Propaganda — Restaurant in Basmanny District

Pros:

Prices at the bar are not too expensive (the same as most of the bars in Kitay Gorod) and they will not try to upsell or scam you if you are a tourist The music is pretty good (mostly techno, house and disco) The place is nice and has a mezzanine

Cons:

Takes only cash at the bar the weekend The music is too loud (as it is in most places in Moscow) and will give you permanent tinnitus if you go there too regularly without earing protections People fighting in front of the entrance and the security is just watching them (not trying to stop them) Got refused at the entrance this weekend (security saying "This is a private party" but it was not since people where entering in front of us without any issue) whereas we went in 4 days in a row the previous week... Literally too crowded the weekend as you don't even have the room to dance slightly, feels like you are in the metro during rush hours

Edit: got refused again this weekend with a group of ≈10 person, we were all well dressed and not inebriated, all older than 21. The security pretended it was a private party, we talked to people coming out of the club which confirmed us it wasn't. We were all foreign exchange students, so basically they discriminated us because of this. This is the second time, it is...

During the day, Propaganda is a great place to hangout and eat. If they were only having Wi-Fi! The club is one of the oldest in Moscow, with over 10 years and still kickin. After midnight the tables disappear from the dancefloor, the light is dimmed and the dance crowd starts to poor in. Thursday nights @ Propaganda are legendary and still DJ Kubikov and Sanchez parties on Thursdays are one of the best I have seen in Moscow, although there are ups and downs. Don't expect Moscow glam, but a fun crowd and reasonable prices. In fact, don't come in a too glamurous outfit or suit, since the "facecontrol" may not let you in, since you;re not casual enough. During weekends expect good DJs, but a rather youn and suburban crowd, mixed with foreigners (who were not let into the posh clubs), trying to pick-up some girls. Sundays is Moscows best known gay night, which has star appearances, like Naomi Campbell. Last. Don't take your dog there. They...

Propaganda had this year reached 21 years and all what have been at the origin of its success is still here. During the day, good bistro food, during the night (6 days a week except monday) very good parties, each curated or managed by the finest moscovite underground djs, very efficient sound system, cheap drinks, no entrance fee and very strange but friendly facecontrol (there are absolutely no criteria to get in, just totally random :-). The public is very mixed which is sometimes strange for a place in which plays such a music : toursists, students, underground music lovers, etc. I would recommend for especially for deep-house & funk amateurs the tuesdays ("propaganda got soul") and thursdays ("serguey sanchez thursdays"), for techno and electro lovers the fridays ("warehouse"). Hope they will be opened an other...