Recommended restaurants for travel groups
St. Petersburg now has an enormous number of restaurants, cafes and bars with a choice of dining experiences and levels of service that were unimaginable just a few years ago. However, not all St. Petersburg's eateries are capable of hosting larger travel groups, and of those that are, many rely for trade on backhanders to tour organizers rather than quality of service and catering.
Among the restaurants that do specialize in hosting groups, however, there are several excellent options that have the capacity and professional experience to provide your group with a superior and original dining experience. This can include the flexibility to cope with unexpected changes in scheduling or ensure complex pre-arranged menus are delivered successfully. Below you will find listings of some of the restaurants we particularly recommend for travel groups or, if you prefer, you can proceed directly to submitting a Group Travel Request, and our local experts will put together a full dining program as part of our proposal.
Conveniently located close to St. Isaac's Cathedral, this slick and carefully marketed restaurant offers a great mix of local color, efficient and accommodating service, and good quality traditional Russian cuisine, as well as over 100 varieties of vodka to sample.
This popular beer garden in the green surroundings of Krestovsky Island is a great place for travel groups to enjoy a relaxing evening, with huge capacity, efficient service, and a reliable – if quite pricey – menu of German, Russian and international pub-style food, as well as home-brewed beers.
Offering traditional Russian cuisine in extremely elegant and unusual interiors – plus singing waiters – Sadko boasts a great location a short walk from the Mariinsky Theatre, and is very adept at handling group bookings, especially before or after theatre performances.
Dedicated to the years of the "New Economic Policy", the Soviet version of the Roaring Twenties, this long-established cellar restaurant near Palace Square offers a mixed menu of Russian and international cuisine and a nightly floor-show very popular with visitors.
