This cheerful, cosy restaurant called Na Zdorovie (Russian for 'to your health!') serves excellent Russian and Soviet cuisine – something you are not supposed to miss when visiting St. Petersburg. It is a good restaurant for tourists looking for a taste of typical Russian food. Take our word for it, everything we tried here tasted really fresh – as if a Russian
babushka (grandmother) prepared it herself. Don't forget to try the typical Russian drinks
kvas and
mors.
€€
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Touristic. Quite pleasant interior reminiscent of a Russian peasant farm house, with historic wooden farm implements and woodworking tools. Good food. Not expensive. I had the aspen mushrooms and boiled potatoes (the latter were slightly overdone), pike-perch pelmeni and fish soup. All were good, except the rice pirozji that came with the soup was disappointing; not all of the rice was fully cooked and they were a bit greasy. The waitress really impressed me with her lack of sincerity and eagerness to take away my food before I was finished. The balalaika player (with computer-based accompaniment) was technically quite good but played only one Russian melody, apparently preferring jazz and Latin tunes in his short set. The kitchen closed early before I could order more or dessert. Overall impression: a bit contrived but good, authentic Russian food for a fair price.
I tried to find this restaurant, but I did not succeed. Is it really Большой проспект 13/4?