Saint Petersburg Restaurants and Nightlife

9 days, I thought it was too much time and instead, at the end, i understood it was a perfect period to visit St. Petersburg, a magical city that reserves many surprises to visitors.



The perfect period to came is august when the weather is pleasant to visit the city walking or by ferries navigating the three main canals, Fontanka, Griboedov and Mojka flowing into the great Neva river with itineraries of about 2 hours.



The main street is Nevsky Prospect 4.5 km long cutting the city in two sides, always crowded both day and night with bands playing live music at every corner.



St. Petersburg is a relatively young city having only 300 years of life.



Founded in 1703 by Peter the Great where once there were only swamps with significant losses in terms of human lives and embellished with masterpieces made mainly by Italian architects such as Bartolomeo Rastrelli and the Neapolitan Carlo Rossi author of the Russian Museum Building, the Palace Square, the Arts Square and the beautiful street bearing his name, Ulica Rossi, one of the most beautiful and refined streets of the city with the amazing colonnades where the famous Vaganovskoe dance school and the Muzej Theater reside.



Do not miss the Hermitage complex with the winter palace, the small and the large Hermitage (closed on Monday, from 10:30am to 6pm on Tuesday, Thursday and the Weekend, from 10:30am to 9pm on Wednesday and Friday) that requires at least one day visit.



The wonderful Summer Gardens, the majestic Saint Isaac Cathedral which with its golden dome visible from every point of the city.



the Spilled Blood Church very similar to Isodoro Church in Moscow and built in the same place where Tsar Alexander II was murdered.



and the Kazan Cathedral on Nevsky with its huge dome and the majestic colonnade that so much reminds St.Peter in Rome.



To visit absolutely Peterhof made by Le Blond and Rastrelli, reachable from the city center by hydrofoil that reminds so much Varsailles with wonderful fountains like the large waterfall with its 37 gilded bronze statues, the Neptune fountain and Peter the Great imperial suite and the sea ​​channel that connects with the Finland Gulf.

I have greatly reduced the historical part widely covered by important guides such as Touring or Mondadori in order to talk about St.Petersburg nightlife talking about restaurants and night clubs as I always do in every Lovingitaly Travel guide.

Let's start from the best city restaurants, the ones not to be missed, because after trying so many I can say that on average the quality is high and the experience priceless.

The average price is relatively low compared to European standards except for wines that having high customs fees the final cost here is around 2500 rubles (35 euros) for a low level quality bottle.

The most popular kitchens in addition to the Russian are Georgian and of course the Italian one. Very popular and pleasant here are contaminations from various parts of the world. The most famous restaurants that deserve a visit even if they are more expensive than the average are the Russians Cococo, Tsar and Palkin where you should spend an evening because they are very characteristic.

Simpler but absolutely not to be missed always for Russian cuisine Gogol, Mari Vanna and Katiusha.



Let's move on the top restaurants, the ones that literally drove me crazy for quality and originality.

Social club where you can also listen to excellent live jazz, Gills, Japanese cuisine and more, delicious soft cocktails and amazing desserts and the innovative Wine Gogh.



Finally, try the refined Severyanin, the modern Italian restaurant Jerome.



Very fashionable The Duo Gastrobar and Harvest restaurants, part of the same catering group together with Tartarb.

For a drink one evening go up to the top floor of the SO Sofitel Hotel with a wonderful view of the dome of Saint Isaac's Cathedral.



In the evening meeting the Rubenstain street is the must where I recommend trying the refined Hunt for an appetizer based on crudites, for a drink Geographic, then Ma, Smoke, Tesla bar, The Siirle, Clarissa and Crazy Wine the weekend becoming disco bars.



Very touristic but worth to be mentioned the nearby Madagascar and Cafe del Mar, with disco and karaoke and open every evening.



Not far and open only from Thursday to Saturday Hyppopotame and Santa Barbara.

Be careful to nice girls who, starting from a certain hour, walk around between Rubenstain, Nevsky and also inside the clubs I talked about looking for boys to bring to fake places to smoke shisha where they will empty your wallet making you pay huge bills. Always is you to propose the place to go and, in case of refusal, let them go to avoid scams that after you will remember for a long time.

Another advice is to ignore fake taxi drivers who stop you on the street at night inviting you to go up even with a certain annoying insistence.

Always remember that the economic situation in Russia is not the best with the ruble that continuously loses value compared to euro and dollar and average salaries are around 500 euros by month for the lucky ones. If you add to this the hard winter climate that reaches minus 20 degrees and the continuous and constant rain, you can understand why depression and sadness hover among young people and the desire to leave the country at the first opportunity is so widespread.

Girls are really beautiful and many of them dream of escaping if only they had the opportunity to face a concrete project.Therefore, absolutely avoid trying to end the first night because it is not conceived here but rather try to build a knowledge that is instead very well seen, especially for a possible continuation

The trendiest place is the 5 hotel near the Fontanka canal in Lomonosova square with elegant people and open only on Saturday evening and Cafe del Mar summer version on the beach, about 50 km away from the city.

Pulkovo Airport is only 20 km far from the city and so is better to take taxi because is very cheap (only 600 rubles) There are also bus connections but they are really old and uncomfortable and it is absolutely not worth taking them.

I remember that to stay in St. Petersburg for periods of less than 8 days starting from 1 October 2019, Tourist Visa is no longer required.

I think I said iall so I wish you a good trip with the certainty that my guide will be very useful. For any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.