The best restaurants Saint-Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург)

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.

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.

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.

Two very large halls in this brewery that was the rallying point of the Soviet intelligentsia and counted in its walls some Nobel Prizes and quite a few dissidents who had to flee during the Brejnean years. From that time there is only the beautiful Art Nouveau décor. The new middle class invaded this place, which is not lacking in charm. The spacious dining room with its evening concerts is complemented by a more cozy bar. The menu (highly furnished) offers Russian and European dishes at affordable prices. Next to the restaurant, Metropol offers a "gastropub" which serves excellent home-brewed beers as well as a beautiful bakery shop, all located in the same building.

Certainly one of the best terraces in the city, Terrassa does not steal its name or reputation. The view of the Notre-Dame-de-Kazan Cathedral and a little further on the Nevski perspective is exceptional. The cuisine is a mixture of European and Asian influences, but without forgetting Russian traditions. As is often the case in this type of restaurant, the prices are quite high (especially for drinks) but the setting and the quality of the cuisine are well worth the price. In the summer, the terrace is often taken, so it is advisable to make a reservation.

In the brewery of the hotel Kempisky, we are right next to the holy saints. Through the windows of the restaurant offering a 360 ° view, all the wonders of the center of Petersburg are discovered. The green tones and gold roofs of the Ermitage are so close that we could touch them. Clients are tourists and Russians who discuss business or love. The view is the main asset but the food is also good and proposes what is most fine in Russian gastronomy, including the Kamtchatka crab, Caspian caviar or sturgeon tartare.

Once you have passed the facade and its wall covered with flowers and climbing plants, you arrive in a large convivial space where the chef happily mixes Russian and European cuisine. Trendy thirty-somethings or quadras come to tell each other about the past weekend and to prepare the weekend to come. In short, at Le Zoom, you come to spend a good time with friends or family, and you are not disappointed! It's very easy to come with children because a special area is provided where the little ones can have fun.

The Tsar's large room actually evokes the imperial moods of the late th century, with light light and night. A room brin in this restaurant in the centre, which is especially full in the evening. The public is quite chic, especially Russians, because this new address is not yet known to tourists. Fine Russian cuisine, including fish dishes, great choice of vodkas. There are also specialities from all the empire. As a result, you can enjoy the Siberian pelmenis, as well as a reindeer dish with wild bilberries (1 200 RUB), a great speciality of the great Russian North. The Tsar also offers a very good breakfast, which makes it possible to enjoy the decor without necessarily ruining you.

Probably one of the best Georgian restaurants in the city right now. Careful and intimate decor, traditional but innovative cuisine... You should be able to taste everything, but we recommend the shashlikis (marinated and grilled meat or fish), the khinakali, these large meat ravioli with tarragon filling, and the khachapouri, this typical bread dough stuffed with cheese and available in as many recipes as there are villages in Georgia. Devil-friendly and good for licking your fingers!

The popular and trendy food market concept could not fail to affect the gastronomic capital of the country. Don't be put off by the fact that Eat Market is located on the top floor of a shopping mall. Far from being a food court, it offers more than 40 food shops from all over the world: Asian cuisine, Serbian cuisine, cheese stands, dried fruits from Armenia, poké, Belgian waffles, Vietnamese, Indian and more. If you don't find what you're looking for, you're not really hungry.

A typical bar but with an exotic approach to cuisine. At Larisa's, you can enjoy Central Asian cuisine... and chebureks, as the name of the place suggests. This puff pastry filled with a mixture of onions and minced meat cooked in a frying pan, or on a stove as at Larisa, comes from the Crimean Tatar cuisine. Not forgetting the classic lagman, plov, manti, etc. Everything is served on beautiful traditional Uzbek plates.

"Lapin, cours" is a small and very nice pastry shop, a rare species in town because it is 100% vegan and certified without animal products. Sweets or large cakes, macaroons, cupcakes, cookies, brownies, pastries ... the menu changes every day. And if you are diabetic or gluten intolerant, the "rabbit" takes the lead to offer you delights adapted to your diet. Breakfasts (also vegan) are served every day until 9pm.

The new Russian gastronomy challenges the French cuisine! If a few years ago, its weak point was the bakery-pastry side, this is not really the case anymore. This chain (pronounced "Bouchée") is the proof. Everything here is appealing, from the homemade sandwiches to the sweets. Try the famous Raspberry Venzel (Вензель с малиной) which is a real treat! Most of the stores (more than 30) offer breakfast and ready-made meals, to be enjoyed on the spot or taken away. Practical, beautiful and good!

Establishment of a small chain of restaurants specializing in seafood. Not surprisingly, you will find crabs from Kamchatka, mussels, shrimps from Magadan (a Siberian seaport). But one comes here especially to taste the crayfish so prized in the south of Russia. The prices are not cheap (0.5 kg of crayfish at 1,900 RUB) but if you have never tasted real Russian crayfish traditionally accompanied by a small mousse, here is the promise of a beautiful gastronomic adventure.

Extend your trip to the Hermitage by this restaurant located practically opposite the museum. In a sumptuous setting, the Petrov-Vodkin, 2 rooms dedicated to zakouskis (the famous Russian tapas) in all their forms, the ^3rd room is dedicated to à la carte service. On the tapas side, let yourself be tempted by the seafood of the Russian Far East, caviar, pancakes, cold meats and solenias... The tapas counter stretches further than your eyes can see. The tapas counter stretches further than your eyes can see. Among the attractive offers are Russian à la carte menus and all-you-can-eat borscht on Sundays.