Voronezh

Moscow


Its darkened, scarlet-coloured interior makes this bistro look a bit like an oriental opium den, but it is in fact a carnivore temple, where patrons seem to fall into a deeply meditative state while munching on their burgers and excellent pastrami sandwiches. One of the best places for lunch in the city centre.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Moscow attractions

1. Tverskaya Ploshchad

0.19 MILES

A statue of the founder of Moscow, Yury Dolgoruky, presides over this prominent square near the bottom of Tverskaya ul. So does Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, as…

2. House of Unions

0.22 MILES

The green-columned House of Unions dates from the 1780s. Its ballroom, called the Hall of Columns, is famous as the location of one of Stalin’s most…

3. State Duma

0.25 MILES

The glowering State Duma was erected in the 1930s for Gosplan (Soviet State Planning Department), source of the USSR’s Five-Year Plans. It is now the seat…

4. Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines

0.25 MILES

Growing up in 1980s USSR was a peculiar, but not necessarily entirely bleak experience. Here is an example – a collection containing dozens of mostly…

5. Karl Marx Statue

0.29 MILES

Since 1961, Karl Marx has occupied this prominent position on pl Revolyutsii.

6. Church of the Resurrection

0.32 MILES

Through the arch from Tverskaya ul, the rosy-pink, gold-domed Church of the Resurrection was one of the few churches to remain open throughout the Soviet…

7. Archaeological Museum

0.36 MILES

An excavation of Voskresensky Bridge (which used to span the Neglinnaya River at the foot of Tverskaya ul) uncovered coins, clothing and other artefacts…

8. Moscow Museum of Modern Art

0.38 MILES

A pet project of the ubiquitous artist Zurab Tsereteli, this museum is housed in a classical 18th-century merchant’s home, originally designed by Matvei…