Moscow Restaurants

Loft Café

#22 of 579 things to do in Moscow

#39 of 2693 things to do in Russia

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Good for: atmosphere, food, Solo Travellers, service

  • Address
    • Nikolskaya ul 25
  • Transport
    • Lubyanka
  • Phone
    • 495 933 7713
  • Price
    • meals R1000-1500
  • Hours
    • 9am-midnight

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Lonely Planet review for Loft Café

On the top floor of the Nautilus shopping centre, next door to the luxury spa, you’ll find this tiny, trendy café. An even smaller terrace gives a fantastic view of Lubyanka pl. Innovative, modern dishes fuse the best of Russian cuisine with Western and Asian influences – for example, grilled salmon with spinach, pine nuts and caviar sauce.

 

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    Hello from Russia

    makberd recommends this,

    People here seem to be a strict bunch, not smiling often and keeping to themselves on the streets and in the metro but when interacting on a personal level the Russians are generally friendly and warm people.

    Moscow is a fascinating city a mix of the old preSoviet buildings similar to those you might see anywhere in Europe combined with the Soviet era constructions and then overlaid with the showy commercial feel. Red Square is a good example of how the three worlds fit together to create this new fascinating Russia. The Red Square is the original foundation of Moscow the Kremlin, St Basils Cathedral that celebrates Ivan the Terrible victory over Kazan. Then there are the childhood memories of nukes being paraded on May Day in the Red Square and Lenins crypt outside the Kremlin walls. Across the crypt and East of the square there is an old and beautiful building now turned into a mall. This it is a shrine that celebrates all that capitalism and consumerism has brought to Russia. Moscow traffic is terrible driving is scary and the speed is outrageous. While I don’t feel very comfortable in a car or even crossing a major street I do enjoy watching the mayhem safely from the sidewalk. The weather has been a jumble, It jumped from 21 degrees to -2 degrees in a matter of 12 hours and has snowed 4 times since my arrival. The scariest part is that in Moscow it snows in May and I am the only one who seems to have a problem with it.

    I haven’t had that much vodka, but I have learned about it during a venture out one evening. I was informed that when you agree to drink vodka with a Russian what you are agreeing to drink is a minimum of 100ml of vodka per person. You shoot the vodka eat cured salmon, drink beer, shoot the vodka again, talk, eat more salmon, drink your beer and then end by shooting vodka again. At this point you're a bit more intoxicated that you planned on being when you thought you were agreeing to a shot of vodka

    Good for: atmosphere, food, Solo Travellers, service

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