The 10 best restaurants in Moscow this year

The year is coming to an end, which means it’s time to summarize the results. We recommend starting with the restaurants Muscovites frequented throughout 2023. Moreover, there is a reason for these results – on November 9, the winners of the WHERETOEAT Moscow restaurant award were announced.

He announced not only the best restaurants but also the chefs of the year. This time, the nomination went to the duo Vitaly Istomin and Artem Losev, who worked together on the projects Ava, Loona, Narnia and Patriki. It was also voted the best bar in the city; this was Japan’s Butler The Japan Bar, which also received the same nomination two years ago. However, according to the media, the best restaurant was the Peruvian Olluco, run by chef Nicanor Veira. But we will come back to this later in this article.

As you already understood, authoritative opinion must be believed. That is why we are talking about the ten best restaurants in Moscow according to the results of the WHERETOEAT award.

10th place – Probka in Tsvetnoy

Probka on Tsvetnoy is a favorite spot of the The Fashion Vibes editorial staff, where lunches and informal planning meetings are held. Some of Moscow’s most delicious Italian dishes are also prepared here. So remember that not trying pizza in Probka is a real crime in the capital.

Address: Tsvetnoy Boulevard, 2

9th place – Onest

Fine dining restaurant Onest has taken up residence on the second floor of Stork on Patriki. The funniest Italian chef Mirko Zago is responsible for the kitchen here, so don’t be surprised if you see a lot of traditional national dishes on the menu. Guests will enjoy à la carte sets and menus prepared by the chef.

Address: Malaya Bronnaya, 8/1

8th place – June

Jun is a Japanese restaurant from Lucky Group on Bolshaya Nikitskaya, located in the basement of Maya (7th place in the ranking, by the way). The concept is inspired by the omakase philosophy, which means the guest’s trust in the chef. It looks like this: If you know what you want, you can order anything off the menu. However, if you want to try a new experience, leave the choice to the chef.

Address: Bolshaya Nikitskaya, 24/1с6

7th place – Maya

Maya is a restaurant inspired by primitive culture, so do not be surprised by the presence of ethnographic objects in the interior. Under the leadership of Australian chef Thomas Halpin, dishes are prepared over fire using ancient techniques and traditions. For example, suckling lamb is cooked for eight hours on a metal crucifix and served with chimichurri sauce, and the first phalanx of the crab is smoked over rosemary sprigs.

Address: Bolshaya Nikitskaya, 24/1с6

6th place – Sage

Sage is the favorite place of all girls in Moscow, because the interior here is the key to ideal content for the banned social network. Although the menu deserves special attention. After all, Sage is the first joint project of Vladimir Perelman and Dmitry Blinov, with which this restaurant makes its debut in the capital.

Address: 1. Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 21

5th place – White Rabbit

During its 12 years of existence, the White Rabbit has become the main gastronomic attraction of Moscow. Chef Vladimir Mukhin, who earned the restaurant a Michelin star in 2021, is responsible for the kitchen here. Mukhin specializes in modern Russian cuisine and experiments with local products. And every season the chef offers guests a tasting set of seasonal produce.

Address: Smolenskaya square, 3, Smolensky passage, 16th floor

4th place – People

Folk is a restaurant serving modern Caucasian cuisine on Tsvetnoy Boulevard and is also a favorite spot of the The Fashion Vibes food editor. Here, the city’s most delicious flatbreads are cooked in the wooden oven in the living room, and on weekends, guest brunches are hosted with the best chefs of the country. The concept of the kitchen is comfort food, but the usual khachapuri and khinkali are not on the menu. They prepare national dishes with the addition of non-traditional ingredients.

Address: Tsvetnoy Boulevard, 2

3rd place – Loona

Loona is known and loved by many for the city’s most photogenic desserts and famous wood-fired pizzas. By the way, they are prepared not only with regular dough, but also with keto dough made from cauliflower and almonds. Homemade pasta is made behind a glass display case, and fish and seafood are grilled and steamed.

Address: Tverskoy Boulevard 24, building 1

2nd place – Olluco

Let us tell you a secret, Peru Olluco is one of the most mysterious restaurants in the city. And all this for some reason it is not customary to talk about this cuisine in Moscow. So, if you didn’t know about Peruvian cuisine in the capital before, definitely go there and try everything. Moreover, Nicanor Veira is responsible for this – the right-hand man of chef Virgilio Martinez, who heads the kitchen of the Peruvian restaurant Central, considered the best in the world according to the international award 50 Best Restaurants in the World.

Address: per. Giant, 19

1st place – SAVVA

This year’s WHERETOEAT Moscow award’s best restaurant was SAVVA, headed by chef Andrey Shmakov. Over the years of its operation, the restaurant has received no more than four covers from the Michelin-starred international guide Gault&Millau, three times entered the top of the French “La Liste” and has fallen in love with the hearts of thousands of guests. If you haven’t been here yet, feel free to book a table for the weekend. If you are, definitely come again. Moreover, the boss never ceases to surprise.

Address: Teatralny proezd, 2