Which restaurants in Petrozavodsk deserve attention

Petrozavodsk is the capital of the Republic of Karelia. The city is located on the shore of the Onega Lake. The distance to Moscow is about 1000 km. The city with a population of just over 275 thousand people is strikingly different from the noisy megacities.

Restaurants of Petrozavodsk are numerous and varied. Guests of the city and local residents planning to visit a catering establishment have a lot to choose from.

Popular restaurants in Petrozavodsk: List

• "Boulevard" - st. Kuibyshev, 26 (2 floor of Onego Palace, author's Russian cuisine).
• "Genatsvale" - Lenin Ave., 35 (Georgian interior and kitchen).
• "Dejavu" - Lenin Ave., 20 (restaurant-bistro, inexpensive and tasty).
• "Kaudal" - Lenin Ave., 14 (TRC "Maxi", European, Japanese, Mediterranean cuisine, Swedish table).
• "Kivach" - Lenin Avenue, 28 (bar-restaurant, European, Russian cuisine, the prices are pleasant).
• "Onegin" - nab. Varkaus, 12 (club-restaurant, 3 dance floors, author's, Russian, European cuisine).
• "Panoramic" - Hotel "Onego Palace", st. Kuibyshev, 26 (11 floor, beautiful view, European cuisine).
• Restaurant Satsivi - Petrozavodsk, Birch Alley, 31 (Caucasian, European cuisine, live music).
• "Old Town" - st. Volodarsky, 24 (restaurant-tavern, Russian cuisine, 3 thematic halls).
• "Harbin" - st. Baltic, 21a (Chinese cuisine and interior).
• Fusion - st. Red Army, 33 (European, Far Eastern, Central Asian cuisine).
• Saloon Sanches - Lenin Ave., 26 (Mexican, European cuisine, cigars).
• PTZ - st. Dzerzhinsky, 11 (youth bar-restaurant, Russian, American, Italian, French, Japanese, Czech cuisine, fitness menu).

To connoisseurs of beer

• "Bavarius" - Prospect Oktyabrsky, 13 (European, Japanese cuisine).
• "Neubrandenburg" - st. Engels, 13 (German cuisine).
• Patisson - st. Zaitseva, 67 (good for business meetings, European, Japanese cuisine, grill).
• Paulaner Brauhaus - pl. Gagarin, 1 (live music).
• THE PINTA PUB - Birch Alley, 25a (budget).

For family visit

• "Behemoth" on the street. Dzerzhinsky, 7 (club-restaurant, library, live music, Japanese, Mexican, European cuisine, children's menu).
• "Geisha" - st. Engels, 10 (Japanese, Pan-Asian cuisine, children's menu).
• The network of coffee-restaurants "Parisian" (Pan-Asian, European cuisine, menus and entertainment for children) - st. Karl Marx, 19 and 22; Lenin Ave., 31; Ul. Pravda, 40; Prospect Oktyabrsky, 13; Ul. Engels, 10; Ul. General Frolov, 8.
• Good Meal - Internationalists, 17a (RK "Atmosphere", fast food, children's room).

The only restaurant of Karelian cuisine in Russia

Restaurants in Petrozavodsk almost do not serve their national dishes except for the Karelian room. She is on Engels Street, 13. Tarmo Vasenius is invited by the Chef from Finland, who cooks all his dishes "from the heart".

The premises of the institution are a real museum of Karelian history and culture. There are 4 rooms and 3 cabins. In cooking, meat, fish, vegetables, mushrooms, berries are used. Food is not subjected to roasting, but languishes in a special apparatus (as in the old Russian stove). It is not permitted to smoke here.

For children there is a separate menu called "Magic country Vkusnyandiya." Small visitors will also be interested in many interior items (spinning wheels, a stove on the stove, a washstand, fishing nets, etc.).

The restaurant is not cheap - the average check amount is from 3000 rubles.

The largest restaurant in the city

"North" - a restaurant (Petrozavodsk, Lenin Avenue, 21), which is located in a hotel with the same name. This is the oldest institution in the city, functioning since 1939. In 2012, the "North" was reconstructed.

There are several rooms with different decorations: a rich Provincial Hall, a small room in the form of a Karelian hut, banquet halls, a children's playroom. "North" - a restaurant (Petrozavodsk), which has its own brewery. There is a stage, a dance floor, monitors with the translation of performing vocalists and musicians.

The menu offers dishes of Russian, Karelian, European cuisine. Separately preparing food for children. The price tag is a little above average, inexpensive business lunches.

"Caravan" (Petrozavodsk, hotel restaurant on Muezerskaya street, 15а)

This is one of the young institutions of the city. The hotel has a good sauna with a swimming pool and 6 double rooms. The interior of the restaurant is decorated in a classic style: large tiles on the floor, curtains on the windows, wooden tables and chairs, built-in fluorescent lights. There are booths for small companies (up to 9 people). Kitchen - European, Eastern, Caucasian, Russian.

There is a dance floor, a pylon, live music, TV-monitors. Two halls: a teahouse with a real fireplace and a banquet for 180 guests. For dinner, dinner, and especially for celebrations (banquets, weddings, anniversaries, graduation parties, corporate parties) the restaurant of the hotel complex "Karavan" is suitable.

Petrozavodsk, restaurant "Fregat"

Hotel "Fregat" is located in the building of the old river station on the shore of Onega Lake. In 2016, the reconstruction of this building is completed. All guests of the two-storey restaurant at the hotel celebrate a wonderful view of the lake, opening through the huge panoramic windows.

The interior is dominated by white and pastel colors. On the second level leads a spiral staircase. The furniture here is modern: chairs, wicker and soft armchairs, sofas.

The menu features dishes of modern Russian, European cuisine. The restaurant is positioned as a family. The list of dishes contains dishes on the grill, fish, seafood, meat. In this institution there is a wide choice of drinks and desserts.

The average check is 1500-2000 rubles.

Colorful restaurant "Petrovsky"

Petrozavodsk, like the restaurant "Petrovsky", is named after the great Russian tsar - Peter I. The institution is located at the following address: pl. Lenin, 2.

Inside the restaurant is very original: on the white walls hang animal skins, halls and corridors have a vaulted ceiling, on the floor there is a cannon with cores, colorful stained-glass windows, wrought-iron grills and chains.

The cuisine here is Russian and Karelian. In the evening, live music is played. Prices are acceptable (a substantial dinner will cost about 1500 rubles).

Tourists, who like to try dishes of national cuisine, should visit the restaurants of Petrozavodsk, in the menu of which there are Karelian dishes.