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Beer Restaurants
in Moscow
Moscow has a few good beer restaurants, which are
especially good for a relaxed evening out. If you're looking
for a more loud atmosphere, check out our Moscow
pubs section.
Durdin.
Located
slightly away from the city center, this restaurant features Russian cuisine
($10-$15 for a meal) and locally made beer. "Durdin" exploits the
19th century
theme, but in the way different from Pushkin (see above). If
Pushkin is like a high-society version, Durdin is more like
a middle-class.
The local speciality is the fresh beer manufactured right in the restaurant,
which is said to be made according to the unique ancient recipes. The restaurant
is quite large, the best tables are on the second floor. Live music on Friday
and Saturday nights.
Address: Leningradky prospekt, 80,
metro Sokol (green line - north), tel.: 780-5435.
Open: from noon till the midnight
Pyaty Okean
More of a “quality” establishment which is best known
for its micro-brewed Fifth Ocean beer. Perhaps the coolest thing
about the place is that both the light and dark varieties of
the home brew are distributed through self-service taps on each
table. You help yourself and pay 26r ($1) per 100mL. The beer
itself tastes quite fresh.
Pyaty Okean’s furnishings are upmarket although the tables
are very close together and it can be quite squashed. Set on
two levels, the downstairs area features a piano player while
a guitarist lightens the mood upstairs. Both musicians play at
a perfect volume and generally this isn’t a noisy place
in spite of the number of people who cram in there. The staff
are helpful and accommodating and many of them speak English.
The dishes on the eclectic menu are supposedly specially authored
to go with beer. And even though the portions aren’t huge
they are very tasty. An average bill here will cost about $30.
Address: Marksistskaya Ulitsa, #20, Bldg. 1, metro Marksistskaya.
Tel: 912-2970, Open 11:00-0:00.
Schwarzvald
One of the nicest beer restaurants you’ll find in Moscow.
Meals are relatively inexpensive, delicious and very big. The
waitresses are usually very pretty and wear ridiculous but sexy “traditional” German
costumes which aren’t quite low-cut enough
but still revealing
enough to be distracting. The basement level setting is spacious
and the bar area is a nice place to sit. There is an extra private
hall for functions. Schwarzvald has 12 different Czech and German
beers on tap and a few more come in bottled version. The average
beer costs about 160 rubles. The only complaint is that there
is no budget beer on offer for the cash-strapped. The restaurant
has recently added two suburban locations.
Address: Petrovka Ulitsa, #14 View on Map, metro Kuznetsky Most/Teatralnaya.
Tel: 200-3595. Open 12:00-last guest.
Peschanaya Ulitsa, #3, metro Sokol. Tel: 157-2525. Open 12:00-last
guest.
Nametkina Ulitsa, #5, metro Noviye Cheremushki. Tel: 718-6018.
Open 12:00-last guest.
Sehr Gut
Perhaps the pick of Moscow’s large number of German beer
restaurants. Sehr Gut has an elaborately decorated interior which
still manages to seem homely and comfortable. There is a large
banquet hall downstairs that can be hired for corporate functions
and in the main hall there is a massive screen for showing sport
or music videos. The bartenders are very friendly and the staff
in general are unusually efficient. Prices are quite reasonable
with most beers costing 150 rubles ($5.40) while the house beer
sells for just 70 rubles ($2.50). A main course from the large
and well thought out menu costs anywhere between 180 and 450
rubles ($6.40-$16). Usually a quiet and relaxing place, there
is live music on Friday nights which makes things a bit more
boisterous.
Address: Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Ulitsa,
#11, metro Barrikadnaya. Tel: 105-5827. Open 12:00–0:00.
Tinkoff
The pre-eminent beer restaurant in Moscow, Tinkoff produces
Russia’s
most famous micro-brewed beer. On top of their seven regular
beers (129r - $4.60) they also produce a special beer for each
season (169r - $6). Tinkoff distinguishes itself from most
other
Russian breweries by adhering to the 1516 beer purity law from
Germany which ensures quality in the selection of ingredients
and in the brewing process itself. The result is a fuller, tastier
and healthier beer than you will find elsewhere.
This spacious and stylishly Spartan restaurant also serves up
a fresh menu each season. Tinkoff’s business lunches are
an unbelievable deal with a 249 ruble price tag buying three
courses: a starter, a soup and a main course with garnish. Your
choice of tea, mineral water or a 0.33L beer is thrown in for
good measure. The rest of the day an average main course costs
500-600r (around $20) but the meals are filling and quite tasty.
Tinkoff also hosts some good bands on a regular basis and their
Live Beer Festival which runs every year around the same time
as Oktoberfest is always great fun.
Address: Protochny Pereulok, #11 View on Map, metro
Smolenskaya. Tel: 777-3300, Open 12:00-2:00.
Zapravochny
Tucked away in the high-class Smolensky Passage shopping center,
Zapravochny is a strange entity. The hard-to-find location and
cheap American-style diner decor belie the high prices. All sorts
of motoring paraphernalia adorn the walls but the prominent pieces
are several mock petrol pumps around the restaurant.
The bar
brews their own beer but it sometimes isn’t available.
