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Local Restaurants
Top 20 Local Restaurants in Moscow [2025]
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Cafe Pushkin
4.6
/5
182 reviews
Western-style
From NZD 83.00
1.2 km from downtown
Address: 26-A Tverskoy Boulevard, Moscow
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Cafe Pushkin
Café Pushkin
One of the 25 best restaurants in Europe
It feels like being in the 19th century
What a delicious food
So delicious!!!
🌟The Pushkin Café, located in a 19th-century building, is a must-visit restaurant in Moscow. In addition to its reputation as one of the "25 best restaurants in Europe", dining here really feels like entering a 19th-century movie!
☕️The first floor is a "pharmacies", with traditional dishes, and the medieval bar is like a magic potion master's laboratory, with scales, medicine jars, crystal lamps...
📖The second floor is a "library", which serves Russian aristocratic menus, and there are more than 15,000 genuine ancient books on the bookshelves. Telescopes, microscopes, globes... recreate the scene of the study room of Russian aristocrats in the 19th century.
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Grand Cafe Dr. Jhivago
4.7
/5
18 reviews
Western-style
From NZD 35.00
229m from downtown
Address: Mokhovaya St, 15с1, Moscow, Russia, 125009
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The Michelin restaurant downstairs from the National Hotel took two days to book. To be honest, the taste was average, and the service was even more average. The day before, I asked the hotel to help me book, but they said there were no seats left. The next day, I went to book the evening table by myself in the morning and got it. When we were eating in the evening, the front desk saw that we were Chinese and said impatiently that there were no seats left. I said in English very impolitely, "We have a reservation." She looked up the record and took us directly to the first seat, which was the worst seat next to the toilet. Michelin should be very clean, right? I actually saw flies here. To be honest, it's not right downstairs from our hotel. I really don't recommend it. It's better to eat Georgian food. I definitely won't step into the trap.
A restaurant that specializes in Soviet-Russian cuisine and has a humorous decoration style.
Although this restaurant on Manezh Square has only been open for a few years, it has already become a famous restaurant. On the menu, you can find classic Soviet dishes: dumplings with various fillings, Russian pickles, soups, meat pies, and nostalgic desserts. In addition to the mouth-watering special dishes, the restaurant's interior decoration is luxurious, and you can enjoy the beautiful view of the Kremlin outside the window during the meal, which is impressive.
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Stolovaya 57
4.4
/5
29 reviews
Coffee Shops
From NZD 47.00
414m from downtown
Address: Gum Department Store, 3rd corridor
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The four of us spent 1500 rubles (170 RMB). The cappuccino was a pleasant surprise and the dessert tasted really good. The waiter didn't speak Chinese, but he could speak English fluently, so it was also a pleasant surprise.
A very cost-effective restaurant near the Red Square. It is also very easy to find on the third floor of a department store. It serves classic Russian fast food and desserts. It is also a good place to have some desserts when you are tired of shopping.
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My-My
4.7
/5
17 reviews
Other Cuisine
From NZD 58.00
1.1 km from downtown
Address: Mjasnickaja Ulica 14/2, Moscow, Russia
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My-my is a famous Russian restaurant. I strongly recommend it to international students in Russia!
It has a great value for money and a wide variety of dishes. There is always something to suit your taste.
The second meal here is authentic and worth a try. Don't miss it when you travel to Moscow. There is one near the Red Square.
We still wanted to try MYMY, so we found this one along Tverskaya Street, which is also a famous commercial street in Moscow. Starting from Red Square, you can find this MYMY in ten minutes' walk.
The store entrance is not very eye-catching, but the decoration inside the store is quite good, and there are not many people at this time. This store is really good, there are many things to choose from, and there are discounts every day. We ordered a bunch of things, which is less than 1,000 rubles, which is really cheap. I think the taste is also good. If you go to Moscow, you can really try it.
After eating, since there is no desire to play, I just took my luggage and took a car to the airport.
