Twice I have visited Russia, last time being in april 2012. We took a ferry cruise from Helsinki to St. Petersburgh and spent a day in our old capital with small group of friends. The city was as impressive as we anticipated, even when we had so little time to look around. I had searched earlier from internet for a place to have a lunch, so that we wouldn't have to seek for a place in a hurry. As usual, my choice was perfect and the restaurant proved to be wonderful experience adding to our pilgrimage to our former capital and its wide cultural offering. Kafe Lagidze is a Georgian restaurant just few hundred meters east from the church on spilled blood - or church of resurrection, officially. Just walk east from there, cross a canal by a bridge near the circus and you are there. Just as we preferred, the waitress wasn't fluent in English, so our hands and few words of Russian were useful in communicating. Georgian restaurants are popular in St. Petersburgh, I read somewhere, and rightfully so; food is tasty. We ordered some food from the English menu, and waitress brought plates of food, tasty and addictive. Of course we ordered shots of vodka for starters - my first taste of vodka - after all we were in Russia. Since the last conflict between Russia and Georgia, there are still limits for Georgian wine, therefore they hadn't included it in the list. That doesn't mean that they don't serve Georgian wine, you just have to ask for it nicely, and look, there was wine. The atmosphere and serving was right on the money - and I don't say this because it was reasonably cheap. This place is one I would definetely want to come back some day.
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