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Today's paper. Last Updated: 05/25/2012
First letter: B

Baan Thai

  
Only good things can be said about this respectable Thai restaurant. The menu has Tom Yum, curry, vegetarian dishes and all the main national treasures as well as several types of sushi.

Cuisine: Thai
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-23.30
Address: B. Dorogomilovskaya ul. 11
Metro: Kievskaya
Phone: (499) 240-0597
WWW: www.baanthai.ru

Baba Marta

   
The ony Bulgarian restaurant in town. The folk wood cuts in the interior go well with the national specialities. The menu has dishes from brynza, aubergine, pepper and meat - entirely familiar and tasty food.

Cuisine: Bulgarian
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-23.00
Address: Gogolevsky Bul. 8
Metro: Kropotninskaya
Phone: (495) 232 92 09
WWW: www.babamarta.ru




Baccarat Crystal Room

    
The oldest Moscow apothecary,given new life by Philip Starck, reborn as an expensive boutique and restaurant named in honour of Baccarat crystal. You can buy this crystal on the first floor, and on the second enjoy classic French dishes that are only slightly less in price than the crystal on the first floor.

Cuisine: French
Average bill: 4
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Nikolskaya ul. 21
Metro: Lubyanka
Phone: (495) 933-3389

Baltic Bread

 
The freshest warm bread, baking and cakes to take away or to eat right in the cafe with a cup of tea or coffee. There is a huge selection: around 50 sorts of bread, 150 cakes and pies, and many different pastries.

Cuisine: Caf?-bakery
Average bill: 1
Open hours: 10.00-22.00
Address: M. Dmitrovka 3/10, bldg. 1
Metro: Pushkinskaya, Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya
Phone: (495) 699-8741
WWW: www.baltic-bread.ru


Baltic Bread

 
The freshest warm bread, baking and cakes to take away or to eat right in the cafe with a cup of tea or coffee. There is a huge selection: around 50 sorts of bread, 150 cakes and pies, and many different pastries.

Cuisine: Caf?-bakery
Average bill: 1
Open hours: 09.00-22.00
Address: Nizhny Susalny Per. 4
Metro: Kurskaya
Phone: (499) 261-6463
WWW: www.baltic-bread.ru

Baltschug

    
Restaurant Baltschug invites guests to enjoy culinary masterpieces from head chef Niko Jovanolli. Magnificant view of the Kremlin, St. Basil's cathedral and Red Square spread out from the window . Luxurious breakfast, business lunch or romantic dinner - fauiliess service and a refined atmosphere for all quests. Baltschug is famous for its Sunday brunches. There is a children's room for young gourmands.

Cuisine: European
Average bill: 4
Open hours: 7.00-23.30
Address: Baltschug Ul. 1
Metro: Novokuznetskaya
Phone: (495) 287-2000
WWW: www.kempinski-moscow.com


BambooBar

   
Situated in Moscow City. The interior successfully combines stylish minimalism and traditional motifs. Rare woods and natural stone are used, along with a large amount of glass. The menu has Japanese sushi and rolls, salads and soups, teppan dishes, Chinese dishes in a wok or steamer and many sorts of dim sum. The menu also has dishes of Vietnamese, Thai and Malaysian origin. The bar list is also one of the restaurant's pluses. It has a multitude of interesting cocktails, a wide range of sake and Japanese single malt whiskeys.

Cuisine: Asian cuisine
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-02.00
Address: Presnenskaya Nab. 8, bldg. 1
Metro: Vystavochnaya
Phone: (495) 970-43-41

Banderoll

  
Stylish town caf? with severe forms, large windows and a chocolate-orange tone that is pleasing to the eye. No revelations in the menu which presents the usual Moscow mix of European food, but the food is tasty and good quality.

Cuisine: European
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 24 h.
Address: Prospekt Mira 51
Metro: Prospect Mira, Rizhskaya
Phone: (495) 681-85-34
WWW: www.banderoll.ru


Barashka

   
Restaurant of Azerbaijani cuisine created by Arkady Novikov. The interior is modest and minimalistic with bright accents such as jars of lemons. The cuisine is not exactly authentic in that it is lighter and less greasy, but it is no less tasty for that.

Cuisine: Azerbaijani cuisine
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-24.01
Address: Novy Arbat 21, bldg. 1
Metro: Smolenskaya
Phone: (495) 228-3731
WWW: www.novikovgroup.ru

Barashka

   
Restaurant of Azerbaijani cuisine created by Arkady Novikov. The interior is modest and minimalistic with bright accents such as jars of lemons. The cuisine is not exactly authentic in that it is lighter and less greasy, but it is no less tasty for that.

