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Moscow Dining Guide

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Metro: Belorusskaya

Botanika

   
Unbelievably cosy, easy on the eye and fresh. The menu is a cocktail of tastes from traditional European, Japanese and signature dishes, but can be more correctly decribed as 'righteous and healthy food'.

Cuisine: International
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 11.00-24.00
Address: Ul. Bolshaya Gruzinskaya 61
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 254-0064

China Club

     
Refined interior in colonial style complements the gastronomic delights of the high-class Chinese and European cuisine.

Cuisine: Chinese
Average bill: 4
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Krasina Ul. 21
Metro: Belorusskaya, Mayakovskaya
Phone: (495) 232-2778
WWW: www.novikovgroup.ru




Correa's

    
Generous portions, fresh ingredients, excellent service and cosy modern interiors from New York's Isaac Correa at this chain of five branches. The menu has dishes of American and Italian cuisine, including captivating sandwiches, large pizzas, juicy salads and excellent home-made lemonade. Prices are moderate.

Cuisine: International
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 8.00-23.00, Sun-Tues 9.00-23.00
Address: B. Gruzinskaya Ul. 32
Metro: Barrikadnaya, Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 933-4684
WWW: www.correas.ru

Divan

   
Small restaurant in a quiet backstreet. Very unusual interior; guests are seated on eastern divans in tents. The food is inexpensive and very decent.

Cuisine: Turkish
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-24.00, Fri-Sat 12.00-02.00
Address: Sr. Tishinksy per. 28, bldg. 1
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 777-3711/12
WWW: www.restoran-divan.ru


Dukhan Alaverdi

   
Traditional rustic interior and traditional filling Food. Everything is simple and unrefined. The food is tasty and you won't leave hungry.

Cuisine: Georgian
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-02.00
Address: Gruzinsky Val. 23/25
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (499) 973-84-77

Etazh

   
Multi-branch chain of cafes with a democratic atmosphere. Food is decent; the menu has something for any time or desire - to quickly satisfy hunger, for dinner with friends, or lunch with a business partner. The flagship branch on Tverskaya has two options for sitting: Project which is more expensive and Etazh which is democratic. Sometimes the service in insuffcient. There is a delivery service.

Cuisine: International
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 24 h.
Address: 2nd Brestskaya Ul. 52/2, bldg. 1
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 251-22-82
WWW: www.etaj.ru


Gamberi

    
Very decent Italian restaurants. Ideal for family outings.

Cuisine: Italian
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: B. Gruzinskaya Ul. 56
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 254-7444
WWW: www.gamberi.su

Help - not just a bar

   
Whatever happens in your life, here they will always help you by decanting a reviving glass of just what you need at the given moment. The bar card is diverse, the food tasty; you will always have a good time here.

Cuisine: Bars
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 24 hr.
Address: 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya 27
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (499) 995-5395
WWW: www.helpbar.ru


Il Patio

   
Inexpensive Moscow chain of Italian restaurants. Satisfactory pizza, decent pasta, not-bad desserts. Sometimes the service is weak. You can find the full list of branch addresses on their site www.ilpatio.ru.

Cuisine: Italian
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 08.00—24.00
Address: Gruzinsky val. 28/45
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 250-1440
WWW: www.ilpatio.ru

Kabanchik

    
A worthy Georgian restaurant with a wide menu with lots of grilled meat and shashliks. There is often loud music playing.

Cuisine: Georgian
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Krasina Ul. 27, bldg. 1
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: 254-9194
WWW: http://www.restoran-kabanchik.ru/


Le Pain Quotidien

   
International cafe chain with a large organic menu of breakfasts, salads, sandwiches and fresh baking. Each branch also sells the cafe’s organic jams, oils, vinegars and other condiments in jars and bottles. The light and well-ventilated premises are successfully divided into smoking and no smoking zones.

Cuisine: Caf?-bakery
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 7.00-23.00, Sat-Sun 08.00-23.00
Address: Lesnaya Ul. 1/2
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 234-1785
WWW: www.lpq.ru

Le Pain Quotidien

   
International cafe chain with a large organic menu of breakfasts, salads, sandwiches and fresh baking. Each branch also sells the cafe's organic jams, oils, vinegars and other condiments in jars and bottles. The light and well-ventilated premises are successfully divided into smoking and no smoking zones.

Cuisine: Caf?-bakery
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 7.00-23.00, Sat-Sun 08.00-23.00
Address: Lesnaya ul. 5
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 789-97-07
WWW: www.lpq.ru


More sushi

   
Chain created bearing all Moscow trends in mind. Laconic interior in light shades, broad menu with adapted Japanese cooking, reasonable prices, delivery service. In other words, nice restaurants with tasty sushi and rolls.

Cuisine: Japanese
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-24.00, Sun-Tues 12.00-23.00
Address: 2nd Brestskaya ul. 24/15
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 251-68-98
WWW: www.moresushi.ru

Moscafe

    
A higher-class and more expensive restaurant than the Soup Cafe belonging to the same owner. The menu combines all the dishes that are popular in Moscow – Russian, Japanese, Italian and even French. The interior is very Muscovite: large windowsills and patterned curtains like in a Stalinist house.

