Would have got 5 stars but for the super slow service. Great place to people watch. Food was good - I had borscht and prawn ceaser salad. View into red square was good to while the time away- Good spot for people watching.
Poor service, slow meals and undercooked pasta ...
We had to ask wait staff 4 times for water and only received it after about 40mins which was after my friends meal had arrived. The meals took ages to arrive, despite saying we were on a time limit. We ordered grilled seabass each and French fries and grilled vegetables. They ran out of the grilled seabass, and told us 10 mins after ordering only to have to order something else. When our meals came out, my friend's seafood spaghetti was extremely undercooked, and my dish was completely wrong (i ordered the papardelle with shrimp), but they still tried to make me take the salmon spaghetti even though I said I wouldn't be able to eat it. When my dish finally arrived, the pasta was also undercooked. They also removed our side orders without prior consulting us. Upon receiving our bill, the waiter had the nerve to remind us that service charge was not included in the total. Really not worth the effort, time or money.
The only saving grace for this cafe was the view of the red square and the lemonade mixers they have. I would recommend to avoid.
Had to leave after 90min because the food was not coming. The waiter never excused or gave us any reason for the delay. Cannot recommend this restaurant especially with the prices they ask.
Unfortunately I had a rather bad experience there. The location is great, no doubt, but it seems you rather pay for the location than for quality. The cottage cheese in my pancakes was off, at least it tasted pretty bad and very sour. I mentioned it to the waiter but didn't get response from the kitchen and was charged the full price. Other than that the service was good and the coffee was good, too.
A swanky cafe, which is situated just off Red Square. Went in for a coffee & honey cake, both of which were nice - the cake was a bit sickly though, so would recommend sharing if you go as a two. The staff were polite, but it's clearly quite a tourist place. Was good to kill time in opulent surroundings whilst waiting for the Lenin Mausoleum to open.
JED
::Would have got 5 stars but for the super slow service. Great place to people watch. Food was good - I had borscht and prawn ceaser salad. View into red square was good to while the time away- Good spot for people watching.
Valentina Tan
::Poor service, slow meals and undercooked pasta ... We had to ask wait staff 4 times for water and only received it after about 40mins which was after my friends meal had arrived. The meals took ages to arrive, despite saying we were on a time limit. We ordered grilled seabass each and French fries and grilled vegetables. They ran out of the grilled seabass, and told us 10 mins after ordering only to have to order something else. When our meals came out, my friend's seafood spaghetti was extremely undercooked, and my dish was completely wrong (i ordered the papardelle with shrimp), but they still tried to make me take the salmon spaghetti even though I said I wouldn't be able to eat it. When my dish finally arrived, the pasta was also undercooked. They also removed our side orders without prior consulting us. Upon receiving our bill, the waiter had the nerve to remind us that service charge was not included in the total. Really not worth the effort, time or money. The only saving grace for this cafe was the view of the red square and the lemonade mixers they have. I would recommend to avoid.
Johann Kerstien
::Had to leave after 90min because the food was not coming. The waiter never excused or gave us any reason for the delay. Cannot recommend this restaurant especially with the prices they ask.
Caro K
::Unfortunately I had a rather bad experience there. The location is great, no doubt, but it seems you rather pay for the location than for quality. The cottage cheese in my pancakes was off, at least it tasted pretty bad and very sour. I mentioned it to the waiter but didn't get response from the kitchen and was charged the full price. Other than that the service was good and the coffee was good, too.
Dominic Lee
::A swanky cafe, which is situated just off Red Square. Went in for a coffee & honey cake, both of which were nice - the cake was a bit sickly though, so would recommend sharing if you go as a two. The staff were polite, but it's clearly quite a tourist place. Was good to kill time in opulent surroundings whilst waiting for the Lenin Mausoleum to open.