This dining guide is a perfect starting point for exploring the rapidly changing restaurant scene of St Petersburg. Old and new restaurants, cafes and bars do their best to suite every culinary and aesthetic taste. The centuries-old Russian culinary tradition now meets the new trends which come both from the West and the East. Explore our listings to find a restaurant/cafe you will enjoy.
Russian
Demidov Restaurant ($$$)
Outstanding traditional Russian cuisine including some of the best Siberian forest game and fish in St. Petersburg. Features: Live music, Russian and Gypsy romance evenings, Georgian cuisine cafe. Services: Tourist groups and catered banquets
14 Naberezhnaya Reki Fontanki
+7 (812) 272-9181
Sverchok (The Cricket) Restaurant ($$$) Russian
The restaurant is in historical city centre, a cosy interior Russian Village. The refined Russian cuisine, drinks, show-program, and live music. (shashlik- 200 roubles).
20 Nevsky Prospect
+7 (812) 312-9160
Udachny Vistrel (The Lucky Shot) Restaurant ($$$) European, Russian
Restaurant in a Hunters' Hut style, with European and Russian cuisine.
3 Gorokhovaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 311-6949, +7 (812) 314-9743 (fax)
Adamant Restaurant ($$$)Russian, European
Adamant operates as a casino and gives away daily, weekly and monthly prizes. It also features happy hours from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. nightly, a free bar for casino players and a breakfast beginning at 5.30 a.m.
72 Nabereznaya Reki Moiki
+7 (812) 311-0409
At the Mushketeer's Place Pub($$) Czech, Russian
Czech pub, with an interior resembling a 17th century French tavern. Czech and Russian cuisine.
8 Admiralteysky Prospect
+7 812 315-8732
At Gorchakov's Restaurant ($$)
Features sophisticated Ukrainian and Russian cuisine in the festive atmosphere of a theater. Dishes are prepared according to traditional recipes, and including traditional favorites of strips of dried venison and roast veal with cherries. The restaurant also offers an extensive wine list, including "Vedovukha" and "Sbiten" honey drinks, "Mors" natural fruit drink and kvas. Live piano music from days gone by is also featured.
19 Bolshaya Monetnaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 233-9372
Barabu Bar ($$$) European, Russian
Features a menu of tasty and traditional Russian and European cuisine in a traditional bar style setting, which offers a wide selection of beers and snacks.
14 Liteiny Prospect
+7 (812) 275-3554
Caviar Bar Restaurant ($$$$) European, Russian
Features an extensive vodka menu including five of Russia's finest luxury vodkas and a fine selection of tasty appetizers including canapas, Sevruga and salmon caviar, marinated salmon, marinated mushrooms and smoked sturgeon.
Grand Hotel Europe 1/7 Mikhailovskaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 329-6000
Davidov's Restaurant ($$$$)
Offers a wide selection of hearty and traditional Russian cuisine including caviar, vodkas and desserts. Live Gypsy music from 19.30. "Russian table" is available on Friday from 18:00 - 23:00, on the weekend and holidays from 12:00 - 22:00. Lunch is $28.00 per person, dinner is $35 per person taxes inclusive.
Astoria Hotel 39 Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 313-5815
Dinastiya Restaurant ($$$) Russian
Features the standard menu of hearty and traditional Russian fare, including a special menu of more sophisticated dishes.
11 Gorokhovaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 315-0704
Demyanova Ukha Restaurant ($$$)
Features a fine selection of traditional European and Russian cuisine, and an extensive menu of fish and seafood specialties in a pleasant atmosphere which includes regular live music performances.
53 Kronverksky Prospect
+7 (812) 232-8090
Dostoevsky - Art-Bar ($$$) Russian, Vegetarian, European
Serves a variety of dishes from traditional Russian, European and vegetarian cuisine. Offers a large selection of beers and wines, including 10 different brands of beer. Business lunch. Live music evenings.
