ST. PETESBURG RESTAURANTS
Restaurant "Aquarelle"
Address: Dobroljubova Pr., 14а, St. Petersburg
Ciusine::Fusion
Capacity: 1st floor restaurant - 30-160 seats, 2nd floor café-grill – 100-160 seats
Aquarelle Restaurant can be called a model of a "high-class" restaurant. The handsome three-deck at the Birjevoi Bridge is transparent as Aquarelle. If aquarelle paint is put on white paper, it gets lighter; if put on colored paper, it gets its tone and color. So this restaurant is changing with the season and time of day. The second-deck restaurant is stylish, exquisite, and respectable. On the third deck is the grill-bar with democratic atmosphere and prices. Even a Petersburg aboriginal will fall in love with the city once again, and a foreign visitor will go through a true aesthetic delight, observing magnificent panoramic views that can be seen through the glass walls of Aquarelle. Winter Palace, walls of Peter-and-Paul Fortress or a raised bridge over the Neva at «white night» are really magnificent.
Restaurant “Gymnazium”
Address:: Konnogvardeisky Boulevard, 21, St. Petersburg
Cuisine: he restaurant cuisine is international; there is a wide choice of the best dishes from Russia, Asia, East and Europe.
Capacity: Main hall – 200 seats, summer terrace – 200 seats, bar – 50 seats
The restaurant ‘Gymnasium’ is located in the historical heart of the city, within several minutes walk of St. Isaac Cathedral in the house of the former girl’s gymnasium. The main hall is decorated in classical style resembling palace interiors: elegant columns along the hall, cozy elite furniture made according to historical patterns. In such luxury even everyday life with its bustle and problems gets the shade of aristocratism. The bar hall interior is modern. VIP cabins suit ideally to have a private talk or meeting. When the weather is fine it is a great pleasure to have a rest at summer verandah located in the restaurant yard. Every night the atmosphere of the brightest holiday reigns in the restaurant: captivating laser show & live music both retro hits and club sets. If you wish to perform yourself, karaoke is in your disposal. Popular DJ’s, pop Russian and foreign stars perform in ‘Gymnasium’.
Restaurant “Gloss”
Address: Nevsky Pr., 17, St. Petersburg
Cuisine: Europian, Fusion
Capacity: 150 seats
”Gloss” is a new offspring of aristocratic parents and one of the most luxuriant places of Saint Petersburg. The 'Gloss' luxury is in everything: in the location (17, Neva avenue, in 'luxury dining' area, next to 'Russian Empire, 'Stroganov yard cafe') and décor glossy elements. The idea is to make visual and qualitative restaurant image ideal. Everything is polished in 'Gloss' as on the cover of a glossy magazine. The 'Gloss' menu presents several cuisines and several chefs: Jean-Marc Demesi a French of Italian origin and Chen Huan from China. Here you can try various dishes from Italian polenta to Vietnamese ben-bao.The 'Gloss' is enoteca restaurant with the richest wine collection including about 500 names with New World Wines domination. You can see all the activities as nowadays the food cooking process is the most captivating show. Adults watch the 'fire dishes' cooks at work with the same interest as children watch fakir.The kitchen has two levels. Sushi makers work on the first level, Indonesian chefs cooking in wok ovens are on the second level, extremely complicated dishes are cooked at special stationary kitchen.Every day Saint Petersburg dj's and music stars perform at the 'Gloss'.
Restaurant “Last Palace”
Address: Mojka Emb, 23, St. Petersburg,
Cuisine: versatile Russian and International
Capacity: Banquet Hall 150 pax , Theatre Hall 100 pax
The palace of prince Abamelek-Lazarev happened to be the last buildings erected in St. Petersburg before 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Only months later, it became no more than a splendid reminder of the Imperial Russia past glory. Located in the most magnificent part of St. Petersburg’s historical downtown, the building has retained its dazzling interiors. The palace has recently reopened after restoration, and is ready to host exhibitions, presentations, conferences, gala parties and banquets. The Palace is equipped with everything You need to make Your event a success. The breathtaking Banquet Hall with its painted ceiling, molds, marble pillars and balcony is the palace’s pride and joy. The Theatre Hall is adorned with red-brown Corinthian pilasters with white capitals and painted ceilings. Intended for drama performances, the hall is fitted with a stage, a make-up room, a floor area of 180 square metres, The specious lobby on the ground floor is ideal for gala receptions. There is a convenient at landing of the palace’s main entrance. Guests can arrive by boat, or embark from here on an exiting tour of St. Petersburg’s enchanting rivers and canals.
Restaurant “Noble Nest”
Address: Dekabristov Str, 21, St. Petersburg
Cuisine: variations on traditional Russian dishes with modern French cuisine
Capacity: 2 halls (capacity 24-26 pax each), musical hall on the second floor (max 20 pax)
“Nobel Nest” is a restaurant of the wold-class. The interior is magnificent and cozy.Halls are decorated with portraits of the Russian Tsars and Dukes Yusupov. “Nobel Nest” St. Petersburg's finest restaurant, is located in the Trianon of the splendid Yusupov Palace. Designed in 1751 by Vaillant de la Motte, the Trianon has been meticulously restored to its original splendor. “Noble Nest" - a very appropriate name: at one time it served as a tea pavilion where the Yusupovs, the richest, most powerful princes of the Russian Empire entertained their peers. Enjoy innovative menu & your aperitif in style at the mezzanine lounge to the accompaniment of live music. Dinner is served in one of intimate and sumptuous dining rooms, where the same aristocracy, who were previously guests and owners, are represented by their portraits. Located in the historic city center just a two minutes walk from the famous Mariinsky (Kirov) Theatre. “Noble Nest" restaurant is the ideal location for special business receptions - as well as for a stylish luncheon, an intimate dinner or an elegant after-theatre supper.
