The best restaurants Moscow (Москва)

Here you are in the heart of a veritable Ali Baba's cave, created by the cartoonist Andrei Biljo. Each of the dining rooms has its own atmosphere. A candy rose with old dolls and nostalgic dinners serves the tea room. The large room, where old transistors, improbable fountains and papier-mâché statuettes are piled up, is the dining room. The menu is inspired by the Soviet era. Reservations are required, especially for live music concerts. Thursday is "Back to the 90's" evening, where you can dance the night away.

If it is disputable that the cuisine offered here is typical of the Odessa region, the quality of the dishes is beyond discussion. We eat well at Mama! Grilled or breadcrumbed fish, chicken stuffed with dried apricots, makaroni po-flotski (macaroni with herbs and beef). Very successful, the industrial decoration of the room, on two levels, is well it, a reminiscence of the atmosphere of the port of Odessa. We find a piece of Ukraine in Russia, this time in accordance with international law.

This chain (23 restaurants in all Moscow), whose name is a aptly corresponding to the cow's meuglement that orne the entrance of each restaurant, is one of the favourite formulas of the Moscow. In a warm, lively and family atmosphere, the dishes are chosen as in a self, tray by hand. Often crowded at lunchtime, there is calm in the morning and evening. This is a good place to taste Russian salads, such as pineapple chicken salad and "fur herring". A choice of good grill, cooked in front of you (especially beef, as the name of the restaurant indicates). There are traditional Russian drinks, the jaws (berry juice), kvas and tea.

It is one of the big Japanese chains of suchi. Its restaurants are very simple, the menu is varied and the prices are reasonable. It's probably not the best Japanese restaurant in Moscow, but surely the cheapest, Muscovites love it and they come with their families. For children, apart from special menus, there are aquariums with fish, pencils to draw, they love it! This chain is mostly present in the vicinity of Moscow and is a safe and cheap value when you do not want to bother.

If Café Bosco does not stand out for the originality of its cuisine(as in many restaurants, it is a joyful fusion of Italian, European and Russian), its location in GUM and the quality of the service make it an ideal place to stay. In summer, its terrace overlooking Red Square offers without a doubt the best view of the historic heart of Moscow. You have to add a little bit on the bill, but its setting is worth it, especially for a first visit to Moscow. We recommend their huge lattes and their fancy pies.

A rather atypical café for this area, it is part of a chain of 5 Moscow establishments. If your soul requires something real, simple and local, then you won't find better. Delicious cheburekis for 70 rubles with a good glass of cold kvass or kotleta (meatball) with homemade mashed potatoes, all accompanied by a glass of vodka or even vodka arranged with pepper for 230 rubles. In the evening, it is usually crowded, for a good reason: once inside, you don't want to leave!

What can he hide behind this mysterious name (phonetic transcription of "Cocorico" in Russian) apart from breakfast? But even more breakfasts! The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, 24 hours a day. A real boon for revellers or tafeurs who don't have an hour. The menu consists of breakfast from all four corners of the world and offers no less than 27 different cooking.

It is one of the creations of Alexander Rapoport, an influential restaurateur in Moscow who is often recommended to tourists. Located in the building of the legendary National Hotel, it is a restaurant with an Art Deco decor: white and red tables and seats surrounded by statues, marble works of Soviet artists, marble also on the walls and painted ceilings. The room is sometimes a bit noisy. We recommend the three-meat dumplings with crushed ice and oysters from the Sakhalin Islands, on the borders of Japan.

This very chic Scandinavian restaurant is a nice place for lunch. A large dining room, small alcoves for lovers, or private squares for dinner between friends, without forgetting the tree terrace, Scandinavia wanted to create different atmospheres to satisfy a clientele of wealthy Russians. And it's very successful, intimate and warm at a time. Swedish cooking and grilled fish are served. Better booking before traveling. You can also spend any time in the day for a Swedish sandwich, bar or terrace.

A proud representative of the new breed of Georgian restaurants with stereotypical decor, Genatsvale threatens to take over the entire street as the management expands its operations. In two rooms with wooden furniture, you will be offered good food, such as Satsivi (chicken breast with nut sauce) or khatchapouri. During the day the atmosphere is very family oriented. In the evening you will see an orchestra and folk dances that flirt with caricature. This is the only flaw of this address!

A oriental fast-food in a décor with both charming and trendy red heads, between tradition and modernism. Japanese cuisine as well as Indian and Asian soups, sushi and dishes. Very convenient to eat quickly, you can also stay longer to chat among friends.

It is hard to believe, so the kebab has gone from fashion to home. But Russia is in eastern mode. You can't miss this last fashion restaurant, featuring white tents and a veranda in the most fashionable street of the capital. Shisha, sofas, cushions, voiles, the decor is planted, and it is pretty good. The food is good, especially Azeri but also Russian, Japanese and European as in a restaurant that respects… and prices are not excessive. This restaurant is a little tourist, because it is located in a street of the center and allows to eat in a decor that, although not Russian, remains very pleasant.