15 Vladimirsky Prospect
+7 (812) 310-6164
Fontanka Restaurant ($$$$) Russian
Extensive menu of Russia Imperial cuisine. Stylish interior. Snacks, salad, pies, fruit, desserts. Live music from 7 p.m. to midnight.
Sovetskaya Hotel 43/1 Lermontovsky Prospect
+7 (812) 140-2614
Idiot Restaurant ($$) Russian, Vegetarian
Features a combination of traditional Russian and vegetarian cuisine in a unique early 20th century styled cafe and lounge atmosphere.
82 Nabereznaya Reki Moyki
+7 (812) 315-1675
Kalinka Restaurant ($$$) Russian
Features a rich choice of hearty and tasty classical Russian fare in a sophisticated atmosphere with European style service.
9 Syezdovskaya Liniya, Vasilievsky Island
+7 (812) 323-3718
Khlebosolye Restaurant ($$) Russian
Serves an extensive menu of hearty and tasty classical Russian fare, including a large selection of more sophisticated dishes.
1 Bolshaya Konyushennaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 312-9554
Koleso Restaurant ($$$) Russian
Serves a variety of traditional cuisine in a warm and comfortable old-fashioned tavern setting conveniently located in the city center. The interior includes brick walls and candlelight.
2 Voznesensky Prospect
+7 (812) 315-2125
Literaturnoye Cafe - Restaurant ($) Russian, European
Serves authentic hearty and traditional Russian fare in a uniquely historic setting, which used to be a confectioner's shop that was regularly frequented by none other than the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin.
18 Nevsky Prospect
+7 (812) 312-6057
Nikolay Restaurant ($$$) Russian
Features an authentic menu of hearty and savory Russian fare including a special menu of sophisticated snacks and hot dishes in a stylish and comfortable setting.
52 Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 311-1402
Onegin Restaurant ($$) Russian, French
Russian and French cuisine. 3 areas: drawing-room with wine cabinet, cocktail bar and restaurant.
11 Sadovaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 311-8384
Palkin Restaurant ($$$$) European, Russian
Offers hearty and tasty traditional European and Russian fare, and gambling including American roulette, blackjack and poker, six-card poker, slot machines, and a cocktail bar
47 Nevsky Prospect
+7 (812) 315-7893
Plakuchaya Iva (The Weeping Willow) Restaurant ($$$) Russian
Offers a menu of tasty and traditional Russian and Soviet cuisine including a special menu of hot and cold snacks in an interesting and unique style of the 1960’s.
45 Zagorodny Prospect
+7 (812) 325-0977
Porutchik Rzhevsky Cafe ($$$) European, Russian
This award winning restaurant and bar serves hearty and tasty Russian and European cuisine in an intellectual and frivolous setting, which includes a dance floor.
26 Sadovaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 315-4328
Restaurant ($$$) Russian
Stylish restaurant, decor in the classical minimalist style. Russian cuisine: "hangover" sour cabbage soup "wiht cap" Russian hors d'oeuvres, home-smoked salmon, sterlet baked in herbs.
2 Tamozhenny Pereulok
+7 (812) 327-8979
Russian Kitsch Restaurant ($$$$) Russian
Features hearty Russian fare in a unique environment in the Russian kitch style, which includes green marble, polished gilded bronzes garlands of flowers, hand painted murals on the ceilings, luxury sofas and a gallery adorned with busts of native figures.
25 Universitetskaya Nabereznaya
+7 (812) 325-1122
ST. Petersburg Corner ($$) Russian
Cosy restaurant, with unsual decor. Russian cuisine using old St. Petersburg recipes. Live music in the evenings.
79 Nevsky Prospect
+7 (812) 311-8589
Staraya Derevnya Restaurant ($$) Russian
Features a variety of traditional cuisine and home cooking in a family style setting for intellectually inclined clientele which includes regular theater performances.