Restaurant “Old Custom’s House”
Address: Tamozhennyy per., 1, St. Petersburg
Cuisine: European and Russian
Capacity: max 180 in 3 halls (Banquet Hall - 37 pax, President Banquet Hall – 40 pax, Wine Club – 6 pax)
If it's a romantic dinner for two or a larger party with friends and business colleagues this is the ideal venue. With the soft live music, award winning chef from France together with it's English Management it's a place not to be missed. The restaurant is under British management. It is very centrally located on the Spit of Vasiljevsky Island. The restaurant has voulted brick ceiling and rustic interior design. The menu features both European and Russian cuisine. Qualities of food and service level are excellent. Jazz inspired music in the evenings.
Restaurant "PalkinЪ"
Address: Nevsky Pr. 47, St. Petersburg
Cuisine: Traditional Russian
Capacity: Concert hall – 160 seats; main hall – 70 seats; VIP room with fireplace – 15 seats.
Restaurant "Palkin" is one of the oldest dining establishments in St. Petersburg which has retained its original name and location. Its roots go back to the St. Petersburg restaurateurs, “The Palkin Family”, (first mention – 1785). Later restaurant "K.P. Palkin" was the most fashionable in the city lIts regular clientele included poet Alexander Blok, scientist Alexander Butlerov, writers Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoyevsky & other famous figures. Since welcoming its first guests in the summer of 2002, "Palkin" has sought to revive St. Petersburg's traditional atmosphere of "bread and salt" hospitality that dates back to the close of the 19th - the beginning of the 20th centuries. A visit to restaurant "Palkin" is an authentic, proper acquaintance with the cuisine of Russian aristocracy, much of which has, sadly, been lost elsewhere. Those with a taste for the gourmet are welcome to savour dishes that once delighted top society in the imperial city of St. Petersburg. In the evenings, live music - jazz, gypsy and traditional Russian romances - infuses the ambiance of the restaurant. The Hallway of Arts, an exhibit space for popular St. Petersburg painters, opens at the restaurant every month.
Restaurant “Podvorie”. Pavlovsk
Address: Tayrlevo, Filtrovskoye shosse, 16, Pavlovsk (15 min from Airport).
Cuisine: Russian
Capacity: max 334 pax (Central Hall-94 pax,Low Hall-76pax,Balcony-54 pax, Cossack Hall-40 pax, Cossack Room-30 pax, Summerhouse-40 pax)
Restaurant was built in best traditions of the Russian wooden architecture. Log house restaurant with the interiors dressed with the wooden panels match the picturesque landscape of Pavlosk. “Podvorie” restaurant is the most Russian out of all restaurants in Russia. It is well known in many countries all over the world, even such famous gourmets as Charles the Prince of Wales and president of France Jacques Chirac have admired the restaurant’s cuisine. You have a wonderful opportunity enjoy folklore show & even participate in it.
Restaurant "Restaurant"
Address: Tamozhenny Lane, 2, St. petersburg
Cuisine: European, Russian
Capacity: 2 rooms with total capacity 300 seats, Banquet Hall – 75 seats
The restaurant is situated near Zoological museum, Kunstkamera, Vasilievskiy island Strelka. Three domed rooms, furniture, crockery, complicated system of lightning – all this is harmonious. The design and the cuisine having the best Russian traditions brought fame to the Restaurant. Particularly here you start understanding how various Russian cuisine can be (from simple and healthy to exquisite and exclusive). Here you can taste traditional Russian starters: salads, sprats, beans, potato, and kulebiaka. The names of the dishes in the menu remind of culinary books of the XIX century. Tea table has three tea sorts, many small cakes and biscuits, candied peels, walnuts in honey, apples baked with honey, berries and cognac… Restaurant offers you not only Russian spirits but also a remarkable wine list for those who prefer European drinks. And of course there is one more thing that always attracts tourists as well as Saint-Petersburg inhabitants is perfect service, care of guests that can enjoy not only food but also the pleasant and relaxing atmosphere.
Restaurant “Russian Club”
Address: Konushennaya Sq., 2 St. Petersburg
Cuisine: Russian and European
Capacity: max 200 pax
Russian and European cuisine Restaurant “Russian Club” represents the national Russian Cuisine and offers a big variety of original true Russian dishes. The location of the restaurant is right in the center of St. Petersburg- by the Church of Savior, The Mikhailov Gardens, facing Griboedov Channel and only 5 minutes walk from the Nevsky Prospect. To your attention a widw musical program: back ground music till 20.00, live music (orchestra) from 20.00 daily, disco from 23.00 daily , entertainment program (Wednesday, Thursday).
