6 of the best · Moscow, Russia
The grand dining rooms of Tverskoy Boulevard, Café Pushkin and Turandot; White Rabbit under its glass dome; Savva at the Metropol; and the Russian classics at Dr. Zhivago.
Our 6 favourites, listed A–Z · Updated October 2026
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Three of our favourites, from the Kremlin to the Bolshoi.
Russian cooking, round the clock
Russian cooking in a grand 19th-century-style house on Tverskoy Boulevard, open around the clock.
Tverskoy Boulevard 26A, MoscowExplore View on map
Under a glass dome
Modern Russian cooking under a glass dome on the 16th floor, with the city all around.
Smolenskaya Square 3, 16th floor, MoscowExplore View on map
In the Hotel Metropol
The Hotel Metropol’s own restaurant, cooking modern Russian dishes beneath the historic hotel.
Teatralny Proezd 2, MoscowExplore View on map
In-depth stories behind the list.
The back story
From the candlelit library of Café Pushkin to the glass dome of White Rabbit, from the Metropol’s Savva to the Dr. Zhivago grand café, Moscow dines in style.
The back story
Borscht and shchi, pelmeni and pirozhki, blini with sour cream or caviar, syrniki for breakfast, olivier salad at New Year and medovik for afters: the dishes of Moscow, and where to taste them.
Dining as theatre.
Russian cooking, round the clock
Russian cooking in a grand 19th-century-style house on Tverskoy Boulevard, open around the clock.
Tverskoy Boulevard 26A, MoscowExplore View on map
In the Hotel Metropol
The Hotel Metropol’s own restaurant, cooking modern Russian dishes beneath the historic hotel.
Teatralny Proezd 2, MoscowExplore View on map
A palace on the boulevard
A theatrical palace of a restaurant on Tverskoy Boulevard, cooking Chinese and pan-Asian dishes.
Tverskoy Boulevard 26, MoscowExplore View on map
High above the city.
From the twins’ own farm
The restaurant of the chef twins Ivan and Sergey Berezutsky, cooking from their own farm.
Under a glass dome
Modern Russian cooking under a glass dome on the 16th floor, with the city all around.
Smolenskaya Square 3, 16th floor, MoscowExplore View on map
Borscht, blini and pelmeni.
In the Hotel National
A grand café of Russian classics in the Hotel National, looking out to the Kremlin.
There is no current MICHELIN Guide selection for Moscow, so we show no stars. We use no other awards and no ratings, and we leave the price blank rather than guess.
