Restaurant "1913 год" Address: 13/2 Voznesenzkij Pr.
It is quite a European restaurant from the point of view of level of services and design, though the owners also cherish the traditions of Russian cuisine, as they use ancient recipes from Old Russian cookery books. The restaurant enjoys wide popularity with the residences and guests of the city. It is full of customers, though the restaurant isn't noisy. Among the guests there are a lot of customers who visit this restaurant daily or quite regularly. You can dine there every day and won't get bored - extensive menu will save you from sameness and monotony. The chefs, like real artists quite often surprise guests with new dishes. It should be specially marked, that the recipes of most dishes, stated in the menu, have been taken from the original cookery book of Elena Molochovetz, published in 1909 and very popular at that time. On the basis of the recipes of the pre-revolutionary Russian cuisine, the chefs create the real masterpieces of culinary art. The interior, where each detail is imbued with nostalgia for the culture of the first decades of the last century, is designed in Modern style. Every evening the customers are welcomed to enjoy live music. The concerts of Russian romance are regularly held. The restaurant organizes banquets, all kinds of dinners and presentations. Experienced staff would be glad to assist you with all the arrangements. You can choose a standard menu for banquets or create the one of your own. The 1913 is not an elite restaurant. A very democratic establishment, it is the ideal place for a quick bite to eat with friends, a leisurely business lunch or a romantic candle-lit dinner.
	Restaurant "Old Customs House" Address: 1, Tamozenny Per.
In the historical district of the city next to the Kunstkammer there is the Old Custom House Restaurant. Nowadays it is one of the best restaurants of Saint Petersburg. This restaurant recreates the interior of a typical customhouse of Tsar Peter the Great times. Corresponding furniture and details conveying the atmosphere of the 18th century were carefully selected. Even a new wooden floor was artificially made to look older not to clash with the whole interior. Portraits and genre paintings, copies of custom documents of the 18-19th centuries add to the atmosphere of the old custom. Wax figures of customs officials greet the guests. There is a main hall and three smaller halls: the New Banquet Hall, the Old Banquet Hall and Wine Club. There is a traditional Russian wagon with a delighting choice of cognac in the Old Banquet Hall. The guests are invited to smoke a cigar or drink a cup of flavored coffee there. The guest are offered European menu with French stress. Exquisite European cuisine, award winning French chef, live music and marvelous interiors are the reasons why the restaurant is really worth visiting.
	Restaurant "Podvorye " Address: 16, Filtrovskoye highway (shosse), Pavlovsk
Restaurant Podvorye is situated in the small town of Pavlovsk 30 km from Saint-Petersburg, near the main entrance to the Pavlovsk Park. Podvorye can seat up to 400 guests. Visitors are usually fascinated not only by the traditional Russian wooden architecture but also by the easy atmosphere. There is nothing of the mannerism of the city restaurants. Here is laughter, music and simple yet exuberant Russian food, bear skins for interior decoration and a spacious yard. The proximity to the Pavlovsk park and the smell of kebabs cooked on sticks in the yard create an atmosphere of a real countryside outing. Lunch or dinner at 'Podvorie' restaurant is a nice continuation of a walkabout in the parks of Pavlovsk or Pushkin. Visitors know that the restaurant is very proud of its great variety of traditional Russian dishes. 'Podvorie' is considered to be the most Russian of all Russian restaurants. Here you will be offered traditional Russian cuisine, exclusive home products and wines made by the restaurant owner at his private summer residence in Crimea from the grapes brought up at private vineyards. The restaurant has catering service, capable to meet any needs. In summer there is an open-air cafe. In winter there is a skating rink and a true Russian slide. Ten years of work gave this restaurant popularity and faultless reputation. Famous politicians, businessmen, people of art have become regular visitors of the restaurant. Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia had his birthday party here. Famous composer Rostropovich always visits 'Podvorie', when he is in Saint Petersburg. Prince Charles, Gerhard Schroeder, Jacque Chirac – are some of the high-ranking officials who are in the list of the restaurant visitors.
	Restaurant "Valhall " Address: 22/24, Nevsky Prospect
The Valhall restaurant serves hearty and tasty Scandinavian, Russian and European cuisine in warm and pleasant atmosphere. The restaurant has three halls brilliantly decorated in the themes of Scandinavian mythology and cultural traditions. House specialties include tasty steaks, hearty soups and salads. Valhall also features a separate vegetarian menu with several dinner and appetizer choices. Enjoy a bottle of French or Georgian wine with your meal. Visitors can enjoy the Valhall's outdoor cafe during the season. It is only a few steps from the city's main thoroughfare Nevsky Prospect and offers spectacular views of landmark Kazan Cathedral. After visiting the Russian Museum or Shostakovich Philharmonic take a short walk over to Nevsky Prospect and the Valhall restaurant for a long leisurely lunch or dinner.
	Restaurant "The House of Family Festivals (Dom Semeinih Torzhestv)" Address:
A banquet hall “The House of family Festivals” is located in the picturesque place of Saint-Petersburg, 100 meters from Nikolas Cathedral. The House of Family Festivals is a particularized banquet hall, where 150 clients can be seated at once. There are the main hall for 110 people, a buffet hall for 40 people and a gobelin gallery. You will find a family-style cuisine here. Any culinary whims for welcomed guests, just like home. The restaurant is capable to satisfy all your needs.
