Northern European Russia
Despite a somewhat gaudy facade, Genyatsvale is a laid-back, tastefully decorated Georgian cafe with blown-up photos of the motherland on the walls…
Must-see restaurants in Northern European Russia
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Northern European Russia
Claiming to be the first Karelian restaurant in the world, this ye-olde hot spot boasts excellent, hearty fare, including rabbit borsch and rich, gamey…
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Northern European Russia
This tiny, cosy cafe takes its name from the ubiquitous kalitki (open-face pies) found all over the region. Choose from tasty potato, meat, cheese and…
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Northern European Russia
Don't let Izba's cutesy log-cabin-with-folky-embroidered-curtains interior fool you – this restaurant at Solovki Hotel serves the most sophisticated fare…
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Northern European Russia
Hands down the best place to eat in town, this atmospheric vaulted cellar serves up large platters of beer snacks and imaginative mains, such as chicken…
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Northern European Russia
This spacious cafe is popular with a young crowd and serves good pasta, as well as fish- and meat-based dishes. A sprouting of vegetarian dishes (such as…
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Northern European Russia
Good things come in sevens here: seven chef's specials, seven (mostly) vegetarian (постные) dishes, seven types of filled bliny (pancakes)… You get the…
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Northern European Russia
This friendly, centrally-located cafe draws the punters in with a tasty selection of Asian, European, and Russian dishes, from udon noodles to pasta to…
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Northern European Russia
This rustic-effect nostalgia restaurant serves top-notch food such as duck in apple sauce, draniki (potato fritters) and goose with a honey crust. The…
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Northern European Russia
The decor at Totma's best restaurant is rustic folklore, complete with embroidered tablecloths, national dress and a random stuffed seagull. The menu runs…
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Northern European Russia
Though the diners boogieing down to Russian pop on the dance floor take away from the Parisian sophistication that Boulevard's wall prints intend to…
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Northern European Russia
Set in log-cabin-effect alcoves, this local favourite serves imaginatively named dishes such as 'bride of three bridegrooms' (salmon caviar bliny) and the…
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Northern European Russia
This Argentinian-style restaurant provides top-notch dining for the discerning carnivore. An exemplary steak menu that ranges from tender veal to Kobe rib…
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Northern European Russia
This bright and cheery cafe is located halfway up pedestrianised Prospekt Chumbarova-Luchinskogo. Offers great-value business lunches as well as tasty…
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Northern European Russia
Gud'OK tries to ooze urban sophistication, with its wall-length prints of nighttime Manhattan and red leather seats, but doesn't quite make it. The food,…
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Northern European Russia
Grab a tray and make your way around this plant-strewn cafeteria, picking up your salads, soups and hearty mains as you go along. Wash it all down with a…
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Northern European Russia
Spice alert in provincial Russia! This laid-back Central Asian–themed restaurant, part of a chain, serves plov (meat and rice, pilaf style), kutab …
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Northern European Russia
Small but inexpensive salads, soups and light mains served in an upbeat, youthful atmosphere where the déjà vu in question is the Eiffel Tower, a giant…
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Northern European Russia
Come to this spacious European-style cafe for the good coffee, tea, and tasty pastries. Order the dill-topped pizza at your peril, though.
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Northern European Russia
The rustic Ukrainian theme is worked to the max here – expect a cheery stove, woven tablecloths, sunflowers, clay jugs and nostalgic sepia prints of…
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Northern European Russia
This centrally-located cafe's name translates as Golden Fish, the name of a Russian fairy tale. The menu is bound to delight kids, with pancakes with jam,…
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Northern European Russia
As befitting the name, buzzy 'Brothers Grill' specialises in grilled meats, though there are salads and cakes for non-carnivorous customers. The young…
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Northern European Russia
Open to nonguests, this friendly hotel cafe serves inexpensive, tasty dishes from filled bliny (wheat pancakes) and grilled fish to hearty solyanka (a…
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Northern European Russia
This buzzing cafe opposite the Fine Arts Museum is decorated with apple motifs, and is popular with families for its tasty pastries, pancakes, cakes, as…
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Northern European Russia
This small, cosy cafe to the right of the Solovetsky Transfiguration Monastery serves fish soup that is usually made from that morning's catch, as well as…
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Solovetskaya Sloboda Hotel Restaurant & Bar
Northern European Russia
Russia and European food is served in this unassuming restaurant and bar in the basement of the Solovetskaya Sloboda hotel.
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Northern European Russia
Basic, but pleasant summer cafe inside the monastery orchard, sometimes serving shashlyk (meat kebab) and tasty local pryaniki (gingerbread).
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Northern European Russia
This simple cafe serves dried fish and beer, as well as kalitki, local pies with either potato or meat fillings. Also offers soups and other dishes.
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Northern European Russia
Next to the train station, this 24/7 cafe is a decent enough place to wait for onward trains. Serves kalitki, a Karelian pastry.
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Northern European Russia
Enormous, well-stocked supermarket. There's a very good food court in the shopping centre above it, too.
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Northern European Russia
This passable stolovaya (canteen) dishes up standard belly-liners.
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Northern European Russia
Signposted simply as ‘Produkty’ (Продукты), this is the island’s best-stocked grocery store. The noticeboard at the entrance has advertisements for local…
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Northern European Russia
Basic cafe near the jetty that serves microwaved mains, tea and coffee.
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