All the gastronomic wealth of Russia is demonstrated in the best Moscow restaurants serving dishes of Russian cuisine.
We have chosen 11 restaurants of Russian cuisine in Moscow, where you should definitely go for olivier, borsch and vodka.
Restaurant White Rabbit
Peculiarity: it is the most famous Russian restaurant, included in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants rating
Starring: Chef Vladimir Mukhin, restaurateur Boris Zarkov
What to order: salted "Napoleon" with black caviar (1400 rubles) and calf tongue in bird cherry dough with mashed potatoes and morel sauce (1480 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Smolenskaya Square, 3, 16 floor
Phone: +7 (495) 663‑39-99 (reservation required)
www.whiterabbitmoscow.ru/en/
Restaurant Twins Garden
Peculiarity: the restaurant has been opened recently, and it is already in the ranking of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
Starring: Twin Brothers and Chefs Ivan and Sergey Berezutsky
What to order: eggplant fried in kvass with tomatoes and seaweed (670 rubles) and stewed piglet with plum and baked garlic (810 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Strastnoy Boulevard, 8a
Phone: +7 (499) 112-33-00 (reservation required)
www.twinsgarden.ru
Restaurant SAVVA
Peculiarity: the restaurant is located in the Metropol hotel with an interior from the beginning of the 20th century
Starring: Chef Andrei Shmakov
What to order: Metropol soup with duck and cherry (620 rubles) and dumplings with pike and champagne (1080 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Teatralny pr., 2
Phone: +7 (499) 270-10-62
www.savvamsk.ru
Restaurant "Gorynych"
Peculiarity: stoves, jospers, smokers in a new way
Starring: Chef Artem Losev, restaurateurs Boris Zarkov, Ilya Tyutenkov, Vladimir Mukhin
What to order: beef patty "Gorynych" with lingonberry sauce (720 rubles) and pizza with eel and green onions (730 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Rozhdestvensky Boulevard, 1
Phone: +7 (495) 937-38-11
www.gorynich.com
Restaurant Selfie
Peculiarity: the restaurant is included in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
Starring: Chef Anatoly Kazakov, Restaurateur Boris Zarkov
What to order: a sinful brioche with whitefish caviar and Antonov apples (380 rubles) and pike perch soup with burbot milk (430 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Novinsky Boulevard, 31 (Novinsky, 2nd floor)
Phone: +7 (495) 995-85-03
www.selfiemoscow.ru
Restaurant "Matryoshka"
Peculiarity: here you will feel like a representative of the merchant class
Starring: Chef Vlad Piskunov, Restaurateur Andrei Dellos
What to order: tartar made of dried duck (950 rubles) and smoked catfish from a wood-burning stove with pumpkin puree (820 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Kutuzovsky Prospect, 2/1, 6
Phone: +7 (495) 154-80-83
www.matryoshka-rest.ru
Restaurant "Severyane"
Peculiarity: taste the dishes from the oven in the atmosphere of a Masonic lodge
Starring: Chef Georgy Troyan, restaurateur Ilya Tyutenkov
What to order: eclairs with Kamchatka crab (940 rubles) and a tomahawk from Bryansk (860 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Bolshaya Nikitskaya St., 12
Phone: +7 (499) 348-83-32
www.severyane.moscow
"Cafe Pushkin"
Peculiarity: a restaurant with pseudo-historic interiors, known to foreigners for Gilbert Béco's song "Natalie"
Starring: Chef Andrei Makhov, Restaurateur Andrei Dellos
What to order: Olivier salad with Provencal sauce (1490 rubles) and Tasting caviar of different types with red pancakes (salmon caviar, vendace caviar, sturgeon caviar, beluga caviar) (9950 rub.)
Address: Moscow, Tverskoy Boulevard, 26A
Phone: +7 (495) 739-00-33
www.cafe-pushkin.ru
Restaurant "Shinok"
Peculiarity: look at peacocks and cows living in a corner of rural nature
Starring: Chef Elena Nikiforova, Restaurateur Andrei Dellos
What to order: milk pig roll (690 rubles) and Transcarpathian dumplings with meat (690 rubles)
Address: Moscow, st. 1905, 2A
Phone: +7 (495) 266-21-41
www.shinok.ru
Grand Cafe Dr. Zhivago
Peculiarity: a restaurant overlooking the Kremlin in the interior of a Soviet holiday home
Starring: Restaurateur Alexander Rappoport
What to order: cabbage soup with sauerkraut (480 rubles) and goose stew with lingonberries (960 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Mokhovaya st., 15/1, floor 1, hotel "National"
Phone: + 7 (499) 922-01-00
www.drzhivago.ru
Restaurant RUSKI
Peculiarity: the largest Russian stove located in a skyscraper and a dizzying view of Moscow from the 85th floor
Starring: Chef Alexander Volkov-Medvedev, restaurateurs Alexey and Dmitry Vasilchuk, Dmitry Sergeev, Iliodor Marach and Alexander Kan
What to order: fish soup from the oven with five kinds of fish (530 rubles) and a chicken with mushrooms (540 rubles)
Address: Moscow, 1st Krasnogvardeisky pr-d, d. 21, p. 2, 85 floor, OKO tower, Moscow City
Phone: +7 (495) 7777-111
www.ruski.354group.com
We have chosen 11 restaurants of Russian cuisine in Moscow, where you should definitely go for olivier, borsch and vodka.
