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Academy
 Academy is a large restaurant consisted of 2 halls – the big with 450 seats and the smaller named Lenin’s Library with 150 seats. It was opened in the cellars of former warehouse built in the beginning of XIX century for the needs of the comercial port of St.Petersburg, which had been in those days right in the center of St.Petersburg. Its location is perfect – opposite the Hermitage across Niva. It is very atmospheric, with brickwork arches and black & white floor tiles. There is a good choice of Russian, European and Italian cuisine. |
Adamant
It is a restaurant with wonderful location – in the heart of the city, diametrically in front of Astoria hotel. It has elaborate interior designed in empire style of the aristocratic salons of the beginning of 19th century & delicious food from Russian and European cuisine. It consists of 4 halls for 28, 20, 15 & 15 guests. Service is attentive. The restaurant has been restored in January of 2002. |
Aquarel
newly opened trendy restaurant with interesting cuisine – mixture of Russian, European and Asian (fusion). The 2 storied building is located on the panton located on the Neva river with a nice view over the river. Lounge music. |
Backstage
 The newly opened restaurant has a very unusual interior – simple and austere and at the same time very stylish – representing backstage of a theatre. Welcoming atmosphere, good service and delicious food. It is a restaurant of Mariinsky theatre, located just around the corner from Mariinsky. Is where you can easely have dinner after visiting famouse Swan Lake or Nutcracker, but do not forget to make a reservation beforehead as it’s a popular place with theatrical bohemia. It’s often visited by Valegy Gergiev, where he comes after conducting one or another opera or ballet. Placido Domingo when in St.Petersburg during White Nights Festival of 2001 was very much impressed by atmosphere and cuisine of the Backstage restaurant. It is not surprising as it’s interiors and atmosphere reflect spirit of the theatre. The old paintings in the corner conjures up images of Tatiana Larina from “Eugene Onegin and Lisa from “The Queen of Spades”. The Egyptian statues can probably remember hundreds of staging of Aida. There are also shields, swords and candelabras and fully operational ballet “bar”. These all is very well combined with the exquisite table settings and modern cuisine. |
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Count Suvorov
 The restaurant is located in a wing of the Vorontsov Palace in the heart of St Petersburg, on the corner of Gostiny and Apraksin Dvor – about 5–10 minutes walk from the Grand Hotel Europe. It belongs to a famous Russian actress, Anna Somokhina, and it is considered to be one of the most elegant places to eat in the city. The interior is beautiful, always full of fresh flowers, and famous for excellent cuisine, which includes a variety of fish, game and traditional Russian dishes among which you can find rare sorts of fish and a great choice of game. In the evenings, there is live music, which includes saxophone, piano, violin and live singing – usually Russian romances! The main exquisite banquet room is for 40 persons. |
Gallery in Petergof
The Gallery is the only good restaurant in Petergof. It is a real gallery in classic style with wide windows along opposite walls, interior is simple, in white, there are some replicas of Italian sculpture inside, a lot of greenery. |
Gallery
 Gallery restaurant is situated in the central part of the old city. It is a suite of three halls – big column hall (150 pax)and two cigar halls (50 pax). The restaurant has a great variety of wines and cigars, European menu and life music. |
Moskva
Restaurant “Moskva” is a trendy place, rather expensive. It has the marvelous view over the Neva river and Aurora. Taking into consideration the level and the respectable age of your clients, it is good perhaps for lunches only. In the evenings it is a sort of a yuppi's noisy club. The menu just like the interiors is very traditional, without any experiments, which is right in any respect. |
Na Zdorovie
 “Na Zdorovie” means “To your health!” – the words which accompany any Russian party where alcohol (vodka preferably) is drunk. The restaurant is described as a restaurant of Russian and Soviet cuisine – it’s a “kitch” restaurant where each detail of decor reminds of bygone Russia and USSR. Many dishes are cooked using almost forgotten ancient recipes, exciting gypsy entertaiment, a truly Russian experience and a lot of fun! There are 3 halls in the restaurant, each named after a famouse traditional Russian artistic school – Khokhloma, Gzhel and Dulevo. |
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New Island
 A boat restaurant, which departs only during the navigation season (from mid.April till the end of October) every 2nd hour after midday from theRumiantsev pier (in front of the Academy of Art). New Island is the only international class restaurant ship in St.Petersburg. You will have a great opportunity to see the splendid views of St.Petersburg by the Neva river. The boat is 38 m. long and 6 m. wide. Two decks, capacity for 120 seats, air-conditioning. Double glass windows. European standard kitchen. Wooden interior. |
Noble Nest
