The Best Restaurants and Cafes in Moscow

Moscow has a lot of high quality restaurants with great vibes, quality food, and friendly service.

Tehnikum is a relatively new place, which deserves the best ratings for the great vibes, stylish interior, and delicious quality food.

Lavka Lavka is a farmers cooperative delivering fresh, locally produced, quality food from small farms all over Russia to Moscow.

Chemodan is an unusual Russian cuisine restaurant because it actually serves Siberian food.

Gorynych restaurant is currently considered to be one of the best restaurants in Moscow and it should definitely be on your list of places to visit in Moscow.

The best thing about Chaikhona is its relaxed interior that feels like the inside of a big yurt with numerous sofas, carpets, and pillows – one can even lie down there and smoke a hookah.

There are many cafe chains in Moscow, but this is the best one.

A popular place centrally located on the Garden Ring.

Khinkalnaya is a chain of Caucasian cuisine restaurants.

This concept store features contemporary fashion brands, such as Henrik Vibskov, EGR, Damir Doma as well as the Russian designers, such as Gosha Rubchinsky and Vika Gazinskaya.

A place that used to be the bar for Moscow intelligenstia and the journalists from the quality dailies has now become much more popular than it should have been, so the regular drunken brawls towards the end of the night now are more annoying than thrilling.

Pushkin is not just a restaurant, it is a theater.

A small and authentic place still a bit nostalgic for the Soviet times.

"Stolovaya" is a canteen in Russian and this one is conveniently located next to an old factory not far from the center.

A very stylish restaurant with exquisite cuisine.

Situated inside the Hermitage garden in the Moscow center, this is a perfect cozy spot for a nice dinner or drinks both in summer and in winter.

If you are tired of fancy expensive venues in the center of Moscow, try the suburban "Zasada" joint, located in Izmailovo district.

Avocado Cafe is well-known Moscow vegetarian restaurant: they serve vegetarian, vegan and raw food.

Dr Zhivago offers a unique combination of Soviet chic cuisine and affordable prices.

Mark i Lev is one of the best Russian cuisine restaurants you will ever find and this is not an exaggeration.

Moscow has been big on the Soviet nostalgia, for some reason people are willing to pretend they're back in the USSR with all the decor and the ambiance from that era.