Restaurant White Rabbit
Peculiarity: it is the most famous Russian restaurant, included in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants rating
Starring: Chef Vladimir Mukhin, restaurateur Boris Zarkov
What to order: salted "Napoleon" with black caviar (1400 rubles) and calf tongue in bird cherry dough with mashed potatoes and morel sauce (1480 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Smolenskaya Square, 3, 16 floor
Phone: +7 (495) 663‑39-99 (reservation required)
www.whiterabbitmoscow.ru/en/
Restaurant Twins Garden
Peculiarity: the restaurant has been opened recently, and it is already in the ranking of The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
Starring: Twin Brothers and Chefs Ivan and Sergey Berezutsky
What to order: eggplant fried in kvass with tomatoes and seaweed (670 rubles) and stewed piglet with plum and baked garlic (810 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Strastnoy Boulevard, 8a
Phone: +7 (499) 112-33-00 (reservation required)
www.twinsgarden.ru
Restaurant SAVVA
Peculiarity: the restaurant is located in the Metropol hotel with an interior from the beginning of the 20th century
Starring: Chef Andrei Shmakov
What to order: Metropol soup with duck and cherry (620 rubles) and dumplings with pike and champagne (1080 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Teatralny pr., 2
Phone: +7 (499) 270-10-62
www.savvamsk.ru
Restaurant "Gorynych"
Peculiarity: stoves, jospers, smokers in a new way
Starring: Chef Artem Losev, restaurateurs Boris Zarkov, Ilya Tyutenkov, Vladimir Mukhin
What to order: beef patty "Gorynych" with lingonberry sauce (720 rubles) and pizza with eel and green onions (730 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Rozhdestvensky Boulevard, 1
Phone: +7 (495) 937-38-11
www.gorynich.com
Restaurant Selfie
Peculiarity: the restaurant is included in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
Starring: Chef Anatoly Kazakov, Restaurateur Boris Zarkov
What to order: a sinful brioche with whitefish caviar and Antonov apples (380 rubles) and pike perch soup with burbot milk (430 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Novinsky Boulevard, 31 (Novinsky, 2nd floor)
Phone: +7 (495) 995-85-03
www.selfiemoscow.ru
Restaurant "Matryoshka"
Peculiarity: here you will feel like a representative of the merchant class
Starring: Chef Vlad Piskunov, Restaurateur Andrei Dellos
What to order: tartar made of dried duck (950 rubles) and smoked catfish from a wood-burning stove with pumpkin puree (820 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Kutuzovsky Prospect, 2/1, 6
Phone: +7 (495) 154-80-83
www.matryoshka-rest.ru
Restaurant "Severyane"
Peculiarity: taste the dishes from the oven in the atmosphere of a Masonic lodge
Starring: Chef Georgy Troyan, restaurateur Ilya Tyutenkov
What to order: eclairs with Kamchatka crab (940 rubles) and a tomahawk from Bryansk (860 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Bolshaya Nikitskaya St., 12
Phone: +7 (499) 348-83-32
www.severyane.moscow
"Cafe Pushkin"
Peculiarity: a restaurant with pseudo-historic interiors, known to foreigners for Gilbert Béco's song "Natalie"
Starring: Chef Andrei Makhov, Restaurateur Andrei Dellos
What to order: Olivier salad with Provencal sauce (1490 rubles) and Tasting caviar of different types with red pancakes (salmon caviar, vendace caviar, sturgeon caviar, beluga caviar) (9950 rub.)
Address: Moscow, Tverskoy Boulevard, 26A
Phone: +7 (495) 739-00-33
www.cafe-pushkin.ru
Restaurant "Shinok"
Peculiarity: look at peacocks and cows living in a corner of rural nature
Starring: Chef Elena Nikiforova, Restaurateur Andrei Dellos
What to order: milk pig roll (690 rubles) and Transcarpathian dumplings with meat (690 rubles)
Address: Moscow, st. 1905, 2A
Phone: +7 (495) 266-21-41
www.shinok.ru
Grand Cafe Dr. Zhivago
Peculiarity: a restaurant overlooking the Kremlin in the interior of a Soviet holiday home
Starring: Restaurateur Alexander Rappoport
What to order: cabbage soup with sauerkraut (480 rubles) and goose stew with lingonberries (960 rubles)
Address: Moscow, Mokhovaya st., 15/1, floor 1, hotel "National"
Phone: + 7 (499) 922-01-00
www.drzhivago.ru
Restaurant RUSKI
Peculiarity: the largest Russian stove located in a skyscraper and a dizzying view of Moscow from the 85th floor
Starring: Chef Alexander Volkov-Medvedev, restaurateurs Alexey and Dmitry Vasilchuk, Dmitry Sergeev, Iliodor Marach and Alexander Kan
What to order: fish soup from the oven with five kinds of fish (530 rubles) and a chicken with mushrooms (540 rubles)
Address: Moscow, 1st Krasnogvardeisky pr-d, d. 21, p. 2, 85 floor, OKO tower, Moscow City
Phone: +7 (495) 7777-111
www.ruski.354group.com
Sources: https://www.gastronom.ru
Author: Anna Dorozhkina