With a kitchen staffed by three Italian expats who have been cooking for years in some of Moscow’s fanciest restaurants, you know you are not going to go far wrong. Osteria’s look is a wholly Western brand of toned down informal chic - concrete walls with the menus scrawled across them, a huge bustling bar and open kitchen dominating the centre of the glass walled room, and surprisingly comfortable deckchair style chairs, are all seriously on trend. Besides the buzzing atmosphere though, the real attraction is the great food. Imaginative daily specials from the chef, fantastic fresh pizzas, imaginative twists on Italian classics and oh-so traditional homemade pasta make returning again irresistible.

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