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Gorniy Orel

Address: 1 Alexandrovsky Park, off Kronverkskiy pr. and near zoo entrance, Petrograd Side, St. Petersburg
Phone: 812/232-3282

Price range: ¢-$
Cuisine: Eastern European
Location: Petrograd Side

Write a review | Avg. member rating: 1.0/5

Fodor's Review:

Try to eat on the terrace of this friendly, casual eatery in Alexandrovsky Park; this will place you away from the tacky interior, and closer to the grill, where you can smell the shashlyk (shish-kebab) cooking to perfection. One of the few St. Petersburg restaurants not afraid to use spices, Gorniy Orel is considered by many to serve the most authentic Georgian food in the city. Try the lobio (vegetarian chili) or a cheesy khachapuri (cheese bread), accompanied by a plate of fresh greens, the ubiquitous tomatoes and cucumbers, or pickled garlic. A clay jug of Georgian wine—sladkoe (sweet) or sukhoe (dry)—complements your meal.

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Metro: Gorkovskaya

Member Reviews and Ratings

Reviewed by dufby101 from Portland, OR on 6/26/07
I think that Fodor's needs to revisit this review. As of June 2007, the terrace is not charming but is piled with broken furniture and equipment on one end and overlooks a polluted canal on the other. The whole smells of the zoo next door. The service was neither friendly nor helpful; it took 15 minutes just to get menus and water (although we requested them twice). Finally, we left after being told that the prices on the menu were not accurate and were apparently being reassigned arbitrarily as we ordered. My advice is that this restaurant should be given a pass.