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This is a post about my favorite food and drink establishments, stores, dishes, drinks in Moscow.

Preface/explanation to the post:

When I first started running this site, I used to write a separate post for each favorite restaurant or store as I got a nice tasting experience.

Over time, I realized that for large cities it is more convenient to make one consolidated post, which succinctly lists everything that I like, as, for example, I did for Lisbon.

So now I’m smoothly transitioning to this format for other locations as well, here, starting with Moscow.

I update the summary posts on a regular basis. I add new favorite places and remove those that I dislike or have closed.

I will also keep the original posts, you can find them by the word “Moscow” in the search bar of the site.

So here’s my list of restaurants💔

Gastronomy🍽: Olluco White Rabbit Moments

Northern cuisine: Bjorn

Georgian cuisine🏔: Megobari Kazbek

Mussels🦪: Mollusca (Mollusca has several locations, each has its own account, I marked the one where I was most often)

Meat: Butcher

Pizza: Donna Margarita Pizza Maestrello

Indian cuisine: Darbars (although, last time upset) Moscow-Delhi (it’s more of an entourage than food, unusual /interesting)

The atmosphere🌿: Sempre (the atmosphere is interesting, and the food needs to be re-tasted to understand what it is at the moment)

Middle Eastern cuisine: Jerusalem

Comfort Food🥣:
Sangre Fresca – delicious quality food with Mexican flair (not authentic “mexico”)
Cheese factory

Ice cream🍨: Tea Height

Fast Food🥔: Tiny potatoes

Coffee☕️:
Camera Obscura
Rockets
Coffeemania
Skuratov
Floo
Erna
Coffee bean
The man and the steamer
Yumbaker (+ breakfasts and desserts)
Masa Madre (+ bread!)
Moloko
Cynics
Coffeesphere

Grocery stores/products:

Greek and Italian products in Moscow A store with an interesting assortment of all sorts of Asian stuff The chain of stores “Indian spices”, similarly, any Asian variety Olive oil store (olives, products from them and oils) Vkusville (the post describes in detail exactly what I like there) Where do I buy matsoni, Imereti cheese and suluguni I recommend Lao Lee for the fact that they sell excellent Vietnamese mangoes here

I give all these recommendations on a very simple principle (which I extend to my whole life, not just to food), I ask myself the question: “Do I want to go back to some place or eat/drink this or that dish/drink again?”. If the answer is “yes”, then I will certainly share with you what I liked so that it would be delicious for you too 😉

I am also always open to your recommendations, write to me about your impressions and gastronomic experience in the comments to the post, by mail or in social networks (all contacts are listed on the main page of the site).

During this visit to Moscow, I liked the following places:

Olluco

This place became my number 1 in Moscow. An interesting concept of combining Peruvian traditions and traditions of the place where the restaurant is open, a talented chef, excellent execution of dishes, pleasant atmosphere, excellent service. I would give 2 Michelin stars. A must-visit!

MeGoBari is a great Georgian classic. I especially recommend Adjarian khachapuri tsomgamotslili, khinkali kalakuri, vegetable salad with nuts.

Tea height. The house of tea and ice cream.

A wonderful place with great tea and unique ice cream. There are several hundred varieties, all from natural products, and not cloying. Seasonality of products is observed, which pleases. That is, in summer ice cream from persimmon or feijoa will not be offered to you, but it will be offered from mulberry or watermelon. I love it!

I recommend here coffee!

Another portion of my favorite establishments from the gastronomic capital of Russia.

Bourgeois Bohemians – author’s gastronomy. Some dishes surprise with their combinations, I was very interested in learning something new for myself. I was especially impressed by the dessert with black pepper, chocolate and nuts (pictured). Delight! And this is taking into account the fact that, in principle, I rarely eat desserts and do not particularly like sweets.

Salone pasta&bar – Italian cuisine. Nothing special, but solid. I want to go back to breakfast)

Oh! Mumbai – Indian cuisine. Authentic and delicious!

Duo Asia is a very, very, very tasty Asian fusion.

Harvest is a menu with vegetables in the main role, but in fact they also know how to cook fish and meat. Exquisite, interesting, fresh and very beautiful.

OGGI Bistro is an Italian bistro. I really liked it, although it’s a little cramped and the hood doesn’t work very well.

Saviv is a really delicious Israeli cuisine. Excellent hummus and falafel.

I liked the cocktails at the Orthodox Bar, One And Half Room.

And the coffee is in the new Skuratov space on Vosstaniya 35. A very pleasant place, and attentive baristas.

Good coffee was found in the Perfetto Caffe coffee chain.

Onegin Dacha – a delicious cozy restaurant of Russian cuisine with good service. I really liked the breakfasts.

Another decent coffee point on the map of Moscow is Coffeesphere, or rather several points. I was on Nagatinskaya Street, a very pleasant place:)

Of all the places in Sochi that claim high-quality and gastronomic food, this is the only restaurant that I liked – Ram-Rapan

Cozy Italian cafe, like a home institution. Svidu inconspicuous, but very tasty. They call themselves “A drop of Europe in the ocean of khachapuri”))) –Pasta Bar Parmesan

Delicious khachapuri and divine vegetables on the grill with herbs. If I had not been told how to get there and how to find this place, I would never have got there in my life. So, the exit to the Trout Farm, then the very last restaurant behind the bridge. If it seems that the road is no longer suitable for a passenger car, and in general you will pass through figs, do not worry – you will pass. The restaurant is named after the canyon in which it is located – the Akhshtyr Gorge. Maybe it’s not called at all, but it’s just the name of the gorge, but I didn’t see any other sign. I was in the winter, in the summer, apparently, the food is served in normal dishes;)

A chain of health food stores. The only place where there is a large selection of all sorts of eco-bio-vegan-healthy products – ABC of Nutrition

The most delicious restaurant in the city, the concept of which is built around the oven. Almost all the dishes here are prepared in it – Ugli-ugli

Good specialty coffee (roasted by yourself) – Sweet Beans

Good coffee, too – Sgushenka (a chain of coffee bars in Krasnodar)

A chain of good premium-class grocery supermarkets – Tabris

Breakfast and coffee – Mr. Cup on Sovetskaya Street

Also good coffee and matcha – Coffee Cult (a chain of coffee bars in Tula).

As a souvenir and in general just for se, I recommend buying not gingerbread, which have a terrible composition, but Belevskaya pastille (I like the classic version without sugar). Very tasty and healthy!