Food and Shopping

St. Petersburg shopping options are quite diverse and attractive. The city has a growing number of stores offering a variety of goods and services including everything from hand-made art, crafts and souvenirs to fresh fruits and vegetables. The Nevsky Prospekt with its stores, trade galleries and small brand boutiques is definitely the city`s main shopping area. Bolshoi Prospekt on Vasilyevsky Island also offers a comparatively good selection of stores. Away from the city center you may find several grand shopping malls. Almost all the stores accept credit cards (Visa, Master card, AmEx), and only rubles if you pay in cash.

Shopping galleries:

• The Gostiny Dvor
• The Passage
• DLT
• Galeria
• Vladimirsky Passage
• Pick

Malls:

• MegaIkea
• Leto
• Atlantic City

Being one the biggest european cities, St. Petersburg offers a great variety of restaurants, cafes, snack bars, some of them with wonderful city views, located in historical and newly constructed buildings. If you come to St.Petersburg for a holiday, on vacation or you are cruise ship passenger , you`ll definitely find a place for dining out.  Find below some restaurants located in the city center and offering cuisine of different types.

Russian / Caucasian cuisine

• Gogol restaurant — M.Morskaya str., 8
• Russian Rumochnaya (Vodka Room) — Konnogvardeysky, 4
• Ять — Moyka, 16
• Katyusha — Bolshaya Konyushennaya, 9
• KOKOKO — Nekrasova, 5
• Mamalyga — Kazanskaya, 2
• Kilikia — Griboedova emb., 40
• Khochu Kharcho — Sadovaya, 39
• Terrassa — city center panoramic — Kazanskaya, 1
• Koryushka — Zayachy ostrov — great place for a very good lunch after Peter and Paul Fortress visit

Fish & International

• Borsalino — M Morskaya, 24
• Fish House — Grivtsova, 4
• Da Albertone — Milllionnaya, 23

Smth special + city panoramic view

• Victoria restaurant — Nevsky, 15 (Taleon)
• Bellevue-brasserie — Moyka, 22 (Kempinsky Hotel)
• Caviar Bar — Mikhaylovskaya str., 1 (Grand Hotel Europe) — tasting menus, Tchaikovsky nights

Do not miss oldest soviet “Pishechnaya” Пышки — russian donuts cafe — great for breakfast or coffee-break — M.Konushennaya, 25. For lunch or coffee-break I would also recommend you Teremok — chain restaurants with russian pancakes, soups and salads, tasty and inexpensive.

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