Restaurants in The Urals
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Wild Cherry Funky Foods
This place offers exactly what the name promises – a funky menu including options for vegetarians, funky tunes and ‘positive-minded staff ’ (to quote the job advert posted on the door).
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Ashkhane Guzel
Customers buzz like bees around the counter of this popular canteen that offers belish (meat pie), tukmas (chicken broth) and other Bashkir fare.
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Kafehe Kymyz
In the park near the Yulaev horseman statue, this café has outdoor seating - a perfect place in summer to sample some classic Bashkir snacks. Try vak-belyash (a delicious pastry filled with ground beef and potato) or lulya kebab(minced-meat sausage cooked on an open flame and served in a pita). Wash down with some kumiss (fermented mares' milk).
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Zhivago
The choice of name for this posh restaurant has angered Perm’s literati, especially since there is a hidden play on words – Zhivago sounds like zhevat (to chew). But Mr Pasternak’s metal head by the entrance looks bemused rather than annoyed by the people chewing experimental dishes such as rabbit with cuttlefish ink.
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Georgian Kitchen
This is a classic Georgian place, complete with kitschy artwork and Christmas lights. But the shashlyk, kharcho (rice with beef or lamb soup) and khachapuri (cheese bread) are spicy and delicious. And the keyboardist-crooner belting out the ballads never fails to inspire some dancing (or perhaps that's the Georgian wine).
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Port Stanley
The sunny terrace on the banks of the Iset makes this a top spot for dining in summer, while the modern interior is also pleasant. The menu is seafood - not from the Iset, we hope. Sample Russian favourites, like grilled sturgeon or herring salad, or more-exotic fare, like sea bass or lobster.
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Le Café Valida
'Coffee…like Art' reads the menu at Le Café Valida. Coffee is not the only thing that is artistic at this trendy place: a DJ works the wax in the midst of funky, modern décor, and Perm's fashionable set nibble on creative salads and snacks while checking each other out.
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Duslik
Ufa meets Samarkand in this elaborate Uzbek palace. The interior, over the top by some estimates, re-creates a sumptuous terrace, complete with bamboo ceiling, greenery and flowing fountain. It is a popular spot with businesspeople, especially for the tasty plov.
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Shinok Solokha
A homely Ukrainian cottage, complete with curtains on the windows and servers in traditional garb. The menu features Ukrainian specialities like borsch and vareniki (boiled filled dumplings). One in a row of themed restaurants, including a Czech beer pub.
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Vodoley
Specialises in trout, which patrons are encouraged to catch with fishing rods from a pool outside. Much less crowded and much friendlier than its more centrally located rival, Pyramid. Wild boar, venison and bear shot by the owner may end up on the menu here.
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Elba
The cosy restaurant-bar inside the Astor Hotel has an extensive menu of inventive dishes such as fig stuffed with goat cheese, spicy shrimp tomato soup with crispy eggplant and ‘Siberian oysters’ – jumbo-sized fish dumplings.
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Vremya Est
A trendy café with modern, industrial décor and a spacious dance floor. The menu features a vast smorgasbord (in Russian Shvedsky stol, literally 'Swedish table'), as well as other Russian standards. Live music plays nightly.
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Uspensky Food Court
On the top floor of the Uspensky shopping centre, this food court offers burgers, pizza, sandwiches, sushi and more. Floor-to-ceiling windows provide a sweeping view of the city centre and a new perspective on the activity below.
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Paul Bakery
No relation to the British namesake, this café, entered from ul Vaynera, is great for a quick snack and coffee, ordered from the counter. It is located in a compound with a several other restaurants of the Malachite empire.
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Mak Pik
Now in several locations around the city, Yekaterinburg's original fast-food restaurant specialises in burgers like the 'Big Mak Pik'; it also does pizza, pelmeni (Russian-style ravioli) and, of all things, sushi.
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Nigora
Nigora offers spicy filling Uzbek food - soup and plov (fried rice with lamb and carrot) to fill the belly and warm the soul. Heavy wooden tables and a low, painted ceiling add to the cosy, welcoming atmosphere.
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Teaspoon
Serving tea, coffee and bliny, this little café is a perfect stop for breakfast or for a light lunch. Service is cafeteria-style, but the setting is bright and clean, attracting lots of students and young people.
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Dacha
Each room in this restaurant is decorated like one in a Russian country house, from the casual garden to the more formal dining room. It’s a great place to enjoy unbeatable Russian cuisine and hospitality.
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Serbian Courtyard
Patrons talk international politics here, but whichever side of any of the ex-Yugoslavs’ conflicts you might leaning to, this place will treat you to the best Balkan fare this side of the Urals.
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Em Sam
Sushi is the rage all over Russia, and Yekaterinburg is no exception. Nice lunch specials and a convenient location make this place particularly popular. There is another outlet in Bolshoy Ural Hotel.
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Zhili-Byli
A chain with outlets around the region, this traktir(country inn) is a popular spot for affordable Russian favourites. You can fill up from the salad bar, which is a godsend for vegetarians.
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Only
The main attraction of this pricey restaurant with an inventive menu and slow service is the summer terrace on the upper floor – the best vantage point to watch hustle and bustle on ul Kirova below.
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White Sun
This pseudo-desert 'outpost' serves Central Asian cuisine - spicy soups, shashlyk and plov. Servers and staff are appropriately costumed, adding to the exotic ambience.
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Mado Bistro
This bustling cafeteria is conveniently located opposite the trading arcades. It is always busy with students and families filling up on classic Turkish fare.
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Uralskiye Pelmeni
It’s not comparable to its Chelyabinsk namesake, but this cafeteria-styled place inside the Hotel Iset building is an acceptable choice for a lunch.
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