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Read MoreBirch
Considered the toughest reservation to secure in St. Petersburg these days, Birch is a small restaurant about a 15-minute cab ride from the Astoria or Four Seasons. It has one main dining room with fewer than a dozen tables, including...
Read MoreCaviar Bar & Restaurant
One of five restaurants in the Grand Hotel Europe, the Caviar Bar & Restaurant is an indulgent destination that would be a great setting or backdrop in a James Bond film. Exquisitely dressed diners are at ease among the marble, velvet...
Photo by Simkin IgorRead MoreClean Plates Society
This is one of those St. Petersburg restaurants that has everything from borscht to burgers on its menu, but it’s well-executed and the atmosphere is trendy and congenial. Clean Plates is located in walking distance to the Four Seasons and...
Courtesy CococoRead MoreCococo
This glamorous restaurant in the Sofitel, just a short walk from the Four Seasons and Astoria hotels, is the brainchild of a Russian celebrity entrepreneur and wildly inventive chef Matilda Shnurova. Cococo also sits on the extended World’s 50 Best List.
Courtesy Dom, St. Petersburg, RussiaRead MoreDom
In St. Petersburg wave of fusion restaurants, where menus include everything from blini to sushi, it can be trying to find a good spot focused on Russian food. Dom is the winner. It occupies a historic building, and the series...
Read MoreEM Restaurant
In a building facing the Moika river, EM takes the concept of a chef’s table one step further, as Chef Olesia Drubot cooks entirely in an open kitchen facing diners' tables. She prepares everything from the bread to the beef...
Courtesy Gogol, St Petersburg, RussiaRead MoreGogol
Set in a series of drawing rooms outfit as though you were stepping back in time, the adorable Gogol (named after the famous writer who lived in this neighborhood for a while) is a good spot for trying Russian classics....
Read MoreKoryushka
An excellent choice for lunch before or after visiting the Peter and Paul Fortress, this stylish restaurant from Ginza Project is located on a spit of the Peter and Paul Fortress island and boasts dramatic views of St. Petersburg's vista....
Read MoreKuznya House
Set on New Holland island, which was once a lumberyard and is being transformed into an arts center, Kuznya House is a charming restaurant with indoor and outdoor seating and delicious food. The menu is modern continental, with starters like...
Read MoreLuce
Luce is a sophisticated Italian restaurant just around the corner from the Grand Hotel Europe with lovely views and excellent food, even though you have to enter through a shopping mall to reach it. Unlike many of the city’s better restaurants, the...
Read MoreMakaronniki
This restaurant on the roof of an office building boasts a knock-out terrace outfitted with hammocks, gazebos and chaise lounges. There is even a sand box where kids can play while their parents linger over a summer lunch and rosé....
Read MorePercorso
Refined Italian cuisine in a sexy dining room in the city’s most opulent hotel, and it is no surprise that tables here are among the toughest to book in a status-obsessed city. The dining room is broken up into a...
Read MoreSeveryanin
Located in the old center of St. Petersburg, Severyanin serves classic Northern Russian cuisine in an elegant, warm setting that feels like a cozy local home. The delicious signature menu highlights typical dishes like Atlantic herring, smoked trout tartar and...
Read MoreSintoho
The pan-Asian restaurant in the Four Seasons is named for the cities of Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong. The design is chic and modern with mood lighting and Asian elements, and the menu features sushi, dim sum and wok dishes. Much...
Read MoreStroganoff Steakhouse
Stroganoff offers a break from the gold-leaf glamour of many St. Petersburg eateries with a simple, hearty menu served in an industrial-style dining room with exposed brick, black-and-white photographs depicting pre-Revolution Russia and lots of taxidermy. The English-speaking staff is...