Most of their other beers are quite pricey at about 180r ($6.40).
Likewise an average main course comes in a bit too high at around
500r ($18). On the bright side there is a varied and moderately-priced
sausage menu, a nice looking bar and live music on Fridays and
Saturdays (entry is 150r or about $5).
Zapravochny takes the award for funniest English-language menu
translation in Moscow with a whole page devoted to “Cancers
of a firm preparation in broth from the grandmothers roots, overseas.” The
most enticing option on this page is probably the “Plate
of fine and average Refueling cancers” which go for 650r.
Note that “cancers” should have been translated as
crayfish…
Address: Smolenskaya Ploshchad, #3/5 (inside Smolensky Passage
shopping center, 3rd floor), metro Smolenskaya. Tel: 937-8021,
Open 11:00-0:00.
5 Oborotov
A popular chain of beer restaurants that brew their own beer.
The menu is Russian and European and is heavy on light snacks.
The business lunch is great value at 209 rubles for three courses
plus a beer. 5 Oborotov has nine varieties of European beer on
tap as well as four more non-alcoholic options. Not too expensive
and a nice atmosphere.
Address: Sadovaya-Triumfalnaya Ulitsa, #22/31, metro Mayakovskaya.
Tel: 299-2600, Profsoyuznaya Ulitsa, #61, metro Kaluzhskaya. Tel: 727-3477.
Petrovka Ulitsa, #16 View on Map, metro: Chekhovskaya. Tel: 209-6884.
Narodnogo Opolcheniya Ulitsa, #22, Bldg. 2, metro Oktyabrskoe
Pole. Tel: 915-8710. Open Sun-Thurs: 12:00-last guest, Fri, Sat:
12:00-5:00.
Bavarius
Nice selection of German beers in an atmospheric setting. Prices
are about average for these places but are written in currency
units at a warped exchange rate which is always annoying. Plenty
of sausages on the food menu.
Address: Sadovaya-Triumfalnaya Ulitsa, #2/30, Bldg. 1, metro
Mayakovskaya. Tel: 299-4211, Open 12:00-0:00.
Komsomolsky Prospekt, #21/10, metro Frunzenskaya. Tel: 245-2395.
Open 12:00-0:00.
Beer House
Always crowded and boasts a good range of beer. Does both German
and Austrian food (and claims to know the difference). Main courses
are quite cheap at an average of around 250 rubles ($8-$9).
Address: Kozitsky Pereulok, #2/12, metro Pushkinskaya. Tel:
629-1131, Open 12:00-last customer.
Expeditsia
A quaint place with an old-style tavern motif and decorated with
lots of little model airplanes, helicopters, cars and other means
of transport. Has a good selection of world beers and a small
but decent menu. Prices are a little inflated. Lively atmosphere.
Address: Pevchevsky Pereulok, #6, metro Kitai-Gorod. Tel:
775-6075, Open 12:00-0:00.
Glavpivtorg
A large and elegant two-level restaurant across the street from
the FSB building. Their micro-brewed beer comes in four varieties
and is delicious. Food is a bit pricey, not very tasty and the
portions are small. The live music is too loud.
Address: Bolshaya Lubyanka Ulitsa, #5, metro Lubyanka. Tel:
928-2591, Open 12:00-0:00.
Kolbasoff
Nice, large, modern venues with good eats and beer. But it’s
a bit over-priced considering the locations and the regular live
music can be both grating and far too loud.
Address: Taganskaya Ulitsa, #21, metro Marksistskaya. Tel:
258-9500, Open 12:00-0:00.
Marshala Biryuzova Ulitsa, #32, metro Oktyabrskoye Pole. Tel:
995-2161. Open 12:00-0:00.
Munchen Dvorik
A small German-style bar/restaurant with some sort of sushi restaurant
upstairs. Not much atmosphere and a limited range of beer but
cheaper than your average Moscow beer restaurant.
Address: Maly Afanasievsky Pereulok,
#14/34, metro Arbatskaya. 291-2656, noon–11pm.
Starina Muller
Not a bad place for a beer or a meal. An average main course
clocks in at around 400r ($14) and is quite filling. Beers
are a little overpriced at an average of 170r ($6) for a
half liter
and the staff can be quite rude.
Address: Malaya Dmitrovka Ulitsa, #18a, metro Mayakovskaya.
Tel: 299-8434, Mon.-Wed. 11am-1am,
Thu.-Sat. 11am-3am, Sun. 1pm-1am.
Bakuninskaya Ulitsa, #7, metro Baumanskaya. Tel: 261-4215.
Vorontsovskaya Ulitsa, #35b, metro Taganskaya. Tel: 797-2092.
Shmitovsky Proezd, #2, metro Ulitsa 1905 Goda. Tel: 259-1373.
Vremya
Yest
A little restaurant and bar with ten different German, Czech
and Russian beers on tap. Food is German and Czech with slightly
higher prices than similar venues but also bigger portions.
A nice place for a drink.
Address: Yest: Lesnaya Ulitsa, #1,
metro Belorusskaya. Tel: 251-6873, Open
12:00-5:
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