Moscow
 

Looking for a good place to eat in Moscow.

There's a great McDonald's on the Old Arbat street. Seriously, you have to be more specific to get informative responses. Area? Type of food? What does "good" mean (i.e., value? fancy? historical?).

You can get any kind of meal in Moscow, as long as you are willing to pay for it. The prices are geared to free-spending New Russians and high spending expats, rather than the average person.

You will find all varieties of food from Russian, Ukraine, Mexican, Asian and American, plus many other kinds.

Meals can vary in price from 100Rbls in serve-yourself places to $100 + in the more exquisite places.

You pay your money and make your choice.

Russian:

Absolutely fabulous: the Pushkin Cafe! Spread over four levels in the setting of an excellent reconstruction of a pre-Revolutionary building. A cafe is on the first floor, while the restaurant takes over the second (looks like a beautiful library) and mezzanine floor. One of the most impressive Haute-Russian restaurants. It can get expensive! But so can the rest of Moscow. If you are careful about what you order, without going overboard on wine, it can be pretty reasonable... The service is surperb, waiters in white tuxes...

Another great one is Godunov! It is a traditional Russian restaurant, in a very Russian decor and waiters dressed in national costumes! They usually also have a band, performing traditional folk music. This one is especially good if you are going to Bolshoi and would like an after (or before)theatre meal. Restaurant is located across the Teatralnaya square from the theater.

International:

White Square (Beli Kvadrat)..This is French nouvelle cuisine in a modern, minimalist setting in white, as name would denote. There is a piano bar, the restaurant and a tapas-bar, which tends to run cheaper.

There is Palazzo Dukale, featuring pretty good Italian cuisine within a Venice-influenced setting. There are pictures with the views of palaces and streets of Venice, mirrors and stained-glass windows with golden inlaid works on the walls. The chandeliers are made of Venetian glass. Yes, kitchy, but you will find that many places in Moscow are...

Garden:

If you would like to dine al fresco, try Tretyakov (in the eponymous passage). It is a restaurant/lounge (great for cocktails too) with pretty impressive menu. No, do not worry if it is December and sub-zero, because they cover it with huge glass dome and heat it during the winter. Very nice for posing and great music...

All are basically expensive, but so is the rest of Moscow, so plan to budget accordingly.......

Thank you Sempronia.

There's a nice cafe/restaurant in Gum Dept store that overlooks Red Square. It nice weather you can sit outside.

If you are looking for an inexpensive meal, the cafeteria style Moo-Moo restaurants are quite good and so are the Elki Palki chain of restaurants