	Restaurant "Borsalino " Address: 39, Bolshaja Morskaja
The Borsalino Restaurant is situated in the Angleter Hotel, in the very center of Saint Petersburg. It welcomes not only the hotel guests, but the guests and the citizens of Saint Petersburg as well. The restaurant is intended for up to 140 persons and features an entrance from the street. The interior of the fashionable place was decorated by the well known designer - Olga Polizzi. The hall of the restaurant is adorned with lamps shaped as tomtoms, glass waterfall and mosaic floor. In the Borsalino Restaurant there is a special zone for smoking cigars and a bar zone, where one can have a glass of classical alcohol drink or try exotic cocktails. There are separate rooms for 12 and for 16 persons for those who prefer to have a rest in a company of only familiar people. Jazz evenings with Russian and foreign musicians take place regularly at Borsalino Restaurant.
	Restaurant "Duke Suvorov & Lieutenant Rzhevskiy." Address: 26, Sadovaya Str. 6, Lomonosova Str.
In the tower of Vorontsovskiy palace at the corner of Gostiniy and Apraksin yards there are two excellent restaurants that have a perfect cuisine and a high quality service. Restaurant-saloon Duke Suvorov is delicate and refined. Everything is elegant here: the interior, tables and candles in pair golden candlesticks. At the end of the hall there is a small stage, where in the evenings you can hear the sounds of a violin and a piano. Near the stage there’s a door leading to the VIP room. In this small and cozy room, that has beautiful painting on its tapestry, one can perfectly relax and have a good rest. A big aquarium and a cupboard with antique crockery create a feeling of some slow life process that lets you distract from a very fast way of modern life. Restaurant-bar Lieutenant Rzhevskiy has a more informal and frivolous character. That’s really a place for hussars who would like to go on a drinking spree! The original interior of this establishment was designed by a famous Saint-Petersburg painter. There are solitary tables and a nice cosy pavilion, that is decorated with the vine’s branches. It’s a one of favourite and attended places in Saint-Patersburg. Tables nearby the dance place are for those who are attracted by the combination of eating & dancing. The variety of details is amazing: twisted trellis, wood and stone in the wall decoration, guns, horns, antique broadswords. This restaurant was awarded a gold medal in the nomination “The most stylish restaurant 2002”. It makes no difference which of these two restaurants you will choose for rest and supper – you will be offered a wonderful menu. You will find rare fish sorts, a wide choice of poultry dishes and even meals of bear meat there . The chef will cook the meals, served at the court of Her Majesty Catherine the Great for those who are eager to try a real Russian cuisine. The restaurant is open noon until the last customer leaves. Address:
	Restaurant "Demidov" Address: 14, Naberezhnaya Reki Fontanki
This classical Russian restaurant revives the atmosphere of old Russia. Demidov's takes its name from the famous Russian family of entrepreneurs and industrialists whose wealth, business savy and philanthropy are legendary. The restaurant lives up to its great name. Here you'll find an atmosphere of peace, stability and well being. Moreover, you'll find a menu of tasty and hearty Russian fare prepared by skilled chefs according to ancient recipes. Savory house specialties include venison fillets and steak, rabbit, pancakes (blini) with caviar, and quail. Guests may also slake their thirst by choosing some drink from an extensive list of French and Georgian wines. The aristocratic atmosphere at Demidov's is a throw back to the gay and glorious days of the 19th century in Russia. The large boyar hall, one of three separate halls, gives one the sense of colorful old Russia, the Russia before Peter’s I reforms. There is also a separate hall for conducting negotiations and small business meetings. Guests at Demidov's are treated to live Russian and Gypsy romantic music in the evenings accompanied by guitars and grand piano. The restaurant is also gifted with picturesque and unique St. Petersburg views of the historic Fontanka River, including mystical Mikhailovsky Castle, which was a home to the Russian Hamlet Tsar Pavel I, enchanting Letny Sad (Summer Gardens), looming Church of the Resurrection and magnificent Marsovo Polye (Mars Field).
	Restaurant "Dvorianskoye Gnezdo " Address: 21, Dekabrisov St.
Dvorianskoye Gnezdo is truly the finest restaurant in St. Petersburg, located in the Trianon of the splendid Yusupov Palace. Designed in 1751 by Vallin de la Motte, the architect of the Small Hermitage and many other important buildings, the Trianon has been restored to its original splendour. "Dvorianskoye Gnezdo" translates into English as "The Noble Nest": it served as a tea pavilion where the Yusupovs, the richest, most powerful and the most decadent noble family of the Empire entertained with their peers. Today Dvorianskoye Gnezdo offers an innovative menu, that combines variations of traditional Russian dishes with modern French cuisine. Dinner is served in dining rooms where the aristocracy, who once were guests and owners, are represented by their portraits. Located in the historic city center, just a two-minute walk away from the famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Theatre, Dvorianskoye Gnezdo restaurant is the ideal location for special business receptions, as well as for a stylish luncheon, an intimate dinner or an elegant after-theatre supper.
