This In Your Pocket Guide is available as

Bookmark and Share

St. Petersburg | Restaurants and cafes | Russian

Located in the former house of Baron von Stahl (a German nobleman and merchant who owned vineyards in the Crimea and made his fortune selling wine) this restaurant offers old-style Russian cuisine. Menu highlights include fresh Russian forest mushrooms, Solyanka (hot soup with various types of [...]


Add your comment

Ul. Malaya Morskaya 14
tel. 312 82 68

Open:
11:30 - 23:00

This charming dining venue allows you to step into a Russian country house at the beginning of the nineteenth century, just as if you were entering  into the world of author Anton Chekhov. Recreating the traditional delicacies from recipes of that time, you can enjoy a sumptous meal as a piano [...]


Add your comment

Ul. Petropavlovskaya 4
tel. 234 45 11

Open:
12:00 - 23:00

Experience some 19th-century tsarist atmosphere at Demidov, a top-notch restaurant named after a local noble family. It serves classic Russian dishes, which are great at dinnertime, but are even better at lunchtime, when they’re half-price. [...]


Add your comment

Nab. reky Fontanky 14
tel. 272 91 81
Open: 12:00 until the last client.
Live music: 20:00 -23:00

Gosudar’s impressive interior attempts to create an authentic tsarist atmosphere. To avoid the noisy stage acts, eating on the indoor balcony is a pleasant option. The caviar appetiser will you set you back 400Rbl, but a regular salad is from 130Rbl . [...]


Add your comment

Bolshoy Sampsonievsky pr. 32
tel. 324 59 79

Open:
12:00 - 23:00

This restaurant-pub is a real find. It is designed like an old tavern of the tsarist period and it has a warm atmosphere and unique interior. A wonderful Russian menu with superb prices. There is a  huge amount of meat dishes. They offer breakfasts and business lunch deals. There is a mus [...]


Add your comment

Nab. kan. Griboedova 69/18
tel. 312 05 18
fax. 312 05 18
Open 24hrs.
Dining out certainly wasn't this glamourous in the real Leningrad, surely? This converted old factory is a superior dining venue boasting live music on the weekends, a sea of white linen tables ready for groups of beautiful guests. The atmosphere is festive with a touch of nostalgia, with a sli [...]


Add your comment

Kamennoostrovsky pr. 11A
tel. 644 44 46

Open:
12:00 - 01:00

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 o [...]


Add your comment

PS, Bolshoy pr. 13/4
tel. 232 40 39

Open:
12:00- 23:00

Ohotnichya Izba (Hunting Hut)
This is a fun place filled with all sorts of hunting trophies where you are greeted by a big stuffed Russian bear. Expect to see lots of meat at the Hunting Hut  including different kinds of game birds, deer, boar and bear. The meat is grilled in the middle of the restaurant, which only increa [...]


Add your comment

Lermontovsky pr. 30
tel. 714 60 88

Open:
12:00 - 24:00
Sunday:
13:00 - 24:00
Friday:
12:00 - 02:00
Saturday:
13:00 - 02:00

Relaxing on the soft chairs you can enjoy a real Russian supper. Osobnyak Polovtseva has a wide choice of salads, soups, vegetarian dishes and main courses (including Beef Stroganoff). [...]


Add your comment

Ul. Bolshaya Morskaya 52
tel. 571 59 00
Open: 12:00 until the last client.
This is how Parking works. You pay for an hour and during that hour you can eat as much as you want from the Russian buffet. There's salads, soup, different vegetables and strange meat dishes that you don't really know what it is made of. The hourly price also includes unlimited beer and wi [...]


Add your comment

Nevsky pr. 13/9
tel. 315 18 58

Open:
11:00 - 00:00

Stylish restaurant with pale, undecorated walls. Like the food the interior is a combination of old Russian style and modern touches. We’ve eaten the Russian specialities several times and have never been disappointed. [...]


Add your comment

Tamozhenny per. 2
tel. 327 89 79

Open:
12:00 - 24:00

It’s been said that this cosy little pancake cafe has the best bliny in town. At lunchtime it’s usually packed and the queues can be a headache; at quieter times it’s a good place for a quick, cheap bite and a cup of tea. Samovar has great traditional Russian salads, and everythin [...]


Add your comment

Ul. Gorokhovaya 27
tel. 314 39 45

Open:
10:00 - 21:00
Sunday:
11:00 - 21:00
Saturday:
11:00 - 21:00

Head upstairs and worship at the throne of  Teremok - the pancake or blini kings. Although it is strictly fast food, the blini are assembled as you order them and there is a wide variety including the Ilya Murometz, a popular concoction of boiled pork, mushrooms and cheese. They also do d [...]


Add your comment

Nevsky pr. 60
tel. 314 27 01

Open:
10:00 - 22:00

Marvellous and packed with high-kicking, high-energy energetic Russians doing their thing in traditional style. The food matches the atmosphere perfectly with Russian cuisine all the way with some great service as well. The blini (pancakes) are magic. The dance show, cuisine, the staff an [...]


Add your comment

Zagorodny pr. 27
tel. 713 53 43

Open:
13:00 - 00:30
Monday:
Closed
Aimed at the tourist maket, this slightly cheesy Russian eatery packs in both Russians and foreigners alike. They come here for the good value meals, the staff mincing around in traditional costume and that aromatic smell of shashlik from behind the grill. Sit under the plastic forest canopy (somehow this is oddly appealing), while filling up on an all-you-can-eat plate from the buffet wagons or order something from the menu. Also at Malaya Konyushennaya 9, tel. 571 03 85. [...]


Add your comment

Nevsky pr. 88
tel. 273 15 94

Open:
07:00 - 05:00