Guidebook for Moskva

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Guidebook for Moskva

Food Scene

Flagship restaurant of the Miratorg meat company. All products sourced in central Russia. Hard to beat for meat.
Ryby Net
12 Nikolskaya St
Flagship restaurant of the Miratorg meat company. All products sourced in central Russia. Hard to beat for meat.
Good for people watching, launched by Aliona Doletskaya, the first editor and publisher of Vogue Russia (friend).
Vogue Cafe
Good for people watching, launched by Aliona Doletskaya, the first editor and publisher of Vogue Russia (friend).
Iconic Uzbek restaurant named after the Soviet 'cowboy' film White Sun of the Desert. Belly dancing included
Beloye Solntse Pustyni
29 Neglinnaya St
Iconic Uzbek restaurant named after the Soviet 'cowboy' film White Sun of the Desert. Belly dancing included
Iconic ground floor restaurant in the National Hotel looking over Red Square, serving excellent Russian cuisine. Operates 24/7 but very difficult to get a table at short notice. Great menu, reasonable prices. Do not mention its your birthday since all the waitresses will sing to you and light fireworks.
44 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Grand Cafe Dr. Jhivago
15с1 Mokhovaya St
44 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Iconic ground floor restaurant in the National Hotel looking over Red Square, serving excellent Russian cuisine. Operates 24/7 but very difficult to get a table at short notice. Great menu, reasonable prices. Do not mention its your birthday since all the waitresses will sing to you and light fireworks.

Drinks & Nightlife

Next to Barashka there is a Lucky Noodles. At the back of the noodle bar there is a face control on the right. Big smile and you can go downstairs into Mendeleev's, possibly the best cocktail bar in Moscow. It's in a vaulted cavern with a dance floor. Tough walking out into the sunlight at 5am....
17 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Mendeleev Bar
20/1 Petrovka Ulitsa
17 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Next to Barashka there is a Lucky Noodles. At the back of the noodle bar there is a face control on the right. Big smile and you can go downstairs into Mendeleev's, possibly the best cocktail bar in Moscow. It's in a vaulted cavern with a dance floor. Tough walking out into the sunlight at 5am....
Some very good live music on our street in a courtyard. Music usually from 8 to 10PM due to local residents. Chilled out, free entry.
Gogol club
11 Pereulok Stoleshnikov
Some very good live music on our street in a courtyard. Music usually from 8 to 10PM due to local residents. Chilled out, free entry.

Shopping

Moscow version of Harvey Nichols 5 minutes from the apartment. They say it's Milan prices. Hope the sale is on.
12 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Tsum (Tsentral'nyy Universal'nyy Magazin)
12 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Moscow version of Harvey Nichols 5 minutes from the apartment. They say it's Milan prices. Hope the sale is on.

Essentials

Organic/natural Grocery store. Good products at good prices. Everything from fruit and salads to rib-eyes. Good ice cream.
58 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Vkusvill
29к1 Ulitsa Usacheva
58 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Organic/natural Grocery store. Good products at good prices. Everything from fruit and salads to rib-eyes. Good ice cream.
24/7 Grocery Store, high quality assortment at high prices although salads and fruits reasonable in summer and good selection of fresh meats and fish.
172 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Azbuka Vkusa
34 Komsomol'skiy Prospekt
172 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
24/7 Grocery Store, high quality assortment at high prices although salads and fruits reasonable in summer and good selection of fresh meats and fish.

Arts & Culture

The Moscow Kremlin, Red Square
595 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
El Kremlin de Moscú
595 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The Moscow Kremlin, Red Square
Enough Said. Tickets on sale nearby, to the left if facing the Theatre. Possible to buy online
416 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Teatro Bolshói
1 Ulitsa Bol'shaya Dmitrovka
416 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Enough Said. Tickets on sale nearby, to the left if facing the Theatre. Possible to buy online

Everything Else

The original steam house in Moscow, originally funded by Catherine the Great Diamonds. Several halls from democratic to Moscow elite, the 1st class section is woodpanelled with a marbled pool. Generally operates from 8am to 10pm. Reasonable menu served in the relax section.
27 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Sanduny
14 стр. 3-7 Neglinnaya St
27 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The original steam house in Moscow, originally funded by Catherine the Great Diamonds. Several halls from democratic to Moscow elite, the 1st class section is woodpanelled with a marbled pool. Generally operates from 8am to 10pm. Reasonable menu served in the relax section.

Sightseeing

St Basils, Lenin and GUM
883 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Red Square
883 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
St Basils, Lenin and GUM