	Restaurant "Gold Ostap" Address: 4, Italianskaya Street.
“Gold Ostap” is located in the very center of Saint-Petersburg. A full-height statue of the greatest schemers of all is at the entrance of the restaurant. The menu includes dishes from eight national cuisines, starting from Russian till Asiatic one. The speciality of the house corresponds to the name of the restaurant “Gold Ostap”. There is a wide range of wines, presented in the menue. A modernist-style decor with a fireplace, banqueting room for 12 people. Live piano music in the evenings. “Gold Ostap” is open daily from 11.00 a.m. to 1 a.m.
	Restaurant "Na zdorovie!" Address: 13, Bolshoy Pr., Petrograd side
You are in Russia! The Tsars and the Soviet dictators may have gone, but you still can turn back time and taste unique dishes of the last centuries. Unsurpassed menu of this restaurant features: borsch with small rolls, excellent Siberian pelmeni and pirozhki. Almost forgotten ancient recipes are used for making the dishes. The restaurant has an exciting gypsy entertainment and a traditional Russian interior.
	Restaurant "Saint Petersburg" Address: 5, Griboedov Emb.
“Saint Petersburg” restaurant is located in one of the most beautiful places of the city - on Griboedova channel embankment, not far from the cathedral of Our Saviour on the Spilled Blood. The restaurant's interior is of a traditional Russian style: there you'll find all the attributes of Russian culture: painted wooden spoons, matreshkas (set of nesting dolls), kokoshnik (traditional women's head-dress), etc. Those who prefer privacy will certainly like the tables in the conventionalized pergolas. Soft light and live music create cozy atmosphere. The cuisine of the restaurant can be called European, though strongly influenced by Russian one. In this respect the restaurant ideally conveys the spirit of Saint Petersburg, the most European city among all Russian towns, but still Russian in its essence. The refined menu, reflecting all the achievements of imperial Russia is complemented with luxury wine list. The pride of the restaurant is the costume show, stylized under Peter the Great assemblies. The guests of “Saint Petersburg”can enjoy it daily, except for Monday. The professionally staged show is popular not only with tourists, but with citizens, who are quite experienced in this sphere and incredulously treat all the performances "in traditional Russian style". The show program includes Russian and Gypsy songs and dances. If you want to reserve a table choose one that is close to the stage, although the tables arranged in such a way that the show can be seen from any place. The restaurant has a nice cafe, where you can not only drink a cup of good coffee (that was introduced into Russian culture by Tsar Peter the Great), but have a three-course dinner. In summer time the tables are taken into the yard, where there is a wonderful view on the embankment.
	Restaurant "Orient Express " Address: 21, Marata St.
The popular Orient Express Restaurant is situated at the corner of Marata and Kolokolnaya Streets, just within five-minute walk from the Nevsky Prospect. To pass this thematic restaurant by without noticing it - is just impossible - the steam locomotive on the front of the entrance will definitely attracts your attention. The restaurant has two halls, named after the system accepted in trains: the second-class carriage and the VIP carriage. In the refined individual design blue and white colors, associated with Russian trains, dominate. Thematic photos and train models decorate the walls and sustain the stated traveling theme. The waitresses are dressed according to the fashion of the 1930s. They are friendly and attentive unlike the majority of soviet conductors. The feeling of being in some train is created not only due to the original design, but also because of whistles and sounds of the railway station, accompanying the pleasant background music. The Orient Express restaurant offers the "passengers" a wonderful menu, comprised from the best dishes of Russian and Caucasian cuisine. The buffet, according to the accepted system can be ranked as a third class carriage, is quite a democratic place. Its interior reminds of a commuter train: dark-brown wooden benches, typical of soviet trains, windows, train schedule that is in fact a menu. The buffet is a popular meeting place among young people, shirking schools as well as among businessmen, most likely because of its democratic atmosphere. Quite often live concerts are held at the restaurant. The customers are welcomed to enjoy the popular music of the 1960s and 1970s.
	Restaurant "Vodograi khutor" Address: 2, Karavannaya street.
A new restaurant of a traditional Ukrainian cuisine, named “Vodograi khutor” is open for the visitors today. The interior of the restaurant is styled as a rich khutor and it authentically recreates the atmosphere of Ukrainian way of life. Genuine antique implements of the last century, which expand the colouring of the inner decoration, were brought to the restaurant from different parts of Ukraine. A huge branchy oak, growing through the stores and walls is one of the peculiarities of the interior. It could not do without a real stove, decorated by national patterns, where very tasty dishes are coal-grilled. The cuisine of the restaurant is presented in the best culinary traditions of Ukraine. It’s based on the longstanding and modern recipes of Chernigovskaya, Volinskaya and Ivano-Frankovskaya regions. It’s impossible to list all the dishes, presented in the menu. There are only a few of them: borsh with rolls (pompushki), lard, seasoned with garlic, vareniki, meat-jelly, homemade sausage, zavivantsi and many others. “Vodograi khutor” restaurant is a place, where you can abstract from the vanity of the big city and enjoy delicious food, as well as nice live folk music.