Cuisine: Azerbaijani cuisine
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 11.00-24.00
Address: Ul. Petrovka 20/1
Metro: Kutnetsky Most
Phone: (495) 625-2892
WWW: http://www.novikovgroup.ru


Barrandov

  
Mini-chain of two restaurants, named after the famous Czech film studio. The rather long beer list is complemented by good food. Beer can be bought to take away. Sometimes there is live music.

Cuisine: Beer
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Zubovsky Bulvar 22/39
Metro: Park Kultury
Phone: (499) 255-7608
WWW: www.barrandov.ru

Barrandov

  
Mini-chain of two restaurants, named after the famous Czech film studio. The rather long beer list is complemented by good food. Beer can be bought to take away. Sometimes there is live music.

Cuisine: Beer
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad 6
Metro: Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad
Phone: (495) 652-8815


Bavarius

   
A German beer hall with a huge choice of draught and bottled beer as wll as beer cocktails. The interior is intended to transport guests to the streets of old Europe. The menu has juicy meat and grilled sausages, freshly baked bread and many beer specialities. There is an open, terraced beer garden in the summer.

Cuisine: German
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Komsomolsky Prospect 21/10
Metro: Frunzenskaya
Phone: (499) 245-2395
WWW: www.bavarius.ru

Bavarius

   
A German beer hall with a huge choice of draught and bottled beer as wll as beer cocktails. The interior is intended to transport guests to the streets of old Europe. The menu has juicy meat and grilled sausages, freshly baked bread and many beer specialities. There is an open, terraced beer garden in the summer.

Cuisine: German
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Ul. Sadovaya-Triumphalnaya 2/30, bldg. 1
Metro: Mayakovskaya
Phone: (495) 699-4211
WWW: www.bavarius.ru


BeefBar

    
As you can deduce from the menu, this is a meat restaurant. The Moscow Beef Bar is a joint project of Kirill Gusev's Restaurant Syndicate and the international Beef Bar group that has branches in Luxemburg, Nice and Monaco. The kitchen of the capital's branch is run by Italian Carlo Greku who not only fries meat to perfection but can also brilliantly cook other European dishes. The summer terrrace has a great view of the Moscow river.

Cuisine: Meat
Average bill: 4
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Preschistenskaya nab. 13, bldg. 1
Metro: Kropotkinskaya, Park Kultury
Phone: (495) 988-9308
WWW: www.beefbar.com

Beer market

  
Heaven for beer lovers. More than 70 types of the hoppy drink from all corners of the world, including exotic types, and food from various countries that goes well with beer.

Cuisine: Beer
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-24.00, Fri-Sat 12.00-2.00
Address: Butyrskaya ul. 69
Metro: Dmitrovskaya
Phone: (495) 977-7959
WWW: www.beermarket.su


Beerodrome

  
Loads of beer - 50 sorts from around the world - and cosmopolitan food to go with the beer is yhe attraction of the Beerodrome chain of restaurants.

Cuisine: Beer
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Polyarnaya ul. 1
Metro: Babushkinskaya
Phone: (495) 472-2344

Beerodrome

  
Loads of beer - 50 sorts from around the world - and cosmopolitan food to go with the beer is yhe attraction of the Beerodrome chain of restaurants.

Cuisine: Beer
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Michurinsky prospect 8
Metro: Universitet
Phone: (499) 783-0191


Beerstrasse

  
Chain of likeable restaurants with a good choice of beer and food to go with it. Ideal place to meet friends.

Cuisine: Beer
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Nizhegorodskaya ul. 47
Metro: Marksistskaya, Taganskaya
Phone: (495) 678-41-39
WWW: www.beerstrasse.ru

Beerstrasse

  
Chain of likeable restaurants with a good choice of beer and food to go with it. Ideal place to meet friends.

Cuisine: Beer
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-24.00, Fri-Sat 12.00-02.00
Address: Тturgenevskaya Ploshchad 2
Metro: Sretensky Bulvar, Chistiye Prudy
Phone: (495) 641-3444
WWW: www.beerstrasse.ru


Beerstrasse

  
Chain of likeable restaurants with a good choice of beer and food to go with it. Ideal place to meet friends.

Cuisine: Beer
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Balaklavsky prospect 7
Metro: Chertanovskaya
Phone: (495) 508-5908
WWW: www.beerstrasse.ru

Bega

  
Restaurant is in hotel of same name not far from the Moscow hippodrome. Convenient for banquets.

Cuisine: European
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 24 h.
Address: Begovaya Alley 11
Metro: Begovaya, Dinamo
Phone: (495) 946-1733
WWW: www.bega-hotel.ru/restaurant


Belaya Rus

  
Belorussian restaurant with a folky, village feel. Thee are 7 types of potato pancakes, or draniki, the staple of Belorussian cuisine. The menu also has a range of european dishes.

