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Lonely Planet's Top Choices
Delicatessen
Eat, drink and chat at Moscow's smartest and friendliest gastropub.
Café Pushkin
Moscow's long-standing favourite for traditional Russian food delights in an
aristocratic mansion.
Khachapuri
A casual, contemporary place for the eponymous Georgian speciality.
As Eat Is
No fancy stuff, just fresh, local and truly innovative cooking.
Kitayskaya Gramota
A very serious take on Cantonese cooking in a playful, ironic environ-
ment.
Lavka-Lavka
Delicacies straight from local farms cooked by a creative chef.
Best by Budget
€
Varenichnaya No 1
A friendly, family place for dumplings and other old-fashioned Russian
cooking.
Shawarma Republic
A very special 'united nations' shawarma for consumption in a pretty
garden.
Dukhan Chito-Ra
Possibly the best khinkali dumplings this side of the Caucasus range.
Zupperia
Casual lunch time eatery run by a celebrity chef; it's just about soups.
Stolle
A friendly cafe serving fresh-baked pies with your favourite fillings.
€€
Ragout
A rare combination of inventive cuisine, trendy crowd and affordable prices.
Favorite
Beloved by locals and expats alike, for burgers, steaks and beer.
€€€
Café Pushkin
Still the best splurge in Moscow.
Ugolyok
Food and design that's edgy, artistic and elegant, all at once.
Brasserie Most
A luxury gastrotour from Bretagne to Alsace and down to Corsica.
Best by Cuisine
Russian
Café Pushkin
Dine in
haute russe
style, just like the aristocrats of old.
Chemodan
Get a taste of the wilds of Siberia.