Restaurants

These days, with over two thousand restaurants, the city can take pride in offering a wide selection of quality places to dine.

Be forewarned, although Moscow does not lack expensive and trendy restaurants, very few offer food and service, which justify their prices.

A wide selection of cafes and restaurants are available in most areas of the city, even though bright signs usually draw peoples’ attention to the city’s main streets. Restaurants here are always quite busy, have friendly staff and offer fairly tasty food. However if what you want are the top-class restaurants, then you will have to veer off the more popular streets. Very often they are hidden in tiny side streets or gardens and don’t even have a sign to attract the passer-by’s eye. However those who are lucky enough to know of its existence will be presented with the most exquisite cuisine, cooked by some of the best European and Asian chefs, a wide selection of the best wines, flawless service from the staff and a unique feeling of belonging to the elite of society. This luxury, however, is far from cheap. Prices found in Moscow’s top-class restaurants can only be compared to those of London and Tokyo.

It is very important to choose restaurants carefully as it is not at all uncommon for the unsuspecting visitor to get locked into a problematic situation of indigestible food and apathetic personnel. If you are not a regular visitor to Russia or are not really in the know when it comes to restaurants in this country, you will be better off getting advice from trustworthy sources.