Suluguni
Cheesy in more ways than one
Suluguni takes its name from an incredibly addictive cheese produced in the Samegrelo region of Georgia. The café's decor is verging on the tacky side — think faux chandeliers, a mock rustic interior and an ABBA playlist ?€” but the food is both tasty and reasonably priced. Relax in a kitsch throne and feast on khachapuri (cheese bread) and dolma (lamb-stuffed vine leaves) or grab dinner to go from the deli counter.
7 Sadovaya-Samotyochnaya Ulitsa. Metro Trubnaya, Tsvetnoi Bulvar
Kitaiskiye Novosti
Chinese eatery in the heart of Moscow
Kitaiskiye Novosti on Patriarch's Ponds is the third restaurant of this fast-growing chain. Here you can try traditional Taiwanese style "three cup" chicken (410 rubles), Xialongbao dumplings steamed and served in bamboo baskets (410 rubles) or mapo tofu ?€” tofu with minced pork (380 rubles). The rice balls with red bean paste are delicious (360 rubles), especially with a pot of fragrant tea.
+7 (499) 136 9721
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25/20 Ulitsa Spiridonovka. Metro Mayakovskaya
Suzuran
Hidden bar with a new cocktail menu
You won't find Suzuran if you don't know what you are looking for. Its only door is located in a gate-like structure next to a hotel. You have to ring an intercom and wait to be let in. The bar snacks are quite good (try the Vietnamese spring rolls for 450 rubles) and the cocktails, despite somewhat questionable names (like Slut Story or Snooty), are even better. All cocktails are about 500 rubles.
+7 (495) 621 0756
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8 Sverchkov Pereulok. Metro Chistiye Prudy
Lion's Head Pub
Walk on by
Owners of The Tipsy Pub and Tap & Barrel Pub opened a typical English pub with a standard English-pub interior. Sadly, the waitstaff is not very friendly and the menu is unoriginal: burgers, pasta, some fish, some meat dishes and very standard desserts. The beer should have been the draw, but it's nothing special. The beef isn't tender, the rabbit tagliatelle is chewy and the chicken burger tastes like a Big Mac but costs 600 rubles.
+7 (495) 636 2818
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15 Myasnitskaya. Metro Turgenevskaya