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Old Oct 31, 2010 | 10:20 am
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Originally Posted by dcmike
If you want a little Soviet kitch right on Red Square, try Stolovaya 57 in GUM - third floor, third row (I believe):

http://www.inyourpocket.com/russia/M...vaya-57_40336v

It is a true cafeteria as the Russian name suggests, you gotta get a tray and bus your own table, but they have all the Russian favorites and it will easily be the cheapest meal not served on the street within a kilometer of Lenin's tomb.
I cncur!

I've also been to to these two referred to above:
Another good, reasonably-priced Russian place that is more than a little walk (located on the Garden Ring, near Krasnye Vorota Metro) is Na Melnitse (The Mill).
The best Uzbek restaurant in town is called simply, "Uzbekistan....
Both are excellent!
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