1, Red Square

”This restaurant on Moscow’s most iconic square specializes in 19th-century Russian dishes....”  More

Barashka

”A meat-intensive Azerbaijani restaurant—the name means “little lamb”—specializing in the region’s wonderfully spicy cuisine....”  More

Café Pushkin

”The ultimate haute-Russian restaurant, and a Moscow highlight. Open 24 hours, it caters to the local business community and tourists...”  More

Caviar Bar

Chekhov

”At Chekhov, a pianist played Chopin—the city is full of underemployed classical musicians moonlighting at restaurants—while waitresses in 19th-century-style outfits...”  More

Erivan

Galereya

”The preferred hangout of Moscow’s Guccied crowd, with an au courant menu of Euro-Asian food....”  More

Kolkhi

”This cozy spot, which evokes a Georgian country house, features terrific renditions of dishes from all over the former Soviet...”  More

Sadko

Shatush

Stolle

”Stolle won me over immediately. Never a fan of Piter’s pompous, resurrect-the-Romanovs haunts serving Frenchified food, I was happy to...”  More

Yolki-Palki

”Arkady Novikov, the city’s most successful restaurateur, can take credit for more than 100 spots. Yolki-Palki, one of his best...”  More

1913

”A demure corner restaurant that serves upscale Russian cuisine without too much to-do. Try the thin-sliced smoked sturgeon....”  More

Amshenski Dvor

”This mostly open-air Armenian restaurant is set behind a structure that looks like the prow of a ship. Peacocks prowl...”  More

Beliye Nochi

”Beliye Nochi ('White Nights') offers a cult version of the Georgian meat dumpling khinkali that one Sochi businessman and bon...”  More

Black Magnolia

”A dish at the hotel’s Black Magnolia restaurant is a surf-and-turf 'Fabergé egg' of chicken, fish and lobster. Prepared by...”  More

Club Petrovich

”For kitschy Soviet dishes in a setting that evokes a communal Soviet apartment....”  More

Correa's

”'This is a very comfortable [New American] restaurant, without snobbery or obtrusive design. It has a food shop that sells...”  More

Dymov No. 1

Fasol

Jagannath

”'Most cities have good vegetarian restaurants, although it can get tricky,' he explains. 'In the old part of Lisbon, Terra-Restaurante...”  More

Kilikia

Kroshka-Kartoshka

”'Most food in street kiosks is terrible, but the baked-potato chain Kroshka-Kartoshka isn't bad. The kiosks are clean; the potatoes...”  More

Lenin's Mating Call (Zov Ilicha)

”A kitschy new restaurant called Lenin's Mating Call (Zov Ilicha in Russian) brings the whole Soviet era into perspective by...”  More

Moscow (Moskva)

”Waiters in perfectly distressed jeans and T-shirts dash around tossing plates of $20 foie gras to the perfectly coiffed new...”  More

Mountain Eagle (Gorny Oryol)

”In its size and style, the new Mountain Eagle's entry hallway recalls an abandoned train station at midnight, and the...”  More

Na Zdorovye!

O.G.I.

”A bohemian café-cum-nightclub-cum-cultural-center for young intellectuals...”  More

Pavilion

”It's easy to understand the appeal: with cushy red couches and blond tables illuminated by chandeliers that look like fantastical...”  More

Podvorye

”Slurping down the rich, ruby borscht and the solyanka, a Slavic chowder thick with smoked meats and olives, I decided...”  More

Prichal

Pyat Zvyozd

”We import high-quality bread from France and England for sandwiches, like our chicken and tomato with pine nuts....”  More

Restoran

”Classic, hearty Russian cuisine (don’t miss the elk dumplings) in an airy former printing house....”  More

Restoran Detinets

”Classic Russian dishes, such as fish soup and borscht, served in cozy brick alcoves inside the kremlin’s Pokrovskaya Tower...”  More

Shalet

”At Shalet, a café on the boardwalk, the lyulya kebabs of ground lamb are sprinkled with pomegranate spice, parsley, and...”  More

Shinok

”Shinok, a faux farmhouse that serves a pork-heavy Ukrainian style....”  More

Simple Things

Syr

”A swank Italian restaurant that specializes in cheese...”  More

Tiffany’s

”This flashy restaurant and lounge is the new favorite hangout of the local jeunesse dorée. The sushi is good, the...”  More

Tiffany's

Triton

”Kitsch and minimalism are locked in a daily struggle throughout St. Petersburg, and at the Triton restaurant, on the banks...”  More

Turandot

Uzbekistan

”Waitresses dressed in Central Asian tunics serve authentic Uzbek home cooking....”  More

Vanil

”In a sleek neo-industrial space, a well-heeled crowd snacks on Asian fusion food...”  More

Yar

”Try blini at the opulent Yar, an 1826 Moscow landmark....”  More