On bread and water: Moscow restaurants where they are served for free

Agree, a compliment like free bread and water from a restaurant is always a nice bonus. Especially if you only take a few sips from a whole bottle and leave the rest untouched. And free bread from Moscow establishments is a separate guilty pleasure for The Fashion Vibes editors, especially if it’s served with butter.

We decided to make a separate selection with restaurants that offer bread and water while you wait for the main order.

“Gorynych”

Gorynych offers one of the most delicious artisanal breads in Moscow. They cook by themselves in the wood oven and meanwhile the whole process can be seen walking to your table. There are several types of bread to choose from: white wheat, soft core bread, Borodino and rye. Butter is also served with a basket of smoked bread with black powder and salt.

Address: Rozhdestvensky Boulevard, 1

Remy Kitchen Oven

Chef Anna Malikova is responsible for bread in Alexander Oganezov’s restaurants – Remy Kitchen Bakery, Pino restaurant bar, Gentle cafe, Muse restaurant, Amy restaurant. At Remy Kitchen Bakery, guests are served Japanese milk bread in the morning and gray sourdough bread in the afternoon.

See addresses here.

Bjorn

Bjorn crusty gray bread is made from a mixture of wheat and spelled flour, honey and sea salt. Once the anthem for him was brought to Moscow by the first chef of the restaurant, Dane Kasper Gaard. The cooks have been very careful for many years, they are constantly supporting.

Butter is also served with bread, not easy – whipped and caramelized with nutty-caramel notes. This is due to the peculiarities of its preparation – by heating the sugars caramelize and change color.

Address: St. Pyatnitskaya, 3

Desk. Tsum

It’s on the fifth floor of the Central Department Store at the Buro restaurant. At Tsum all guests are served a bread basket with different pastries: ciabatta, sourdough, Borodino and dried fruits. Traditionally, vegemite oil goes to this (this is a thick paste based on yeast extract). Overall delicious, soft, crunchy crusts and it comes out free. Everything we love.

Address: St. Petrovka, 2

rocky2

The biggest mistake you can make at Rocky2 is to eat their signature bread before serving the main course. But we personally think this snack should not be taken lightly. They serve whipped butter with focaccia and sage. And this duet is honestly worth skipping dessert.

Address: St. Bolshaya Dmitrovka, 10

cloak

At the Cape restaurant in Patriarchy, guests are served a real loaf of sweet potato in a copper pan, not a slice of bread, while they wait for their orders. Overall, in a fabulous serving, this dish loses to nothing else. It comes with curry powder and confit garlic butter.

Address: B. Palashevsky per., 2/12