From the city to the airport, it costs 2,000 rubles to take a taxi, which is actually not expensive. If there are many people and a lot of luggage, there is really no need to go to the subway to transfer to the Airport Express, because that will cost 0 rubles per person and 1,500 for three people, so it is better to take a taxi directly.
After going through the normal formalities at the airport, I started to wander around the airport. I still had a lot of rubles left, which I could spend at the airport. Although the airport is not large, there are still some shops. I went on a shopping spree. It is not cost-effective to exchange rubles back to RMB, so I suggest spending them.
The logo of this MYMY fast food restaurant is a cow at the door, which is very interesting. In addition, if you want to find MYMY on Google Maps, please enter MUMU. I don’t know why, anyway, this fast food chain is displayed as MUMU on Google Maps.
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5
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Varenichnaya No. 1(Arbat)
4.8
/5
7 reviews
Western-style
From NZD 19.00
1.6 km from downtown
Address: ул. Арбат 29
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A very authentic Russian restaurant. Its characteristic is that most of the dishes are high in calories. It is indeed a restaurant belonging to the fighting nation. Although the food tasted okay, if I continue to eat here for a long time, my BMI will be seriously exceeded.
The dishes here are similar to Northeastern cuisine. Many of the dishes are like dumplings. The Russian bread is good. When I was in Russia, I still liked to eat rosa bread and borscht. This is the characteristic of Russia.
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Odessa-mama
4.8
/5
11 reviews
Coffee Shops
From NZD 31.00
1.3 km from downtown
Address: Кривоколенный переулок, дом 10, строение 5
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I heard about it a long time ago and thought it was a Ukrainian Odessa dish, but I didn't expect it to be more Jewish. I feel like there is a story behind it. The portion size is not large, but the price and taste are good. The chicken leg in the second picture is not only boneless, but also stuffed with another kind of meat and cheese, which is high in calories and very satisfying.
This place is very special, down to earth, authentic and reasonably priced. Located in a quaint suburb of Moscow, it offers outdoor seating and a children's playground next door. Very pleasant on warm summer mornings. Keep an eye out for the outdoor seating area to make sure it is not reserved. Has the sweetest tomatoes you will ever eat (all tomato salads are excellent, but the one with pesto and feta is to die for). Happy exploring :-)
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Boston Seafood & Bar(BELORUSSKAYA)
4.8
/5
14 reviews
Seafood
From NZD 62.00
3.1 km from downtown
Address: Belorusskaya, 7 Lesnaya Ul. White Gardens Business Center
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Boston's big 🦐 is really tender and full of meat, without too strong fishy smell. The portion for two people is very large, and you have to work hard to eat it. His fried snacks are my favorite. I still miss it after eating it once. I can remember its taste when I see the photo [sinister] It is not too greasy, and the degree of frying is just crispy. The taste of fried squid is a bit like the bombing big 🐙 in the domestic food street! I haven't eaten crab legs in his house so I can't comment on it. Friends can go and try it! In addition, you must not miss their wine and beer when you go to Boston to eat seafood. It must be paired together to make it taste good~ (The girl's appetite is about 1,500 per person) 🌟It should be noted that probably because it is really popular, "the time for eating is limited to two hours and there is no Wi-Fi in the store." I heard that you have to queue up on weekends [sinister] Fortunately, I missed the weekend perfectly
I had dinner with my colleagues this week. My colleague, who is a deep lover of fine cuisine, chose this restaurant. Hu Zi and Miao Miao said while eating that it was really good. Great! I immediately made an online reservation for lunch.
After arriving, I found out that the lunch menu was less than the dinner menu. Anyway, except for the rhubarb dessert, I chose all 4 dishes on the menu:
- Eggplant sandwich: fried eggplant, crispy and not greasy. In addition to tomato slices, there are thin lemon slices in the sandwich, which are slightly sour and lemony, refreshing and greasy. The sauce of this sandwich is mixed with harissa, which makes the flavor more exotic. Eating it reminds Miao Miao of couscous.