72 Savushkina Ulitsa
+7 (812) 431-0000
Stroganoff Yard Restaurant ($) European, Russian
Offers a fine menu of hearty and tasty Russian and European cuisine in Russia’s very first open-air setting. All and all a pleasant dining atmosphere at reasonable prices right off Nevsky Prospekt.
17 Nevsky Prospect
+7 (812) 315-2315
The Year 1913 Restaurant ($$$) Russian
Offers a rich choice of tasty late 19th century and early 20th century Russian gourmet cuisine. Dishes cater to all tastes including especially discriminating gastronomes.
13/2 Voznesensky Prospect
+7 (812) 315-5148
Troika Restaurant ($$$) Russian
The refined and traditional dishes of Russian cuisine. Variety show from 8.30 p.m. Live music. Pub, Bistro, Cafe and sweet-shop under one roof.
27 Zagordny Prospect
+7 (812) 113-2999, +7 (812) 310-4279 (fax)
U Spasa (By the Savior's) Restaurant ($$$) Russian
Features a fine menu of hearty and traditional Russian fare, including a varied selection of drinks.
2 Konyushennaya Ploschad
+7 (812) 314-4973, +7 (812) 315-7458
Yusupov Restaurant ($$$) Russian, European
Offers a wide selection of both tasty and traditional and more sophisticated Russian and European cuisine in a warm and pleasant setting.
94 Nabereznaya Reki Moyki
+7 (812) 314-8790
Za Stsenoi (Backstage) Restaurant ($$) European, Russian
The official Mariinsky Theater restaurant, Za stsenoi, offers a variety of delicious traditional cuisine including lots of dishes with nuts to, if you excuse the pun, to drive you literally Nutcrackers!
18/10 Teatralnaya Ploschad
+7 (812) 327-0684
Zolotoy Ostap Restaurant ($$$) European, Russian, Asian
Offers an extensive menu, which includes dishes from eight different national cuisines in a modernist-style interior, which includes a fireplace.
4 Italianskaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 303-8822
French
Beletage Restaurant ($$$)
French restaurant seating 50. Unconventional decor in style of mannered minimalism. French chef. Live piano music. Opposit the Catherine Garden.
60 Nevsky Prospect
+7 (812) 314-2701
Bistro Garcon($$$)
Serves menu of French cuisine, and has Bordeaux wines. In Bistro - Garson try to keep an atmosphere of an old kind French bistro. The bar rack (the end of XIX century) have brought directly from France.
95 Nevsky Prospect
+7 (812) 277-2467
Le Francais Restaurant ($$$$)
Enjoy a menu of French cuisine prepared by a native French chef in a pleasant atmosphere. Prize in competition " The Best restaurant of St. Petersburg ". Features: Live piano music, wide choice of French wines, free parking
20 Galernaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 315-2465
Le Paris Restaurant ($$$$)
This is the only gourmet French restaurant in St. Petersburg. Features: Three rooms (dining, VIP and wine & cheese tasting rooms), wide selection of French wines and cognacs, cigars
63 Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 311-9545, +7 (812) 3143508 (fax)
Staraya Tamozhnya (The Old Custom House) ($$$$) European, French
"The Old Customs House" Restaurant - the Home of Haute Cuisine. "The Old Customs House" for that very special lunch or dinner. If it's a romantic dinner for two or a larger party with friends and business colleagues this is the ideal venue. With the soft live music, our award winning chef from France together with it's English Management it's a place not to be missed.
1 Tamozhenny Pereulok
+7 (812) 327-8980
American
Baskin & Robbins Cafe (on Nevsky Prospect) ($)
Offers a wide selection of popular and unique ice-cream flavors.
79 Nevsky Prospect
+7 (812) 164-6456
Baskin & Robbins on Nabereznaya Kanala Griboyedova($)
Features a wide selection of popular and unique ice-cream flavors.
19 Kanala Griboedova Nabereznaya
+7 (812) 314-4012
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) on Nevsky prospect($)
Offers an assortment of hot fast food dishes specializing in a wide variety of hot and original chicken dishes served in a warm and friendly fast food atmosphere.
