Stolovaya 57 — Restaurant in Tverskoy District

Stolovaya 57 is a Soviet-style cafeteria/restaurant tucked away in the GUM shopping mall right on the Red Square. I visited several times during my stay in Moscow.

The food is fresh, flavorful and tasty and includes all kinds of typical Russian options such as Borscht, Chicken Kiev, dumplings (with sour cream and dill), piroshky, desserts and many other items, and also drinks. The place is really well priced for the area and for about $10, one has a very good meal for one person. It's a buffet style, where you point at what you want to have, after which it's loaded on a plate and handed over to you.

This place is always full and usually the line is about 10-15 minutes, but getting a table is usually not an issue. It serves lunch as well as dinner and gets more busy during peak hours. English is spoken in this restaurant and they accept credit cards, which makes things easy for tourists.

Oh, and Comrades: make sure to clean up after yourself once you...

This restaurant is affordable, convenient, and overall very delicious. I did have to wait in line for a bit to buy food, but it was definitely worth the wait. The cafeteria style layout made it easy for me to try out various Russian food without knowing much about the cuisine or even Russian language. I ordered a cucumber and tomato salad, chicken roll with olive and carrots, chicken Kiev, goulash, rice, champignon julienne with cheese, beef soup, and slice of bread with water for less than 1,000 rub. Everything I ordered was very good, and I left very full and satisfied. The staff speaks little English unfortunately, but it's hardly a problem since the cafeteria style layout makes it possible to order without knowing Russian. I would definitely go back here when I...

I believe ALL TOURISTS must visit this cafe Stolovaya 57 inside GUM Mall, in the Red Square

Oh yea I realize the price is also a bit touristy. Which is normal. But the experience to have this kind of buffet, and try all the Russian local dishes, and drinks, is the only thing you need after a visit to the Kremlin

The place is so clean and luxurious. They speak English too little but you can find all the English name (and price) on each tag. So just take everything that attracts you and pay at the end of the line. I can say almost everything taste good!!

My personal favorite: borscht (well its a must) fried cutlets. Any of them all of the salads are great cranberry drink the creamy mushroom...