This is arguably the most exclusive and beautiful restaurant in the city, which can fit in about 75 guests in two beautifully decorated rooms. It is situated in a beautiful restored, 18th century pavilion belonged before to the Yusupov family, and it is very close to Mariinsky theatre. Cuisine is European, superbly prepared and presented, and served in a very elegant and rather formal atmosphere. Ideal for individuals or small exclusive groups, this restaurant offers an expensive but memorable dining experience. Excellent service. In 2001 The Noble Nest got “de luxe” category together with 5 other restaurants in St.Petersburg. |
Old Customs
 Lunch is arranged in “Old Customs” restaurant. The stylish restaurant located in the centre of the city. This is an excellent restaurant on the opposite side of the river to the Hermitage. Although a large dining room, the atmosphere is cosy with dim lighting, wooden furniture, tapestries and a good wine selection which is displayed in racks in the restaurant. Delicious European food. |
Palkin Restaurant
Recently opened restaurant, which carries on the tradition of the legendary Palkin, a restaurant that opened at the same location from 1864 until 1917. A merchant from Yaroslavl, Anisim Palkin, opened the first in St Petersburg establishment bearing his name, a tavern, in 1785. By the middle of the 19th century a restaurant was opened at the corner of Nevsky Prospect and Sadovaya Street. This place was a famous place of well known Russian artists, musicians, composers. Tchaikovsky, Dostoevsky , Chekhov, Block liked to spend evening at this restaurant. The restaurant was closed in 1917 after the great October revolution. Nowadays restaurant is located at the same building and attracts people by atmosphere and cuisine. Visiting the Palkin restaurant you could imagine how it looked like at the time of Dostoevsky. |
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Podvorye
 It is a very cosy restaurant, the interior resembles traditional Russian terem (wooden palace), a lot of woodcarving. The cuisine is Russian. Meal is accompanied by folklore group singing. Superb Russian cuisine. Russian vodka, Moldavian or Georgian wine – no limit – EUR25. |
Russian Ampir
Russian Empire is one of Russia most celebrated prestigious restaurants. The attention to the detail is breathtaking: 24 Carat Gold Cutlery, Gianni Versace Porcelain and Glassess in pure symphony of Bohemian crystal with fine design in 24 carat real Gold. All this is located inside one of the monuments of the Worldof rare authenticity in Stroganoff Baroque Capella. Three dining rooms with sumptuous interiors offer the finest cuisine by French Chef Florian Bourgeois who has mastered both the classic techniques of French cuisine and the unique traditional taste of Russia. The combination is something to behold. |
Russian fishing
 Fishing in the restaurant “Russian fishing” located in the picturesque place on one of the island of the city. The restaurant is designed in the style of Russian wooden house with cozy atmosphere and delicious cuisine. The clients will have the possibility to do fishing themselves – sturgeon ,trout. It is possible to get the caught fish cooked. NB. The restaurant can’t provide exclusive rent. There will be other people in it.
Fishing with rod: $4 (cost) per fish (on consumption). Assistance 1 pax - $7 (cost ) – 1 assistant per 5 guests. |
Seventh Guest
 Food and service are of really good standard. The interior has modern minimalist touch, but not that “austere” as the Backstage. In Yellow Room the walls are covered with the so called “Venetian plaster “ of ochre color which is the background for Magritt paintings (famous Belgium artist) – copies of pieces of his paintings (color – pale blue, on two pieces houses are depicted, in the third – gentlemen in bowler hats). Covers on the chairs and table cloths are milk blue, cotton. There are wooden shutters on the big windows of dark brown color. In general, the interior is very stylish. European/Russian cuisine.
The administration of the venue offers each seventh visitor to play a peculiar game – hence the name of the place. |
Taleon club
 The Taleon Club is situated in the very heart of St.Petersburg, in a building dating from the mid-eighteen century, one of the first to be constructed in Nevsky prospect. For well over a century it was a place to which the whole of St.Petersburg high society flocked – for lively balls, celebrated concerts and the Talon, restaurant extolled by poets. It changed hands and was reconstructed several times, but still today, following long extablished custom, the wing of the building along Moika river is know as Yeleseev house. Highly refined European cuisine and – exclusively - Russian dishes procuce from old Yeleseev’s recepies, a superlative choice of wines, excelent service and live music make an ordinary dinner enchanting and a special occasion unforgetable. Taleon Club restaurant is another winner of “de luxe” category in 2001.
There are also casino and cigar-bar opened by Taleon Club. |
Restaurant X.O.
 Fine Italian and Mediterranean cuisine. Customized banquet menu. Creative a'la carte menu featuring seafood delicatessen and a variety of o'deurves including Prosciutto Di Parma Gran Riserva and AOC cheeses.Extensive wine list featuring wines from France, Italy, Spain, Chile, New Zeland, South Africa and Australia. Impressive selection of X.O cognacs. |
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