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Chill Out
Cafes and Restaurants in Moscow
Moscow cafes
offer everything you need from a good evening out: relaxed
atmosphere,
tasty
and
affordable meals, and often live DJ music as a bonus. Add to
this late opening times and you get the perfect place to go
out with friends or to do some people watching if you're alone.
Below we list the best and the most distinct Moscow cafes:
choose the mood you like and we wish you a pleasant flight.
Get Ready for a Party
Moscow's
favorite spot. The keys of success are well-designed interior,
hip crowd, joyful music, tasty and reasonably priced meals,
friendly
staff, 24-hour schedule. A great place to start a night out or
to meet new friends.
The cuisine is mostly Italian and quite inexpensive: main course
for $7-$15, snacks for $5, desserts for $3-$5, drinks for $2-$5,
a good meal costs about $15 for one person.
DJs play every day starting around 7pm house and latin-house
music, easy-listening, downtempo. The rest of the time the music
is nice as well.
On popular evenings (Thursday to Saturday), there may be a
queue outside, so you may need to wait about 5 to 15 minutes
before getting in.
We highly recommend this place, it's very universal and is suitable
for dates, business meetings, or just fun.
Address: Moscow, Malaya Sukharevskaya sq,
#8, metro Sukharevskaya (orange line - north), View
on Map
Contacts: tel.:
(095) 924-8242, http://www.courvoisierclub.ru/
Open: 24h; Cards: Visa, MC
An American-style cafe with friendly atmosphere
and jazzy music. Popular among trendy types of all ages. Serves
different types of coffee, as well as light meals in mediterranian
style and tasty breakfasts (try their porridge). The food and drinks
are a bit pricey. Wi-Fi (wireless internet) connection is available
for $8 / hour, so you can browse the net with your laptop there.
Address: Moscow, Location 1: the corner
of Rozhdestvenskaya and Pushechnaya streets View
on Map (metro Kuznetsky Most or Lubyanka), tel: (095) +7 095 924-0075,
Location 2: Conservatory, Bolshaya Nikitskaya st., #15, View
on Map metro Arbatskaya or Biblioteka imeni Lenina (opened 8.00 to
24.00, 24h during the summer),
Contacts: tel: (095) 775-43-10.
Open: 8.00-23.00, Cards: Visa, MC
For one of the very best
views on Moscow, head there. Located on the 22nd floor
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of the Russian Academy of Sciences building,
this fancy cafe has a cool interior and offers delicious food
in addition to its great location, the longest bar-stand in
Moscow and the summer terrace. The cuisine is mainly French
Fusion and Mediterranian, the music is well-selected lounge
and downtempo.
Getting there is an experience in itself: imagine getting to a large research
center, then taking a special elevator to the top floor (wallpaper with clouds
is a striking contrast to the stark interior of the research center's ground
floor). You then arrive to the 22nd floor, where you are met by a polite security
guy who leads you to the restaurant. .
The prices are high, but it seems the place is worth it. A dinner will cost
about $30 per person and a glass of good wine with a light meal will be about
$20.
All major credit cards are accepted: Visa, MC, AmEx.
Address: Moscow,
Russian Academy of Sciences Leninsky Prospekt, #32a (metro Leninsky
Prospekt, walk towards the tall buildings with the orange roofs), Contacts: tel:
+7 (095) 938-5104, 782-5045.
Open: 11.00-1.00. Cards: Visa, MC, AmEx
The
fourth place opened by OGI - The United Humanitarian Publishers. The successful
idea and format
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are being implemented
over and over: simple stylish interior, low
prices,
quality
book
store, casual atmosphere. and orientation towards intelligent clientelle.
The prices are very low: cheap alcohol ($1-$2), hearty meals ($3-$10), desserts.
Frequented by students, journalists, and artists. Must be a good place before
going out to a live concert (as opposed to Courvoisier above, which is more
for the dance-music types).
Address: Bolshaya
Dmitrovka st., #23, next to Mariott Avrora. View
on Map Tverskaya,
metro: Okhotny Riad (red), Teatralnaya (green). Open: 24
hours, Cards: Visa, MC
Chill Out with Style
Warm colours, comfortable sofas, and
smooth jazzy music predispose to a romantic evening out.
A good selection of food and drinks
makes you want to come back. Students from the
nearby Moscow Architecture Institute discussing their latest
projects liven up the atmosphere.
Seems like Bezh Cafe has found the perfect mix making it
the most "fairytale-like" place in Moscow (among the affordable
ones).
Forget about all the problems and enjoy the life. Drinks
and light snacks start at $3-$5, a full meal will cost
$15-$20 per person.
Address: Rozhdestvenka
st., #12/1 View
on Map (metro Kuznetsky Most, entrance
from Varsonofievsky lane). Contacts: tel. (095) 925-6990.
Open: 11.00 - 23.00. Cards: Visa, MC
If like the idea of lying in a comfortable divan sipping
aromatic tea while smoking hookah,
head to Chaikhana #1. Situated at
Park Kultury
(former Gorky Park) in a huge yurt, this place is a luxurious version of
an Uzbek tea house (chaikhana). A very good selection of teas (starting
at $10 for a pot), eastern delicacies and sweets ($5-$10), and full meals (from
$15). The waiters are very friendly and the atmosphere is relaxed. Mix in house
music infused with eastern motives and a large TV screen, and you will get
the chill out Moscow style. There's another Chaikhana located in Hermitage
garden (more accessible by public transport), but it's much busier.
Address: Park Kultury, near Neskuchny
Sad, entrance by car from Leninsky Prospekt. View
on Map (metro Park Kultury or Oktyabrskaya, hard to find,
but if you ask for Neskuchny Sad bridge - it's only 3 mins walk from there).
Another location: Hermitage Garden, metro Tverskaya View
on Map
Open: 11.00 - 1.00. Cards: not accepted
The first Moscow coffee chain, nothing
like Starbucks, more like a place for coffee enthusiasts.
Non-smoking policy not to spoil the coffee aroma, bookshelves
as part of the interior, random intellectual quotes
on street windows, and great choice of coffee.
A very popular and good place to go out with friends.
Address: Throughout
the city center. 1) Tverskaya st., next to Tsentralnaya
hotel (down along Tverskaya from Pushkinskaya metro);
2) Kuznetsky Most street, #12 View
on Map in front of Moscow
Artist House and Jagannath vegeterian restaurant (#11)
- metro Kuznetsky Most; 3) Pokrovka, #17 View
on Map (metro Kitai Gorod). Open: 8.00-23.00
Slightly posh, nevertheless nice cafe located on the top floor of upscale shopping
center facing the former KGB headquaters.
The music is Cafe del Mar style, the cuisine is mostly Mediterranian
with an accent on French specialities.
Great terrace. When it's getting cold, people can still sit outside and the
waiters distribute warm blankets.
The food is slightly expensive for Moscow, the full meal will cost about $30
for a person.
Generally, a nice place to go out, especially in the afternoon, to have a bird-eye's
view on Moscow. Good for romantic dates.
Address: Moscow, Lubyanskaya sq.,
Nautilus Trading Center View
on Map (a very noticeable new building just
outside of Lubyanka metro exit), top floor, metro Lubyanka (red line). Contacts: tel.
(095) 933 7713 (reservation recommended)
Open: 9.00-24.00, Cards: Visa, MC
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