1913

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

Fasol

Kilikia

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!

Restoran

This former seat of imperial Russia has a surreal beauty, especially in the colder months when its fairy-tale architecture—the mint-green... 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

Terrassa

This former seat of imperial Russia has a surreal beauty, especially in the colder months when its fairy-tale architecture—the mint-green... 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