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...

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...

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...