Must-see restaurants in Northern European Russia

  • V Starom Sadu

    Northern European Russia

    Basic, but pleasant summer cafe inside the monastery orchard, sometimes serving shashlyk (meat kebab) and tasty local pryaniki (gingerbread).

  • Cafe

    Northern European Russia

    This simple cafe serves dried fish and beer, as well as kalitki, local pies with either potato or meat fillings. Also offers soups and other dishes.

  • Pekarnya Bekker

    Northern European Russia

    Next to the train station, this 24/7 cafe is a decent enough place to wait for onward trains. Serves kalitki, a Karelian pastry.

  • Sigma

    Northern European Russia

    Enormous, well-stocked supermarket. There's a very good food court in the shopping centre above it, too.

  • Northern Bakeries

    Murmansk

    For self-catering or a cupcake fetish, there’s this tempting European-style bakery.

  • Evroros

    Murmansk

    Murmansk's best supermarket chain with huge variety and pre-prepared meals.

  • Kayut Kompania

    Northern European Russia

    This passable stolovaya (canteen) dishes up standard belly-liners.

  • Cafe Lyubava

    Northern European Russia

    Offers cheap eats in simple surrounds.

  • Sigma

    Northern European Russia

    Large, well-stocked supermarket.

  • Solovetsky Raipo

    Northern European Russia

    Signposted simply as ‘Produkty’ (Продукты), this is the island’s best-stocked grocery store. The noticeboard at the entrance has advertisements for local…

  • Valaamskiy Palomnik

    Northern European Russia

    Basic cafe near the jetty that serves microwaved mains, tea and coffee.

  • Stolovaya

    Kola Peninsula

    Extremely basic canteen selling meat dishes, soups, plus tea.

  • Lotos

    Northern European Russia

    A well-stocked supermarket.

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