St Petersburg
Hipster ground zero in St Petersburg is this two-room basement place that is massively popular with a cool student crowd. The frenetic front room becomes…
Must-see nightlife in St Petersburg
St Petersburg
Tucked down a narrow lane off busy Kronverksky, Yasli makes a fine retreat on chilly nights, with its excellent craft brews on tap and satisfying pub grub…
St Petersburg
One of the city's largest dance clubs offers a hangar-like space hung with crystal chandeliers, wrapped in swathes of satin and gauze and padded with faux…
St Petersburg
A mecca for beer lovers, Pivnaya Karta has over 400 varieties of beer from around the globe, with some 20 different rotating draft selections. That said,…
St Petersburg
In a courtyard off Nevsky pr, this very popular anticafe is spacious and friendly and full of rooms where you can play board games, watch TV, hang out and…
St Petersburg
One of the largest (in terms of floor space) of the craft-beer bars popping up like daisies across the city, this handy place offers an industrial chic…
St Petersburg
On the second floor of the Vladimirsky Passage shopping complex, this upscale place has an excellent line-up of Belgian, German and English beers on tap…
Vyborg
Near the Old Town Hall, Kafe Krendel is a charming little spot for coffee, pastries, quiche and desserts – including an excellent house-made carrot cake…
St Petersburg
The young baristas are friendly and take their coffee brewing seriously at this serene hipster hang-out, with specially roasted beans from Ethiopia, Costa…
St Petersburg
The brass bar here is one of the most popular in the city (not to mention one of the more pricey). It has beautifully made cocktails and draws a heaving…
St Petersburg
It's a happening bar, it serves a mean burger and there's a hairdresser at the back – should you fancy a new 'do' part-way through the night. Oh, and…
St Petersburg
Coffee is brewed just the way you like it at this pleasantly designed cafe occupying a large corner space in a handy location. It's a great place for…
St Petersburg
The W's rooftop cocktail bar and terrace offers fantastic city views to be enjoyed over top-notch libations. Bookings are advised for the outdoor space…
St Petersburg
Go on, spoil yourself with one of the vegan muffins and other baked goodies at 'Coffee in the Kitchen', which has a variety of ways to prepare your cup of…
St Petersburg
This legendary bar is set in the building that’s the focus of the avant-garde art scene – it attracts an interesting crowd who give this cramped space its…
St Petersburg
This pleasant place is a fine low-key setting for a drink. Enjoy a dimly lit but artsy interior (including a piano just waiting to be played) and an…
St Petersburg
A striking two-part painting of Jim Morrison hangs on the wall of this cool and spacious bar where DJs spin discs. Several beers on tap and plenty of…
St Petersburg
A slice of New York bohemia on one of the city’s most happening streets, Terminal is great for a relaxed drink with friends, in a small, intimate setting…
Thelma & Louise’s Bar of Broken Hearts
St Petersburg
This unpretentious, shabby-chic-verging-on-Gothic grunge bar offers live music Thursday to Saturday, 8pm to 10pm. Look for the names Thelma & Louise…
St Petersburg
Retro movie posters, mix-and-match furniture and a working juke box provide the shabby-chic wrapper for this relaxed cafe-bar serving hot drinks, beer and…
St Petersburg
The Petrograd Side branch of this quirky chain of hipster cafe-bars – like the others it's arty and a very pleasant place to cool your feet.
St Petersburg
One of the more upmarket of the city's bakery-cafe chains, Volkonsky offers reviving brews and tempting confections.
St Petersburg
Not far away from Vladimirsky Cathedral, this secret Mexican bar is a place with various creative cocktails along with simple Mexican food. It's hard to…
St Petersburg
Russian urbanites have always harboured a special admiration for the quaint provincialism of Eastern Europe, hence this smallish bar with old-fashioned…
St Petersburg
This is one of the city's most hidden bars – you don’t know the exact address until about two hours before the reservation. It has about 50 types of…
St Petersburg
This is the joint that kicked off the whole Dumskaya dive-bar scene in 2004. We'd say it's showing its age, but truth is that it was never about keeping…
St Petersburg
This shabby dive bar, one of many crammed into the Dumskaya/Lomonosova block, specialises in rock-and-roll karaoke. Lubricate your vocal chords with cheap…
St Petersburg
This long-running dive bar is a sort of musical and alcoholic tribute to the ruler who 'outlived six presidents of America and six leaders of the Soviet…
St Petersburg
One of the longer-running operations in a string of virtually interchangable dive bars on Dumskaya ul.
St Petersburg
This cozy two-floor Portuguese bar on Fontanka embankment has a very relaxed atmosphere and a large selection of port, cocktails and tapas. If it's warm,…