Cuisine: Byelorussian
Average bill: 2
Open hours: 11.00-23.00
Address: B. Nikitskaya Ul. 14
Metro: Aleksandrovsky Sad
Phone: (495) 629-4176
WWW: http://www.belayarus.ru

Belcanto

   
Classic interior, Italian cuisine and a karaoke club are a totally unorthodox combination, and even more intriguing for the expat audience. They have everything for a good night: outstanding sound quality, good acoustics, a huge choice of songs and massive plasma screens. The cooking is not bad either.

Cuisine: Italian
Average bill: 3
Open hours: restaurant 10.00-24.00, karaoke 18.00-06.00
Address: Tverskaya Ul. 5/6, entrance on Nikitsky Per.
Metro: Okhotny Ryad
Phone: (495) 692-6158, (495) 795-4575


Bellagio

    
Fashionable restaurant with its own lovely garden styled as a villa on the shores of Lake Como. Italian cuisine and dashing service - everything is thorough and refined. Only the skyscrapers under construcrtion virtually next door spoil the idyllic picture.

Cuisine: Italian
Average bill: 4
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Mosfilmovskaya Ul. 8
Metro: Kievskaya
Phone: (499) 143-8887
WWW: www.bellagio.su

Benihana

   

One of only a few Moscow teppanyaki restaurants. Here they expound the notion of 'food as entertainment', thought up by the chain's founder Hiroaki Aoki. Food on the teppans is cooked artistically and with flair and works out excellently! They make a good show of preparing drinks too.

Cuisine: Japanese
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Pushkinskaya ploshchad 5
Metro: Pushkinskaya, Tverskaya, Chekhovskaya
Phone: (495) 650-2498
WWW: www.benihana.ru


Bistrot

    
Luxurious villa with Tuscan cuisine in a glittering row of clubs and restaurants in the Savvinskaya Nabereznaya district. Everything here was brought from Italy, from the crockery and spices to the chef, although prices are entirely Moscow.

Cuisine: Italian
Average bill: 4
Open hours: 12.00-5.00
Address: B. Savvinsky Per. 12, bldg. 2
Metro: Kievskaya, Sportivnaya, Frunzenskaya
Phone: (499) 248-4045
WWW: www.restsindikat.com

Blackberry cafe

   

Modern Provence style with urban elements is how you might describe the interior. Neither is the menu simple, a mix of European and Asian cooking with both shashliks and Tom Yam soup. DJs and dancing in the evenings; theatrical performances during brunch for young guests. Prices are not as high as you might expect.

Cuisine: International
Average bill: 3
Open hours: Sun-Tues 12.00-24.00, Wed-Sat 12.00-06.00
Address: Akademika Sakharova Prospect 10
Metro: Turgenevskaya, Krasniye Vorota
Phone: (495) 926-1640/1645
WWW: www.ginzaproject.ru


Bocconcino

   
Bocconcino is a popular and bright establishment in the best Italian tradition. Its interior is luxurious and simple at the same time. The absence of sharp corners, the carved ceiling and the original and comfortable furniture makes the place quiet and cosy. The selling point is the open kitchen with a real Neopolitan cooker. The main player on the menu is pizza; the pizza here is heavenly! It is made by a hereditary pizza maker brought from Italy. There are more than 20 types on offer, including the sumptuous sweet Dolce pizza with mascarpone, chocolate and a generous handful of sweet forest berries.

Cuisine: Italian
Average bill: 3
Open hours: Sun-Thurs 12.00-24.00, Fri-Sat 12.00-3.00
Address: Strastnoi Bulvar. 7, bldg. 1
Metro: Tverskaya
Phone: (495) 699-7359
WWW: www.bocconcino.ru

Bocconcino

   
Bocconcino is a popular and bright establishment in the best Italian tradition. Its interior is luxurious and simple at the same time. The absence of sharp corners, the carved ceiling and the original and comfortable furniture makes the place quiet and cosy. The selling point is the open kitchen with a real Neopolitan cooker. The main player on the menu is pizza; the pizza here is heavenly! It is made by a hereditary pizza maker brought from Italy. There are more than 20 types on offer, including the sumptuous sweet Dolce pizza with mascarpone, chocolate and a generous handful of sweet forest berries.

Cuisine: Italian
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Kutuzovsky Prospect 48, gallery Vremena Goda, 2nd floor
Metro: Filevsky Park
Phone: (495) 662-1135
WWW: www.bocconcino.ru


Bochka

    
A restaurant in the style of a mediaeval tavern from the famous restaurateur Andrei Dellos. Wood, stone and wrought iron details dominate the interior. On offer are classic Russian dishes of meat and fish, prepared on a big grill in the centre of the room. Decent choice of wine.

