Academy

Popular chain of fashionable pizzerias with woodovens and the fashionable addition of sushi to the traditional menu. Excellent pizzas, pasta and salads. Drinks are expensive. Pleasant summer veranda on Kamergersky pereulok. The branch on B. Bronnaya has its own bakery.

Cuisine: Italian
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 9.00-24.00, Sat-Sun 11.00-24.00
Address: Kamergersky Per. 2, bldg. 1
Metro: Okhotny Ryad
Phone: (495) 692-9649
WWW: www.academiya.ru

Academy

Popular chain of fashionable pizzerias with woodovens and the fashionable addition of sushi to the traditional menu. Excellent pizzas, pasta and salads. Drinks are expensive. Pleasant summer veranda on Kamergersky pereulok. The branch on B. Bronnaya has its own bakery.

Cuisine: Italian
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 9.00-24.00, Sat-Sun 11.00-24.00
Address: Gogolevsky Bulvar 33/1
Metro: Arbatskaya
Phone: (495) 662-1442
WWW: www.academiya.ru

Academy

Popular chain of fashionable pizzerias with woodovens and the fashionable addition of sushi to the traditional menu. Excellent pizzas, pasta and salads. Drinks are expensive. Pleasant summer veranda on Kamergersky pereulok. The branch on B. Bronnaya has its own bakery.

Cuisine: Italian
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 9.00-24.00, Sat-Sun 11.00-24.00
Address: Argunovskaya Ul. 3
Metro: Alekseyevskaya, VDNKh
Phone: (495) 956-6690
WWW: www.academiya.ru

ACCENTI

Accents' is what the name of this restaurant means, referring the distinctiveness of its sophisticated menu of new Italian cooking. The neoclassical menu is really faultless. Everything is measured and free of fanaticism. After a meat carpaccio move onto a soup of prawns and dried tomatoes, and we highly recommend the lasagne with cocoa and forest fruits for dessert. The menu is matched by the elegant interior of the three separate halls, with echoes of classical and ultra-modern Italy. Accenti's summer terrace, situated in a quiet embassy lane, is rightly considered one of the best in town.

Cuisine: Italian
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-23.00
Address: Kropotkinsky Per. 7
Metro: Park Kultury
Phone: (499) 246-1515
WWW: www.accenti.ru

Aist

This establishment has 3 stylishly decorated floors - the second in 19th century theme - and a summer veranda on the roof. Russian, Japanese and Italian cooking. By coincidence it is situated right next to the synagogue on Malaya Bronnaya.

Cuisine: International
Average bill: 3
Open hours: Mon-Fri 09.00-24.00, Sat-Sun 11.00 - 24.00
Address: Malaya Bronnaya Ul. 8/1
Metro: Arbatskaya, Pushkinskaya
Phone: (499) 940-7040
WWW: www.aistcafe.ru

Al Andaluz

Lebanese restaurant with Arabic interior and a Spanish name. Delicious food.

Cuisine: Lebanese
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 8.30-24.00, Fri 9.00-4.00, Sat12.00-4.00, Sun12.00-24.00
Address: B. Lubyanka Ul. 13/16
Metro: Lubyanka
Phone: (495) 623-9314
WWW: www.al-andaluz.ru

American bar and grill

One of the first snackbars in Moscow, decorated in the spirit of the Wild West. The menu has burgers, fries, fajitas and other typical american food. A separate part of the bar is ideal for watching sporting events. The branch on Taganskaya has a very pleasant summer terrace.

Cuisine: American
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-24.00, Fri-Sat 12.00-02.00
Address: Zemlyanoi Val. 59
Metro: Kurskaya, Taganskaya
Phone: (495) 912-3615

Amsterdam

European cooking with additional beer food. The name is justified by the presence on the menu of Dutch herring and eel. There is a separate list of cigars and cigarilloes. Situated a few steps from Red Square.

Cuisine: European
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Ilinka Ul. 4, inside Gostinny Dvor, entrance on Rybny Pereulok.
Metro: Okhotny Ryad, Ploshchad Revolyutsii
Phone: (495) 956-2772
WWW: www.amsterdam-restaurant.ru

ArArAt

This is an excellent opportunity to combine getting to know Armenian cooking with a walk in the All-Russia Exhibition Centre. The first floor has a hall for tasting Armenian cognacs and the restaurants itself is on the second floor. Produce is brought from Armenia. It is not the finest restaurant but it is entirely intriguing.

Cuisine: Armenian
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-20.00
Address: Prospekt Mira 119, All-Russian Exhibition Centre, bldg. 68
Metro: VDNKh
Phone: (495) 222-78-52, (499) 760-26-85
WWW: www.restoranararat.ru/

Argument

Tiny cafe of 8 tables. Serves Russian and European dishes, including dishes from rabbit and venison.

Cuisine: European
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Kutuzovsky Prospekt 41
Metro: Kutuzovskaya
Phone: (499) 249-9955
WWW: www.restoranargument.ru

Aromatic river

A pleasant Vietnamese restaurant with traditional dishes and delicacies at very low prices. A great place for daring gourmands who wish to try ingredients like frog paws, various eels, rattle snake liqueur and real Vietnamese coffee. The staff don't speak much Russian but are very polite.

Cuisine: Vietnamese
Average bill: 1
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Tokmakov Per. 11
Metro: Baumanskaya
Phone: (499) 267-3190

ArteFAQ

Bohemian club-restaurant. There are a few finds in the interior: amusing toilets and a glass floor on the second floor. The menu is decent with several creative dishes and sometimes un-bohemian prices. The restaurant is comfy enough for a full dinner while the two-floored bar area is better for cocktails and ligt bites. The cellar hosts literary readings, live concerts and other cultural events. It has Wi-Fi.

Cuisine: European
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-6.00
Address: B. Dmitrovskaya Ul. 32, bldg. 1
Metro: Tverskaya
Phone: (495) 650-3971
WWW: www.artefaq.ru

Avocado

Pleasant vegetarian cafe not far from Chistiye Prudy. Wide choice of healthy, organic and strictly vegetarian food as well as dishes with avocado. The oxygen cocktails and dishes with sprouted sesame, flax, pumpkin seeds, lentils and chickpeas deserve special praise. No-smoking. There is a summer veranda for warm weather.

Cuisine: Vegetarian
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 10.00-23.00, Sun 12.00-23.00
Address: Chistoprudny Bul. 12/2
Metro: Chistiye Prudy
Phone: (495) 621-7719