Matryoshka

10/30/24
I tried to have lunch in a "matryoshka"
Until today, I visited this establishment once a week only because of the borsch.
Anyone who is smart knows that it takes almost 10 hours to prepare authentic borsch!
Borsch in a “matryoshka” has always been delicious.
But today, there was simply a DISASTER!
ALL THE FOOD WAS YESTERDAY'S!
THE SALAD HAS STAYED IN THE FRIDGE,
THE BORSCH AND FISH WERE MICROWAVED AND BARELY WARM!
DISGUSTING VILE SMALLS!
AND THIS ENTIRE ESTABLISHMENT IS A COMPLETE cesspool!

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

This was a perfect lunch of Russian cuisine, about which I was woefully uninformed & inexperienced until now. Black tea w/ honey, Oliver salad, salmon soup, traditional chicken patties w/ buckwheat, & black bread. The chicken cutlets were delightfully tart, such that they paired nicely w/ a touch of ketchup. Plenty to take home afterward.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Olivier Salad, Fish Soup

I will say not very much because it was dirty and stuffy for a very long time; we only ordered 2 borscht and it took almost 1 hour to make it. Everything was delicious, I recommend the borscht and cherry compote, but another minus was that we looked for a restaurant for about 5 minutes because there were saunas and swimming pools, we paid a lot for 2 borschts, about $30 plus taxes and tips

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 2

Fantastic food! Borsch and lamb kebabs are outstanding!!! Best Russian food in the city is right here. Ukrainian borsch anywhere else is ok, go for Russian here!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This was excellent! I love the food here. I highly recommend it! One of my favourite places. ??

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Avocado Salad, Pickled Vegetables, Shrimp Kebab, Potato Pancakes With

Wow. What some great good. Little place tucked away in a Turkish bath house but worth going. Very friendly staff and gave great recomondations. The food was so tasty. I've never been to Russia but I'm assuming if I had a Russian grandmother this is how they would cook the food. So good.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Typical Russian food in a SPA environment, precisely because the restaurant is located in a Banja, which is a place for spa treatments and swimming pools. A little special but cute.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

The food is wonderful

verything was delicious. Portions were fair, and the decore really tied it all together.

Good waitstaff but slow service.

Great atmosphere ??

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

O.K., unfortunately the food isn't particularly tasty.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 5

Good waitstaff but slow service.

Tasty but weird location

Everything we had was great and felt like homemade cooking. We had the hot borscht soup (good pumpernickel bread that comes with it), potato pancakes, Moscow style baked Pelmeni (chicken/mushroom), and potato vereniki. All was great just definitely heavy food so had to get a green salad too. The restaurant is inside an aged Russian spa and the decor has a very traditional vibe. Felt like stepping into a time machine or travelled to old Russian time and hard to believe it's the financial district.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4