Cuisine: Russian
Average bill: 4
Open hours: 24-h.
Address: Ulitsa 1905 Goda 2
Metro: Ulitsa 1905 Goda
Phone: (499) 252-3041
WWW: www.vbochke.ru

Bolshoi Restoran

    
A restaurant for special occasions from Arkady Novikov. A singularly luxurious and very expensive establishment. Exclusive classic interior, furniture from Ralph Lauren, original paintings on the walls, a grand piano that sounds in the evenings... all this should give you an idea. The menu from Frenchman Camelle Benamar is a composition on the theme of Russian, French and Italian cooking.

Cuisine: European
Average bill: 4
Open hours: 12.00-24.00
Address: Petrovka Ul. 3/6, bldg. 2
Metro: Kutnetsky Most, Okhotny Ryad
Phone: (495) 789-8652
WWW: www.novikovgroup.ru


Bon

    
Deserves a visit even if just to observe designer Philippe Starck's ironic take on Moscow excessiveness in everything. Owls encrusted with diamonds, lamps in the shape of a Kalashnikov rifle, stained glass with pictures of penises. The menu does not wow in the same way as the interior.

Cuisine: European
Average bill: 4
Open hours: Mon-Thurs, Sun 11.00-24.00, Fri-Sat 11.00-1.00
Address: Yakimanskaya Nab. 4, bldg. 1
Metro: Oktyabrskaya, Polyanka
Phone: (495) 737-8008/09
WWW: www.bonmoscow.ru

Bonjour cafe

   
Classic European caf? in the Korston hotel-casino. Up-market surroundings and dishes trying to be original do not disappoint.

Cuisine: European
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 7.00–23.00
Address: Kosygina Ul. 15, in hotel-casino Korston
Metro: Leninsky Prospect
Phone: (495) 939-8209
WWW: www.korston.ru


Bonnie and Clyde

   
This place looks like an expensive and pretentious restaurant, and in fact it is an expensive and pretentious club/bar. Its location in the Central Telegraph office on Tverskaya is unique in the heart of town. The interior is decorated with Swarovsky crystals, velvet sofas and large panoramic windows. People come here for elegant drinks (the bar list has more than 300 entries), have dinner with taste (the menu has 'female' dishes from Bonnie and 'male' dishes from Clyde), and if you are in the mood, to dance.

Cuisine: European
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 24 h.
Address: Tverskaya Ul. 7
Metro: Okhotny Ryad, Teatralnaya
Phone: (495) 227-1757
WWW: www.barbnc.ru

Bookafe

   
Caf? for intellectuals. It has collections of rare photo and art albums on bookshelves that you can flick through or buy. The food collection on the menu is likewise respectable.

Cuisine: International
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 09.00-02.00, Fri-Sat 11.00-6.00
Address: Sadovaya-Samotyochnaya Ul. 13/14, bldg. 1
Metro: Tsvetnoi Bulvar
Phone: (495) 694-0356
WWW: www.bookafe.su


Bosco Cafe

    
Fashionable caf? in the historic building of GUM - an ideal place to discuss your purchases over a cup of coffee. Serves Italian cooking with a Russian accent. There are tables right on Red Square in the fresh air.

Cuisine: Italian
Average bill: 4
Open hours: 10.00-23.00
Address: Red Square 3
Metro: Okhotny Ryad
Phone: (495) 620-3182
WWW: www.bosco.ru/restoration/bosco_cafe

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


Bouillabaisse

    
This restaurant's founders state that only here can you try real Bouillabaisse, the world-famous soup from Marseille. It is a very complex soup to make and the ingredients are expensive to get in Moscow, and so a portion of soup for two people costs from 8100 rubles. Apart from this speciality there are many other delicious fish and seafood dishes on the menu. They run regular interesting special offers.

Cuisine: Fish
Average bill: 4
Open hours: 11.00-24.00
Address: Leninsky prospect 37
Metro: Leninsky Prospect
Phone: (495) 633-8888, (495) 958-0508
WWW: www.buyabes.ru

Budvar

   
Budvar is one of the oldest and most respected beer restaurants, open since 1994. Singularly beautiful interior, attentive service, 11 sorts of draft beer, and appetising and filling European dishes that go well with beer. The wonderful chalet-veranda works year-round: when it is hot outside it is cool here, and in the rain it becomes warm and cosy.

Cuisine: Czech
Average bill: 3
Open hours: 12.00-23.00
Address: Kotelnicheskaya nab. 33
Metro: Taganskaya
Phone: (495) 915-1598/3124
WWW: www.budwar.ru


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