Severyanin — Restaurant in Сенной округ

First the Atmosphere. Its incredible. The dining room is made up to look like an old style poetry house. There are poetry books on every table. There was high quality live music while we were there. They did have some english menus available as well. Now, As one who enjoys restaurants, I generally dont care what it looks like, as long as the food is good... this place goes WAY beyond that, the food is INCREDIBLE. There are a variety of fine dining selections, and each was prepared and presented incredibly well. I have eaten all over the world, from shacks on islands to five star restaurants with literal gold utensils, and this place rates in one of my top favorite of all time. The homemade Sbitten is delicious, our entress were incredible, but the deserts! one came out in a glass with still smoking wood chips to provide a smoky flavor, and it was melt in your mouth phenomenal. Even my friend who just ate the traditional stroganoff said that it was delicious. The only thing that I would no recommend was the Sea Urchin. Although it was presented in an absolutely beautiful dish, and I'm certain they prepared it well. none of us enjoyed the 'sushi' style. this was not the restaurant's fault, it was simply not our taste. Although it was still interesting to try! Everything else was DELICIOUS. and the experience made you feel like aristocracy from centuries ago. For the level of service, meal options, and atmosphere presented, it was also rather...

Won’t waste words and time on praising food & atmosphere here. One star off was about the waitress who brought us the vase while saying “how lucky are you!” Such a compliment! I was amazed by how friendly Russians could be but still You got your tips paid, you got your service more professional & less flattering Shouldn’t women waken their consciousness under male-gazing? Why did you give tacit consent that female was just a flowers’ receiver but not the provider? Did you even notice that there were two bouquets: one’s from the monsieur & another one’s from the lady? Lucky the adjective? Whether it was that ‘lucky’ enough really depends on the interlocuteur to define but not you, who deemed to present the basic respect for a private conversation as you’re well-tipped. This very exclamation literally left me...

We knew that we were walking in a bit of a tourist trap, but that wasn't so much of a problem as we wanted to do a "Russian night" in a fine restaurant. The interior of Severianin is greatly done, it resembles an old Russian house, the staff was excellent all through the dinner and service was not an issue. The "issues" came from the quality of the food, which we found rather bland, and served in small portions. For a fine dining experience we were given a paper napkin, a paper table cloth, and glasses that were best suited for a fast food chain. Bread must be ordered (and comes at a cost), we got 3 small bread rolls (worthy of an hotel buffet), with some butter... Then came the bill, too expensive for what we got. There is...