Moscow’s bar culture is gaining its momentum with new exciting venues popping up in Russia‘s capital almost every week. From an atmospheric speakeasy, to scenic rooftop bar to a hip piano bar in a Moscow apartment – here’s your list for an unforgettable visit.
An acclaimed bar that takes serving drinks as seriously as making them, this place showcases a cocktail card that changes every season but still remains perfectly balanced. The place has a surprising restaurant concept, inviting the world’s best chefs on a short-term contract and encouraging their experiments.
A hipster paradise that set the tone for a new generation of Moscow’s bars, Delicatessen is known and loved for its honest hefty food and home-made infused alcohols. Located in a nondescript basement and hidden in a maze of Moscow’s alleys, this is the place for those in the know, where the owners cook, mix cocktails and wait tables.
Public Bar will go down in history as the place where Kanye West had lunch with fashionista Gosha Rubchinskiy, which can only mean that Kanye knows a good bar. Though finding this enigmatic place is quite a challenge and you have to make a call to get in, you’ll be rewarded with a quiet evening of elaborate drinks.
As the name implies, here you can try all Russian drinks (and their variations) imaginable: from traditional infused alcohols to berry mors drinks. Located on the 85th floor of the Moscow City tower, Ruski is famous for its one-of-a-kind ice-bar and breathtaking view.