KareliaRestaurants

Restaurants in Karelia

  1. A

    Karelskaya Gornitsa

    Karelskaya Gornitsa has rustic-village atmosphere, efficient costumed waiters and excellent Karelian cuisine including a superbly creamy lokhikeytto (archetypal Karelian salmon soup, R230). Without a reservation you just might get a seat in the appealing if cramped bar area. Notice the frog-croak soundtrack in the toilets.

    reviewed

  2. B

    La Parisienne

    Lounge in cream-leather armchairs around hefty central pillars in this grand yet comfortably contemporary café-restaurant serenaded by Piaf or Jean-Jacques Goldman. Ideal for a Bosnian coffee breakfast or artistically presented banana tempura (R80) but the sushi is a little limp.

    reviewed

  3. C

    Restoran Fregat

    A full-sized harp is the unexplained centrepiece of this suave, high-ceilinged restaurant with charcoal-grey walls and hip waiting staff dressed to match. There’s also a more casual café section and an upstairs bar featuring cubist-style art and various themed evenings.

    reviewed

  4. D

    Restoran Petrovsky

    Waiters in traditional Karelian dress serve some Karelian dishes in among a mainly Russian menu. The food is satisfying and the setting - several vaultlike dining areas with four to six tables each - has some atmosphere.

    reviewed

  5. E

    Amerikanskoe Morozhenoe

    Serves up locally produced versions of Cherry Garcia, Chunky Monkey and other favourites. Sundaes, milkshakes and fudge bars - is this heaven? Three scoops for around Rbl36 - it is!

    reviewed

  6. F

    Kafe 70-Ye Gody

    A few gently amusing mementoes of the ’70s including a laughing Brezhnev photo makes this more appealing than Petrozavodsk’s other plastic-cutlery stolovye.

    reviewed

  7. G

    Restoran Severny

    This glitzy hotel restaurant features dance shows, folk shows and varied live or DJ music on different nights of the week. The Russian and international food is pretty good too.

    reviewed

  8. H

    Bar Neubrandenburg

    The Neubrandenburg's coffee-house section has some of the best cakes, pastries (and coffee) in town. Note that despite the address, the entrance is actually on pr Lenina.

    reviewed

  9. I

    Saloon Sanches

    Swaying peppers and fake cacti announce an archetypal Tex-Mex resto-bar serving R150 Margaritas and wallet-busting 300g Argentinean steaks.

    reviewed

  10. J

    Bistro Dezhavyu

    One of the most popular of pr Lenina's many cafés, the Dezhavyu (get the name?) is OK for a cheap meal as well as a drink or snack.

    reviewed

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  12. K

    Kivach

    This congenial if somewhat plain late-night diner-style café has vague retro touches and serves cheap beers and thick-crust pizza.

    reviewed

  13. L

    Lozhka

    Bright, youthful chain for bliny, salads and various teas.

    reviewed

  14. M

    Gostiny Dvor

    A cheap, clean and reliable stolovaya (canteen) option.

    reviewed