Dining

Russians are famous for their hospitality and have always been fond of treating their guests. Whether it is dinner parties hosted in restaurants, hotels or home, the local people have always tried to serve their guests with wide varieties of different dishes and traditional Russian delicacies. The local people consider it an honor to treat their guests with culinary delights. Although, many Russians do not dine out frequently, the city of Moscow always had a well-developed chain of restaurants, mainly due to visiting tourists and businesspersons.

Many city guides will tell you that the city does not have many places to eat out, but this is far from being true as the city is now home to many franchises including pizza bars, grills, pasta restaurants, and Irish pubs. Apart from these, a number of Russian restaurants also operate in the city where you can try out the tasty Russian cuisines. Some of the restaurants are listed below:

A. Top Restaurants

Baltschug

Address - Hotel Baltschug Kempinski Moskau, 1 Ulitsa Balchug, M. Tretyakovskaya

Tel: 230-6500

It is famous for its Russian cuisine, but also features international cuisine and hosts' daily themed buffet dinners from 6pm to 11pm. Breakfast is served from 7am to 11am whereas lunch is served from noon to 3pm. Most major credit cards are accepted such as AmEx, Visa, Diners Club, Master, and JCB.

Bakhor

Address-12 Tovarishcheskiy Pereulok, M. Marksistskaya

Tel: 911-7181/0116

The Russian cuisine restaurant serves forty different types of main courses and four kinds of pilaf, manty, and samsa. It offers catering services for home parties as well as weddings. It opens from 12 in the noon and closes after the last guest leaves the restaurant's premises.

Yakitoriya

Address- Top Three- Noviy Arbat street, 10; 1 Tverskaya-Yamskaya street, 29; and Novoslabodskaya street, 20

It is a chain of popular Japanese restaurants and you can find one in almost all major areas of the city. Most of these are open all throughout the night. A single meal will cost around 20$-30$.

Shocoladnica

It is a famous chain of French restaurants that offers tasty desserts and different types of coffee and tea. Lunch options are also available to visitors, which can cost around 20 dollars. The addresses are given below:

St. Bolshaya Dmitrovka, 30/1

St. Bolshaya Yakimanka, 58/2

St. Arbat, 29

St. Bolshaya Nikitskaya, 14

St. Bolshaya Gryzinskaya, 2/12

Kytyzovskiy prospekt, 29

Cipolla d'Oro

Address- 39 Ulitsa Gilyarovskogo, 281-9498/1339. M. Prospekt Mira.

It is one of the best Italian restaurants in town and the most popular items on menu include fresh Mediterranean fish, home made pastas, and authentic Italian pizzas. The restaurant is open from noon to 11:30 PM.

Boyarksy

Address- 1/4 Teatralnyy Proezd, 927-6063. M. Teatralnaya

The restaurant offers a fine mix of African as well as traditional dishes and is open from 7pm to 1am. It is closed on Sundays.

Alexandrovsky

Address- 17 Ulitsa 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya

Tel: 251-0701/2761

The restaurant has Russian as well as European dishes on its menu and specialties include Salad Alexandrovsky, Sterlet Kupecheskiy made from mushrooms and ham, and for dessert ice cream Alexandrovsky. It is open from 12pm to 12am and accepts all major credit cards.

Arsentyich

Address- 15 Bolshoy Cherkasskiy Pereulok, M. Kitay-Gorod

Tel: 927-0755

The restaurant specializes in Russian cuisine and specialties include Pork Roast and Leg of Lamb. It also stores dark and light beer that is made in a local brewery according to the Bavarian recipes. The restaurant offers 50 percent discounts on light beer on weekdays from 3pm to 6pm and all throughout the weekend. It is open from 12noon to 11pm.