- Sardine sandwich: fried sardines are slightly fishy, and the sauce is not as colorful as the eggplant one, and lemon slices are also added. In comparison, Hu and Miao Miao both like the eggplant one more.
- Grilled sole: The grilled sole that won the four people in the group a wow. A whole sole, very fresh, after processing, only sprinkled with seafood and put into the oven to bake. The fish skin is fragrant, the fish meat is tender, and the ingredients are really the king. The cucumber salad is also refreshing, which is perfect for the summer of this burger.
- Fried cod: The meat of cod pieces has always been a favorite of Meow Meow, and the fish pieces/slices are wrapped in bread crumbs, which is very fragrant. My friend thinks it is delicious even without dipping sauce. The sauce is not heavy and refreshing, or you can just squeeze some lemon juice, there is always a way to eat it that suits you.
After eating 4 dishes, a few people who were still not full ordered two more sandwiches and fried cod, and ordered half a dozen oysters. The Dutch oysters were just average.
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Lepim I Varim
4.6
/5
22 reviews
Western-style
From NZD 8.00
837m from downtown
Address: Stoleshnikov pereulok 9/1,Moscow 107031
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Lepim I Varim is a Russian-style dumplings restaurant located in the center of Moscow. How could I miss such a place as someone who has always loved dumplings? The environment is pretty good. I feel that the taste of Russian dumplings is not much different from that in China, but because the shape is made into blocks, it feels more substantial. I originally wanted a portion of borscht, but I didn't expect it was gone! Forget it, let's make do with some chicken soup.
What a pleasant surprise!
I fell in love with "Pelmeni". In this restaurant (actually a chain) they only serve "Pelmeni" and some other small dishes (salads, desserts). "Pelmeni" are dumplings with delicious fillings. Warning: once you start eating this dish, you can't stop!!
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Matryoshka Restaurant
5.0
/5
2 reviews
Western-style
From NZD 37.00
3.2 km from downtown
Address: Kutuzovski avenue, 2/1, building 6, Moscow 121248 Russia
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It was noon when I went there, and there were not many options. It should be different from the menu at night. The taste of the food was average, but the price was expensive, and the cost performance was very low, 177 yuan per person.
There are so many delicious and beautiful restaurants in Moscow that it is hard to count them all, but this Matryoshka must be put on the punch-in list! The restaurant is right on the Moscow River, across the river from the two popular restaurants Shinok and Kazbek recommended before. Matryoshka is a traditional Russian restaurant with a very Russian name, which means Russian nesting dolls when translated. Haha~~ Few Chinese people go there, but locals in Moscow often visit, and the taste is very authentic.
The decoration inside the restaurant is calm and luxurious, and the dim lights are very atmospheric. The recommended dishes on the menu are marked with the pattern of nesting dolls, so you won’t step on thunder if you follow them! Their roast chicken and steak are good, especially the steak, which is really fried with cheese! I ordered a lot of them, and the average cost per person is less than 300. Compared with other restaurants in Moscow where the average cost per person is 1500+, the cost performance is really too high!
During the New Year and Christmas, there are very beautiful lights outside the Matryoshka restaurant, and it looks good in rough photos!
Matryoshka (Matryoshka Restaurant)
Restaurant address: Kutuzovskiy Ave., 2/1, Bldg. 6, Moscow, Russia
Restaurant phone number: +7 (495) 126 07 53
Opening hours: 8:00-00:00
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Yar
4.7
/5
17 reviews
Western-style
From NZD 67.00
4.4 km from downtown
Address: Hotel Sovietsky | 32/2 Leningradsky Prospect, Moscow 125040
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An authentic Russian meal, located near the Moscow Military Museum, it's just a little bit of a walk, the meat-filled bread tastes good, the vegetables and meat are similar to the vegetable and meat buns in China.
This is a prestigious restaurant with a long history. There is a stage inside the restaurant, and there are performances every night. The performances are usually traditional Russian operas. The dishes are very exquisite, of course, they are expensive. The service is also first-class.
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