Industrial Constructivist at its best with waitresses in black and white with little red kerchiefs around their necks. There are two rooms, crammed with books and memorabilia. One room is like the interior of a submarine, while the front room is sunnier with windows up to the street.  The menu [...]

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Is that Brezhnev and Castro we see kissing on the ceiling? Bear rugs, sumptuous cushions, multi-coloured walls, leopard print sofas, embellished pillars - could it get more kitsch than this? This restaurant is ironic on a grand scale in a grand location, overlooking the river Neva, with six di [...]

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Lenin would no doubt turn in his mausoleum if he heard about this Soviet-kitsch buffet with the name ‘Ilyich’s (Lenin's) mating-call.’ Lenin busts hang from the mirrored ceiling, the flags of the proletariat hang from the walls while the oddly translated menu extols the best of fast food Soviet style. Anyone for kotlety (those mixed meat burgers)? Service is friendly enough, and prices recall those of last century, although the pop music blaring from the TV borders on the annoying..
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