96 Nevsky Prospect
+7 (812) 279-6136
McDonalds (on Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa) ($)
Offers its popular menu of traditional fast food dishes, drinks and desserts in a warm and friendly atmosphere, which also offers breakfast daily, and hosts children’s birthday parties.
11/6 Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 314-6858
4/1 Sennaya Ploschad
+7 (812) 113-47-32
45a Zagorodny Prospect
+7 (812) 310-5214
Italian
Celentano Cafe ($$) , European, Italian
Features a wide variety of international cuisine in a sports bar style setting, and includes regular broadcasts of football matches and other sporting events.
28 Karavannaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 314-8468
La Strada Pizza ($$$)
Serves a varied menu of traditional ethnic dishes including a special selection of exotic meat dishes, baked potatoes and cheeses in an atmosphere styled on a small Italian village
27 Bolshaya Konyushennaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 312-4700
Mama Roma Restaurant (on Karavannaya Ulitsa) ($$$)
Serves a rich menu of tasty Italian dishes including 10 types of pizza and pasta, salads and a buffet with a selection of hot dishes. Offers a breakfast menu from 9 a.m. to noon and a reasonably priced business lunch.
3 Karavannaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 314-0347
Patio-Pizza (on 30 Nevsky Prospect) Pizza ($$)
Offers a menu of Italian and international cuisine, including piping hot and tasty pizza cooked in an open oven in full view of the customers. Also features business lunch and special children’s matinees weekends.
30 Nevsky Prospect
+7 (812) 314-8215
Pizza Hut (on Nabereznaya Reki Moiki) ($$) Italian, European
Offers a menu of traditional European and Italian cuisine including its popular pizza menu and hot and cold snacks in a warm and friendly atmosphere. Also offers special daytime menu discounts.
71/16 Nabereznaya Reki Moiki
+7 (812) 315-7705
Pizza Hut (on Nevsky Prospect) ($$) European, Italian
Features a menu of traditional European and Italian cuisine including its popular pizza menu and hot and cold snacks in a warm and friendly atmosphere. Also offers special daytime menu discounts.
96 Nevsky Prospect
+7 (812) 327-2642
Pizzicato Restaurant ($$$$)
Features tasty Italian and international cuisine including a special pizza menu in a comfortable setting near St. Isaac’s Ploshchad. Pizzas are cooked in a wood-burning stove.
45 Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 315-0319
Probka Bar ($$$)
Features a menu of European cuisine specializing in Italian cuisine. Offers a superb wine list with labels from all five continents, in whole bottles, half or quarter bottles.
5 Belinskogo Ulitsa
+7 (812) 279-7536
Chinese
Peking Opera Restaurant ($$)
Features many of traditional Chinese dishes including a special menu of sophisticated Chinese cuisine, which features many of the Chinese Emperor’s favorite dishes.
27 Dekabristov Ulitsa
+7 (812) 314-1173
Chopsticks Restaurant ($$$$)
Features a menu of traditional Chinese cuisine including tasty Szechwan and several Cantonese specialties.
Grand Hotel Europe 1/7 Mikhailovskaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 329-6000
Kitaisky Dvor (The Chinese Yard) Restaurant ($$$)
Features a fine selection of traditional Chinese cuisine with a number of dishes from the Northern and Southern schools of Chinese cuisine.
3 Tryda Ploschad
+7 (812) 311-7584
Peking (Beijing) Restaurant ($$$) Chinese
Serves an extensive menu of traditional Chinese cuisine including many selections from both the Northern and Southern schools and including turtle soup, steamed snake and Beijing style duck.
60 Sadovaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 310-1141
Zolotoy Drakon Restaurant (The Golden Dragon) ($$) Chinese, Asian
Offers an extensive menu or Oriental cuisine including Chinese, Vietnamese and Southeast Asian fare in a comfortable and air-conditioned environment.