Cuisine: International
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 24 h.
Address: Leningradsky Prospect 24
Metro: Belorusskaya, Dinamo
Phone: (495) 933-1408
WWW: www.mos-cafe.ru


Polly sad

    
Charming 2-storey restaurant with luxurious interior and one of the most beautiful patios and gardens in the whole city. Guests can pick from a sophisticated mix of European and Asian cuisine and there are also stupendous creative desserts

Cuisine: International
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-24.00, Thur-Sun 12.00-2.00
Address: 1st Brestskaya ul. 41, bldg. 2
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 250-2530/3908
WWW: www.pollysad.ru

Porto Maltese

    
This brand has more than once received the award of best fish restaurants in Moscow. The menu has more than 25 entries of fresh fish and seafood, including skate wings and mollusks straight from the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas. For a fish restaurant prices are not extortionate.

Cuisine: Fish
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: B. Spasskaya ul. 8
Metro: Komsomolskaya, Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 680-2118/2454
WWW: www.portomaltese.ru


Porto Maltese

    
This brand has more than once received the award of best fish restaurants in Moscow. The menu has more than 25 entries of fresh fish and seafood, including skate wings and mollusks straight from the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas. For a fish restaurant prices are not extortionate.

Cuisine: Fish
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Pravdy ul. 21
Metro: Belorusskaya, Dinamo
Phone: (495) 739-8249
WWW: www.portomaltese.ru

Soup Caf?

   
Soup from all over the world is the main food on offer at this cafe. The main food, but not the only food. It is worth calling in for a quick bite or if you are looking for a place you can come to every day for lunch. In the evenings a DJ plays lounge music.

Cuisine: International
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 24 h.
Address: 1st Brestskaya Ul. 62/25, bldg. 3
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 251-1383


Spicy

    
This restaurant in the centre of town offers you dishes of Thai, Chinese and Japanese cuisine. The chef is from China and if you wish he can come to your table and help you choose what to order. The hall is designed with taste and style, including huge aquariums with live fish. Stay with the Chinese dishes.

Cuisine: Asian cuisine
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Krasina Ul. 27, bldg. 1
Metro: Mayakovskaya, Belorusskaya
Phone: 254-9797
WWW: http://www.spicy-thai.ru

Starbucks

  
The famous chain appeared in Moscow a bit more than 2 years ago. Back then the whole town trooped to the first branch at Mega in Khimki. Now there are over 15 branches in the capital and their number is increasing constantly. Like everywhere in the world, Moscow now has delicious cakes and coffee in the well-known branded mugs.

Cuisine: Coffeeshop
Average bill: 1
Open hours: 07.30-22.00
Address: Sheremetyevo 2 airport
Metro: Rechnoi Vokzal, Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 748-1634
WWW: www.starbuckscoffee.ru


Torro Grill

    
The interior of these restaurants is decorated in the standard steakhouse style with large cosy booths, dark wood and a dark tonal scheme everywhere. Excellent steaks of Argentinian beef cooked on a 4-metre open grill, good house beer, attentive service and average prices.

Cuisine: Meat
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 24-h.
Address: Lesnaya Ul. 5B, business centre Belaya Ploshchad
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 921-0488 
WWW: www.torrogrill.ru

Vkus

    
European food in a cosy setting in the very centre of Moscow. A good place to meet friends to wait out the Moscow traffic jams.

Cuisine: European
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 10.00-24.00
Address: 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Ul. 13, bldg. 1
Metro: Belorusskaya, Mayakovskaya
Phone: (495) 609-2008
WWW: www.cafevkus.ru


Yakitoria

   
One of the oldest Japanese chains in Moscow is also one of the most reliable – if you don’t expect to see pufferfish and blue tuna on a silver plate and are ready to wait 15 minutes for a table, then you will probably like it. Waiters are dressed in kimonos and are very dexterous. Delivery service.

Cuisine: Japanese
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 11.00-6.00
Address: 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya ul. 29, bldg. 1
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 250-5385
WWW: www.yakitoriya.ru

Yakor

     
Establishment attached to the Sheraton Palace Hotel. Previously the restaurant La Voile had these premises but the decision was made to return Yakor to its historical place. The interior echoes the aristocratic salon of a great ocean liner. The menu has fish and seafood products from the Frenchman Daniel Egreto, and there is also an interesting section of meat and game.

Cuisine: Fish
Average bill: 4
Open hours: 12.00-24.00. Sun - closed
Address: 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya ul. 19
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 771-7940
WWW: www.yakor-restaurant.ru


Yar

     
Legendary restaurant founded in 1862 that was restored at the end of the 20th century to its pre-revolutionary interior. Each of the several halls dazzles with its finery; here you are a guest of the same establishment that hosted Pushkin, Chekhov, Rasputin, Shalyapin, presidents and kings. The menu offers Russian and European specialities. From 9 in the evenings there is a top-notch show.

Cuisine: Russian
Average bill: 4
Open hours: 18.00-24.00
Address: Leningradsky prospect 32/2
Metro: Belorusskaya, Dinamo
Phone: (495) 960-2004
WWW: www.sovietsky.ru  

Yolki-Palki

  
Homely Russian cooking at low prices with folky decoration. There is a buffet with a large choice of snacks and starters. A good place to bring people who are guests in the city, if you can't spend money on an expensive restaurant. You can find the full list of branches on the site www.elki-palki.ru; there are about 40 branches in Moscow.

Cuisine: Russian
Average bill: 1
Open hours: 11:00-23:00
Address: Tverskaya Zastava Ploshchad 2, bldg. 1
Metro: Belorusskaya
Phone: (495) 251-0467
WWW: www.elki-palki.ru


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