“Probka” is the flagship and most titled Italian restaurant of Aram Mnatsakanov on the Petrograd side. The Italian classics on the menu are supplemented by signature dishes. They serve octopus Sicilian style, chopped steak country style, pizza with salmon and black caviar, pasta with burrata and black truffle, and for companies – lamb shoulder in herbs.
An Italian osteria from the Birch team near Nekrasovsky Garden. Betulla is the same “birch” as Birch (from Italian and from English, respectively). The kitchen is headed by the permanent chef Arslan Berdiev. His signature is filigree work with products, harmonious combinations, no effects for the sake of effects. The menu has a dozen and a half dishes on an Italian theme: homemade pastas with non-standard toppings, variations on the theme of parmigiana, caesar, vitello tonnato. Osteria Betulla has collected a large collection of wines for all occasions, a sommelier works in the hall. Tables must be booked in advance, but for the general communal table they are placed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Joli Grand Bistrot has opened at 45 Vosstaniya Street, in the courtyard of the Myasnikov mansion. It is a project of the Italy&Co. team and the famous Moscow chef Glen Ballis. The name Joli means “beautiful” in French, and we were not deceived. The glass roof of the atrium and the play of sunlight, white tablecloths and napkins with embroidery, lots of flowers, designer tableware – everything justifies the grand bistro genre: it is about French chic and charm, but in an “everyday” format.
The Moscow Metro was one of the proudest achievements of the Soviet era. Its stations are the most luxurious in the world. Many stations resemble palaces, with marble, mosaics, stained glass, life-size statues and bronze fittings. Some central metro stations, along with the Moscow Kremlin, royal estates and mansions, have become part of the capital’s architectural heritage.
Take the opportunity to visit the world’s largest museum of Russian national art and see an incredible variety of artistic masterpieces from the 11th to the 19th centuries.
A sightseeing tour of Moscow by car with stops for photographs at the most interesting sights of the capital (the Bolshoi Theatre, Stalin’s skyscrapers, the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, the Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow State University, Vorobyovy Gory, Moscow Film Studio, Novodevichy Convent, Victory Park, Moscow Triumphal Arch, Kutuzovsky Prospekt, Novy Arbat Street, Boulevard and Garden Ring.
The restaurant of chef Glen Ballis, gastro blogger Alexander Sysoev and restaurant critic Yan Cherepanov on Patriarch’s Ponds, which combines Mexican accents and European aesthetics of details.
A variety of seafood: shellfish, crabs, shrimps and fish from the Russian Far East, against the backdrop of a unique 360-degree panoramic view of Moscow. Gastronomy as an art, where perfection of execution is achieved under the conductor’s baton of taste – this is Sakhalin.
An elegant “near-boutique” restaurant with an exquisite menu that combines very unusual and interesting flavors, such as meat and fish with berries and fruits. The restaurant’s interior is designed in light colors with a lot of wood and marble.
Grand Café Dr. Zhivago is a popular restaurant of modern Russian cuisine just a few steps from our hotel on the first floor of the National Hotel. The restaurant’s interior is made in Soviet style.