62 Dekabristov Ulitsa
+7 (812) 114-8441
Latin American
Brazilia Restaurant ($$$) Brazilian, European, Latin American
Offers original Brazilian and authentic European cuisine, and wide selection of meats, fish and poultry. Features: Exotic cocktails and desserts, live jazz and Latin American music Wednesday thru Sunday 21.00-00.00, special promotion on Thurday from 19.00 “Day of the Calf”
24 Kazanskaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 320-8777
Senor Pepe's Cantina Restaurant ($$$) Mexican, Latin American
Serves a menu of authentic Mexican, Tex-Mex and Southwest American cuisine, and original strawberry margaritas.
3 Lomonosova Ulitsa
+7 (812) 310-2230
Tres Amigos Restaurant ($$)
Latin American cuisine. Comfortable easy-going atmosphere. Mexican, Peruvian, Colombian and Ecuadorian dishes. Live music every evening.
25 Rubinshteyna Ulitsa
+7 (812) 314-1721
Spanish
El Toro Restaurant ($$$)
Features a fine menu of traditional European cuisine.
1/71 Marata Ulitsa
+7 (812) 311-2602
Las Torres Restaurant ($$)
Rich selection of seafood dishes. Abundance of specialities cooked on an open fire. Famous paella. Wide choice of "Torres" Spanish wines. Live music. Argentinian tangos on Thur. Show "Flamenco"
53 Nesky Prospect
+7 (812) 113-1453
Vegetarian
Amadeus Restaurant ($$) Russian, European, Italian, Vegetarian
Offers a sophisticated menu of European cuisine and an extensive wine list in a warm and cozy Austrian pub style setting. Amadeus also offers fine beer, tasty coffee; sophisticated desserts and regular live music.
34 Suvorovsky Prospect
+7 (812) 275-7172, +7 (812) 275-3164 (fax)
Dostoevsky - Art-Bar ($$$) Russian, Vegetarian, European
Serves a variety of dishes from traditional Russian, European and vegetarian cuisine. Offers a large selection of beers and wines, including 10 different brands of beer. Business lunch. Live music evenings.
15 Vladimirsky Prospect
+7 (812) 310-6164
Gushe Bistro ($$)
Features varied selection of vegetarian cuisine in a traditional bistro style setting. Has a rich assortment of salads, snacks, and teas. Specialties are roulade of aborigine in tomato sauce, and several kinds of lasagnas.
1 Vladimirsky Prospect
+7 (812) 113-2405
Idiot Restaurant ($$) Russian, Vegetarian
Features a combination of traditional Russian and vegetarian cuisine in a unique early 20th century styled cafe and lounge atmosphere.
82 Nabereznaya Reki Moyki
+7 (812) 315-1675
Cafes
Ideal Cup ($) European
Popular city cafe chain which features a large selection of teas, coffees, cakes and other sweets from the confection shop, and lots of city views.
82 Bolshoy Prospect Petrograd Side
+7 (812) 232-0283
46 Sredny Prospect Vasilievsky Island
+7 (812) 323-9059
112 Nevsky Prospect
+7 (812) 275-7140
130 Nevsky Prospect
+7 (812) 277-0730
15 Nevsky Prospect
+7 (812) 315-0927
9/2 Izmailovsky Prospect
+7 (812) 320-6526
2 Kamenoostrovsky Prospect
+7 (812) 232-0283
19 Kirochnaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 275-5835
10 Nekrasova Ulitsa
+7 (812) 273-7483
25 Sadovaya Ulitsa
+7 (812) 310-0404
1/47 Vladimirsky Prospect
+7 (812) 310-37-35
Staroye Cafe (The Old Cafe) ($) Russian, European
Features a variety of hearty and traditional authentic Russian fare, and a menu of traditional European dishes including a wide selection of alcoholic drinks and delicious coffees.
108 Nabereznaya Reki Fontanki
+7 (812) 316-5111
