very good value for money.

Still little known, the Mission restaurant contributes to the mission of proselytizing vegans on the Moscow population. Mission's efforts are focused on ethical food, which is also not very popular in the capital region. This includes numerous readaptations of well-known European and American dishes with vegan sauce and a long offer of ethical craft beers (16 in all). So it's a good spot for vegan apprentices or mixed couples with grumpy husbands who don't want to give up their habits.

A no-frills, popular and democratically priced café serving Russian cuisine. Ask for the daily lunch menu (from noon to 5pm) or choose from the à la carte menu, you won't be disappointed. The wide choice of zakouskis and buterbrods will whet your appetite! Try the local fried Brynza sheep cheese with cranberry jam. Pay attention to the colourful mosaic sign on the wall, which is a real Soviet-era sign found by chance during the construction of the restaurant.

For breakfasts (blinis), meals or simply take a coffee. The price is reasonable and the atmosphere is pleasant.

Very popular, this restaurant offers an impressive choice of rich Russian dishes. The frame is nice with its vaulted rooms.

Take a few euros per person for a rich snack. A small retrait café, with a small terrace for the beautiful days. Blinis (all thin and thick pancakes as we know them) are varied and a little fat, pirojkis not bad. There are no alcoholic drinks but kefir (sour milk).

In any case, you will go to the Garage, a modern building nestled in the heart of Gorky Park. It is indeed the site of the Garage Museum, one of the city's famous contemporary art spots. The restaurant deserves a special mention because the locals treat it as such. Often Muscovites come to the Garage just to have a drink (including one of their delicious cocktails) or to eat good and cheap food in a charming industrial setting. The space opened by bay windows overlooking the park is exceptional, even more so in winter.

An Siberian restaurant whose atmosphere, very joyful in the evening thanks to its typical orchestra, overlooks the cold cold of the Far East. The decoration, with its many matriochkas and wooden cooking utensils, is a success. The kitchen, finally Russian national, is excellent, and prices do not exceed $ 5 for a dish.

Located in the Sakhalin-Sapporo hotel, a westernized restaurant. Reasonable price, from $ 2 to $ 6 per dish.

As its name suggests, Wine&Crab bases its menu on wine and crab combinations. The concept is effective, the result excellent and the Michelin-rated establishment has built up a solid reputation. The decoration, reminiscent of a wine cellar, gives even more cachet to the services of its wine waiter who will personalise your menu on request. This service makes the place a good candidate for birthdays, romantic dinners and special occasions. The ambition is not to offer high gastronomy, so don't worry for those who go there as tourists.