Not to mention this historic restaurant located in the ancient House of Writers, which gathered the seraglio of the authors of socialist realism. Carved woodwork and fireplaces, a grandiose decor for Russian and European cuisine recognised as Moscow's best Russian cuisine by the equivalent of the Russian Michelin Guide. Many piano concerts accompany the tasting of delicious dishes.

From the old Parisian brewery in the heart of Moscow. My Café has all the "chic French" seen from elsewhere. There is a foie gras and magret of duck, bouillabaisse and filet cute to raspberry sauce. And even a superb cheese platter. We also come to see and see you in front of or behind the large windows.

In a quiet, sober and refined place, where the silver shine of furniture and fabrics evokes water runoff, Fish is one of the last restaurants in vogue. In the middle of the room, in the middle of the room, the various seafood products are exposed: pink and grey shrimp, lobsters, crabs, octopus, squid, oysters, catfish, sea perch, salmon, sterlets, trout. Five methods of preparation are proposed: salting, fried, point, roasted, steam; and eleven exotic sauces are presented. A place in western fashion, but where fish lovers will find their account.

Zhiguli is a whole section of Russian popular culture! The name refers both to a brand of car from the 1970s (there are usually one or two vintage models parked in front of the entrance) and to a beer found in the cafeteria. The restaurant itself is a typical Russian place where you can come and eat local specialities for a small fee. You serve yourself before sitting down on one of the large wooden tables next to a large bay window. Perfect for a break after a stroll in the Arbat street.

This restaurant overlooks all the Russian speakers who are passing by chance: Singer Sergei Tchonichvili's voice rings on the street, repeating with a smooth voice: " ech, ech, skolko smojech ", that is," eating, eating, as much as you can. " In fact, the restaurant boasts about offering a buffet with 55 traditional Russian dishes for 600 R: perch in jelly, chicken legs, olive salad, pork, tvorog cake (kind of faisselle) and medovik (honey cake). A nice and pleasant frame a brin next to the Russian fashion of all green: drova means wood, which is the main construction material of the site. Buisness lunch at 190 R and breakfast at 100 R. In the restaurant of Pokrovka street, possibility of renting a laptop to use the Wi-Fi connection. A new "Japanese" version of this chain, was opened rue Nikolskaia. The Japanese will buffet is 850 R and business lunch at 240 R.

Far from the centre, this very pleasant restaurant is just on the water. Very good Russian creative cuisine, such as bacon or trout, herbs and spices. A break in a pretty unknown Moscow aquatic Moscow. Friday and Saturday nights - karaoke, one of Russia's passions.

As its name suggests, the place is the perfect place to enjoy good meat, for which the restaurant of the Mamaison Hotel has become a speciality and a reputation throughout the city. At the Mamaison Hotel, you will find a sense of comfort and the means to satisfy the clientele in the best possible way: you will not overlook the 8 types of salt and 6 types of mustard to accompany your chosen piece, which you will handle with the great Claude Dozorme cutlery. As a little extra, the terrace is particularly pleasant in fine weather.

City Space is the panoramic restaurant of the 5-star Swisshôtel. As you would expect in places like this, the quality is there, as is the service. The cuisine is a mix of European and Japanese cuisine (with sushi) in a very tight and well-controlled menu, which has fun surprising you with its presentation. Nevertheless, it is the view that gives the place its cachet: try to settle down near the bar.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Although it doesn't look good at first glance on its very classic façade, this small restaurant specialized in streetfood from all over the world (especially the famous Berlin kebab) is known for its nude industrial decor mixing concrete and bright colors (very instragrammable), its affordable prices and a very good coffee. You will find there as well Australian long black as Russian raf. Some very simple desserts will help to make your little coffee break a delicious stopover for an early supper in the middle of the crowd of regulars.

This trendy place combines a restaurant, a cocktail bar and a contemporary art gallery in a design spirit with red brick walls and high ceilings. This gigantic loft, housed in a former lighting factory (louch in Russian means "the ray of light"), houses contemporary art by well-known Russian artists and attracts a "have you seen me" audience. The program includes excellent cocktails, a refined menu and good international cuisine. Dress and furnish your wallet accordingly if you are in the mood.

Skewer of venison, pelmeni with bear meat, Lena sturgeon carpaccio. Here you can taste the specialities of the Russian regions (Siberia, the Urals, the Far East and the Far North) in a falsely rustic but truly warm setting. Plan to spend a whole evening here

This place alsooffers relaxation in a banya and shopping on the ground floor in a trophy shop: for example, next to the equipment needed to go on an expedition, you can buy chapkas and mittens but also the skin of a brown bear.

One of the 5 star hotels in the heart of Moscow with a beautiful terrace overlooking the Kremlin. You can eat from Armenian or European cuisine or sip a cocktail while watching Red square.