Guidebook for Moscow
Food Scene
Viet Cafe
3 Gazetnyy PereulokVery good pho bo (beef soup) for 350 rubles.
Very tasty Georgian restaurant, great khinkali (dumplings with lamb), lobio (red bean and walnut salad) and sorrel soup.
Ulitsa Pyatnitskaya, 20
20 Ulitsa PyatnitskayaVery tasty Georgian restaurant, great khinkali (dumplings with lamb), lobio (red bean and walnut salad) and sorrel soup.
It works 24 hours an serves decent Georgian food, actually Illarion restaurant is more tasty but it doesn't work at night. Khinkali here costs 140 rubles for 4 pieces.
Ulitsa Bol'shaya Ordynka, 69
69 Ulitsa Bol'shaya OrdynkaIt works 24 hours an serves decent Georgian food, actually Illarion restaurant is more tasty but it doesn't work at night. Khinkali here costs 140 rubles for 4 pieces.
Very good Uzbek restaurant serving lamb kabobs (180 rub), chebureks with minced meat (180 rubles), and shurpa (lamb soup - 380 rubles). Open 24 hours.
Ulitsa Bol'shaya Polyanka, 56
56 Bolshaya Polyanka StreetVery good Uzbek restaurant serving lamb kabobs (180 rub), chebureks with minced meat (180 rubles), and shurpa (lamb soup - 380 rubles). Open 24 hours.
The best espresso in Moscow, as well cream puffs, maccaroni and ice cream.
Ulitsa Bol'shaya Yakimanka, 19
19 Ulitsa Bol'shaya YakimankaThe best espresso in Moscow, as well cream puffs, maccaroni and ice cream.
Sightseeing
Gorky Park has many cafes around. The best one is Osteria Uno (just pizzas for 350 rubles) near Pushkinskaya embankment and Lebedinoe Ozero on a small lake near Titovskiy proezd (good thai food).
852 locals recommend
Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure
9 Krymsky ValGorky Park has many cafes around. The best one is Osteria Uno (just pizzas for 350 rubles) near Pushkinskaya embankment and Lebedinoe Ozero on a small lake near Titovskiy proezd (good thai food).
Very unique park with old Soviet monuments of Stalin, Lenin, Dzerjinsky etc. There's the Tretyakov gallery new building dedicated to the Russian art of XX century (Rodchenko, Malevich, Kandinsky etc.)
12 locals recommend
Krymskaya Naberezhnaya
Krymskaya NaberezhnayaVery unique park with old Soviet monuments of Stalin, Lenin, Dzerjinsky etc. There's the Tretyakov gallery new building dedicated to the Russian art of XX century (Rodchenko, Malevich, Kandinsky etc.)
The Moscow Kremlin
The must see in Moscow.
It used be the Igumnov merchant's private house and it was built in 1895 in Pseudo Russian style by the architect Nikolay Pozdneev.
Ulitsa Bol'shaya Yakimanka, 43
43 Ulitsa Bol'shaya YakimankaIt used be the Igumnov merchant's private house and it was built in 1895 in Pseudo Russian style by the architect Nikolay Pozdneev.
The best museum of Russian art, this contemporary annex's dedicated to XX century art - Malevich, Kandinsky, Tatlin, Rodchenko etc.
Krimsky Val, 10/14
10/14 Krimsky ValThe best museum of Russian art, this contemporary annex's dedicated to XX century art - Malevich, Kandinsky, Tatlin, Rodchenko etc.
Arts & Culture
The best museum of Russian art, especially Michail Vrubel's paintings and icons.
486 locals recommend
The State Tretyakov Gallery
10 Lavrushinsky LnThe best museum of Russian art, especially Michail Vrubel's paintings and icons.
Small and nice multiplex, they show movies with original English sountrack very often.
Bol'shoy Ovchinnikovskiy pereulok, 16
Small and nice multiplex, they show movies with original English sountrack very often.
Shopping
Mytnaya Ulitsa, 12
12 Mytnaya Ulitsa24 hour open supermarket. Quite expensive.
Ulitsa Bol'shaya Yakimanka, 32
32 Ulitsa Bol'shaya Yakimanka24 hours open supermaket. Quite expensive.
Ulitsa Bol'shaya Polyanka, 28
28 Bolshaya Polyanka StreetQuite cheap supermarket, it works until 11 pm.
Drinks & Nightlife
Great russian soups (like solyanka 120 rub.), very tasty spinach pie, cabbage pie and lemon pie. It works until 11 pm.
Nikolay
53 Ulitsa PyatnitskayaGreat russian soups (like solyanka 120 rub.), very tasty spinach pie, cabbage pie and lemon pie. It works until 11 pm.
Very trendy place for expats. On Friday and Saturday works until 3am. Great terrace on the Moscow river and cocktails (from 340 rub.)
96 locals recommend
Strelka
14/5 Bersenevskaya NaberezhnayaVery trendy place for expats. On Friday and Saturday works until 3am. Great terrace on the Moscow river and cocktails (from 340 rub.)
Very posh bar on the roof. On Friday and Saturday it works until 8am. Good Indian and uzbek food, coctails are from 320 rub.
95 locals recommend
Bar Gipsy
3, строение 2 Bolotnaya NaberezhnayaVery posh bar on the roof. On Friday and Saturday it works until 8am. Good Indian and uzbek food, coctails are from 320 rub.
Popular conference place and coworking club, the Russian venture club, a fencing club, a lecture hall and there's a big and popular progressbar with a stunning view across the river.
Bersenevskaya Naberezhnaya, 6
6 Bersenevskaya NaberezhnayaPopular conference place and coworking club, the Russian venture club, a fencing club, a lecture hall and there's a big and popular progressbar with a stunning view across the river.
Essentials
Great farmers market with outdoor fruit and vegetable stalls, halal lamb conters inside, they sell fresh fish, caviar, salted mushrooms and russian berry jams.
Mytnaya Ulitsa, 74
74 Mytnaya UlitsaGreat farmers market with outdoor fruit and vegetable stalls, halal lamb conters inside, they sell fresh fish, caviar, salted mushrooms and russian berry jams.