A restaurant is not only an institution where you can have a delicious lunch. A place for dates and business meetings, a place where you can have a good time, and some restaurants become real attractions. They offer not just food, but a new experience, taste and a special atmosphere.
Here the atmosphere is expensive, unique, often exotic dishes made from the best products, and the chefs are known for their art throughout the country, and even the world.
One dinner can cost the kind of money that an average family will eat for a month. At the same time, the cost of visiting such restaurants is growing from year to year. Chefs improve the menu, managers - service, and gourmets demand that their whims be unique and satisfied at the highest level.
We made a selection of the 10 most expensive restaurants in Moscow, a visit to which promises not only a hearty dinner, but also an unforgettable experience.
10. Insight
The restaurant is located on the 84th floor of the OKO Moscow-City tower Insight. The main feature of the institution is delicious food and stunning panoramic views. The capital is a bird's eye view at any time of the day, but it is especially mesmerizing in the evening.
In the restaurant you can order European and Japanese dishes, as well as items from the bar and hookah menu. The average check is 4000-7000 rubles.
The place is very popular with both romantic couples and visitors of the entertainment complex, which is located in the OKO tower, so you need to book a place in advance, and then nothing will spoil the evening in the Insight restaurant.
9. Sixty
A restaurant Sixty considered one of the highest restaurants in Europe. It is located on the 62nd floor of the Federation Tower in Moscow City. This place is ideal for enjoying unique dishes, as well as stunning sunsets and sunrises over Moscow.
A distinctive feature of the design was the ability to open windows on the 62nd floor. A similar opportunity is a rarity all over the world!
The restaurant serves Italian and French cuisine, as well as a sushi bar. The average check amount starts at 3,000 rubles. The chef of the restaurant is Sergey Kondakov, who studied the wisdom of the kitchen with the famous Italian chef Flaviano Biazatti.
8. Brasserie Bridge
Brasserie - originally a beer institution, and later French restaurants, where tradition, atmosphere and menu have not changed for years. They have become a kind of quiet haven for many patrons. An island of constancy among a rapidly changing life.
Brasserie bridge located in the city center, on the Kuznetsk bridge. This restaurant with a pleasant atmosphere, beautiful interiors and a summer terrace is ideal for a leisurely evening and a new gastronomic experience. A piece of France is not otherwise.
Satisfied visitors call the service perfect, but the prices are much higher than average. The cost of dishes reaches 4,000 rubles per serving.
7. Angelo
On the avenue 60 years of October is a restaurant of Italian cuisine Angelo. Nice looking interiors, a veranda, a banquet room and even a VIP room, a rich wine list and perfect service - all this is Angelo. But the main thing, of course, is food.
Dominico Filippone reigns in the kitchen, Italian, as befits a restaurant with such a menu, originally from Tuscany. He worked in institutions marked by Michelin stars, and now opens for residents and guests of Moscow all aspects of his skills.
The average cost of dishes is 3,500 rubles.
6. Sirena
Sirena, as the name implies, is a restaurant, the main emphasis of which is on the fish menu. Here you can try everything that the sea element offers a person, and virtuoso cooks will turn unsightly water creatures into breathtaking dishes.
A separate topic is interiors. The restaurant has two rooms. Along the walls of one are rows of huge aquariums in which dozens of fish swim. The walls of the other are quite ordinary, but the floor! The floor here is made of thick glass, and under it carps and sturgeons swim leisurely for their fish affairs. In the warmer months there is a summer terrace.
The restaurant is located on Bolshaya Spasskaya Street, and price range is between 3500 and 5000 rubles.
5. Pushkin
A cafe Pushkin - This is a whole concept that is supported by the owners of the institution, and its staff, and even guests support a certain game.
In Pushkin, the majestic atmosphere of a noble estate of the 18th century was recreated, the menu presents dishes that could well be on a plate with the most notable persons.
The history of the building, in which the cafe is located, goes back to the 18th century; it belonged to a certain count under Catherine II.
Cafe is popular not only among residents of the capital, but also among foreign guests who want to feel the unique atmosphere. Prices are above average check starts at 3500 rublesbut the guests claim that the meal is worth the money.
4. Bistrot
If you want to be in a small Italian restaurant, then Bistrot - what you need. Stone walls, white tablecloths, shelves with wine, comfortable seats, pleasant smells - all together create a unique atmosphere.
This restaurant repeats the concept of the best establishments in Italy, while it is accessible to visitors even in the harsh Russian winter. Chefs will prepare the best dishes of Tuscan cuisine, and the waiter will advise the perfect wine for them.
The average check is 3-5 thousand rublesthat does not scare away either regulars or new guests, and the restaurant is always full.
3. Baccarat Crystal Room
If you enter the glass doors from Nikolskaya Street in the very center of Moscow, climb the stone stairs with wrought iron railings, you can find yourself in chic halls. Here are columns with curled-up bases, stucco ceilings, furniture covered in expensive fabrics, and an open kitchen with no dirt on it. This is the famous restaurant Baccarat crystal room.
It serves haute cuisine, the purpose of which is to create an unforgettable gastronomic experience and satisfy the most refined taste. The cost of dinner on average ranges from 3000 to 5000 rubles.
2. Peshi
One of the most famous fish restaurants Peshi located on Okhotny Ryad. The menu contains dozens of dishes from all varieties of wild fish and seafood that are brought daily to the restaurant's kitchen from around the world.
The assortment of dishes is constantly changing, even regulars can discover something new. Fish dishes from the best chefs are complemented by an exceptional wine list. It presents the best wines of the largest manufacturers, as well as unique copies of small wineries. The average check amount is 5,000 rubles.
1. El Gauchito
Argentinean Steak Restaurant El gauchito located on Povarskaya street on the Arbat. This is an elegant restaurant, decorated with excellent taste, in which visitors are offered to taste dishes of European and Latin American cuisine, but the main specialty of the restaurant is steaks. Juicy, fragrant, from the best pieces of meat, they will not leave anyone indifferent.
The wine list includes drinks from the best wine regions of the world. In the warmer months, there is a terrace on which there are cozy rattan chairs with soft pillows. The average check is from 2500 to 5000 rubles.