EATING
When it comes to eating
out,
there’s been a revolution in St
Petersburg, with countless new
restaurants serving authentic
international cuisine and new angles
on traditional Russian favourites.
From candlelit gourmet elegance to
sashimi, seafood to pizza, you’ll be
spoilt for choice.
The nearest metro to all the
following is Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny
Dvor, except where indicated.
Tandoor
Good Indian food, a popular place by
the Admiralty.
Price: from 320 Rbl (lunch menu)
Address: Voznesensky Prospekt 2
Tel: +7 812 312 3886
Imperial Restaurant
Tuck into the Sunday Jazz Bunch
buffet, 12.30-17.00.
Caviar bar, sushi, Russian specialities,
seafood, champagne
Price: from 1900 Rbl
Address: Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel, Nevsky
Prospekt 57
Tel: +7 812 380 2001, ext 274
Successful chain of friendly Italian
restaurants. Choose from pizza, pasta
and a no-limit salad bar.
Open 08.00-01.00, Friday and
Saturday to 03.00.
Price: pizza from 95 Rbl, pasta from 135 Rbl, no-limit
salad bar 230 Rbl. Open 08.00-01.00, Friday and
Saturday to 03.00
Address: Nevsky Prospekt 30
Tel: +7 812 314 8215
Sushi Planet
Japanese food from 12.00 to 06.00
Price: nigiri sushi 35 Rbl, traditional rolls 110-395 Rbl;
weekdays from midnight, sushi buffet 299 Rbl.
Address: Nevsky Prospekt 94
Tel: +7 812 275 7533
Kalif
Uzbek specialities, Oriental music,
belly dancers in the evening.
Price: main courses from 400 Rbl
Address: Millionnaya ulitsa 21, Tel: +7 812 312 2265
Taleon Club
Dress up for this Tsarist palace
hangout of the rich. 18th-century
French décor, serious gastronomy.
Casino, bar, and nightclub upstairs.
Price: main courses from 1600 Rbl
Address: Moiki Reki nab 59
Tel: +7 812 315 7645
Russian pancakes in 70 ways, hot,
cold, stuffed and sweet.
Price: from 85 Rbl
Address: Kolokolnaya ulitsa 8
Metro: Dostoyevskaya
Tel: +7 812 315 9915
Propaganda
The décor is Soviet, but the food is
tasty and the atmosphere friendly!
Open round the clock, it overlooks
the city’s most striking bridge, the
rearing horses of Anichkov Most.
Price: main courses around 350 Rbl
Address: Fontanky reki nab 40
Tel: +7 812 275 3558
Tbilissi
A good place to enjoy Georgian food
and wine.
Price: main courses around 200 Rbl
Address: Sytninskaya ulitsa 10
Metro: Gorkovskaya
Tel: +7 812 232 9391
Dvorianskoye Gnezdo
Imperial recipes in the luxurious
Trianon of the Yusupov Palace. The
Russian-French cuisine appealed to
Bill Clinton; dress smartly.
Price: main courses from 1100 Rbl
Address: Dekabristov ulitsa 21, Metro: Sadovaya
Tel: +7 812 312 0911