In the very center of the capital of Russia there is a cozy bright institution - "Muesli" (also known under another name - "Thoughts"). The rating of Moscow restaurants invariably includes it. The restaurant has existed since March 2015.
This institution is designed for visitors who love unusual author's cuisine. You can drop in here with the whole family, in the company of friends or with your soulmate.
Interior
The Muesli restaurant inside is decorated in a classical style with elements of details from the Stalin era. The author of the interior design is a talented architect and designer Vlad Andreev, who previously designed and implemented the interior for the Mandarin club, the Chalet Birch restaurant and the Bread & Co cafe.
The institution occupies two tiers of stalin, its halls are designed for a total of 80 people (40 people for each tier). The first floor attracts those who want to sit at the chef's table, which seats no more than 10 people.
On the second floor, the walls are made in white, which is diluted with dark brown columns supporting the ceilings. The room is illuminated by floor lamps, chandeliers and sconces, made in the style of Stalinist times. The tables throughout the room are round and rectangular, wooden. As for the seats, there are beige soft sofas with colored pillows, and blue armchairs, as well as brown leather armchairs.
The floors in the rooms are covered with brown hazel parquet.
Kitchen
Muesli is a restaurant whose menu can offer dishes that are not related to any particular cuisine - they are all original, invented personally by the restaurant’s chef Dmitry Shurshakov, who was previously the brand chef of the Chaika restaurant.
Here you can order dairy veal with mushrooms and eggplant caviar, carrot tartar with granular caviar, Liver honey cake with pickled onions, celery cream soup with pear, smoked cod with green peas and many, many other unique dishes, that will appeal to the most demanding guests. Special attention is paid to steaming. An example of this is the branded line of bans (steam pancakes) with various additions (chicken, pork, crab).
The chef of the restaurant has in stock several signature culinary delights with which he can please dear visitors. Among them, first of all, it is worth highlighting the Stalin-style tartar, which is prepared from chopped veal marinated in smoked oil, radish, tongue and beet and carrot sauces, as well as a salad of crayfish with seasonal vegetables.
As for desserts, Pavlova’s meringue and apple pie with vanilla ice cream are very popular in the restaurant.
Every morning, Muesli invites everyone for tomorrow. From 8 a.m. (on weekends - from 10 a.m.) until 4 p.m., business lunches are served here, the cost of which is reduced at this time, and the level of preparation remains the same.
The restaurant’s original cuisine certainly attracts a large number of visitors who do not like banal, monotonous food. The menu of the restaurant is full of its variety of dishes and surprises with an unusual combination of ingredients in them. That is why Muesli is included in the rating of Moscow restaurants and for some time remains in it, occupying 580th place out of 13,475 restaurants in the city. The list of the most popular institutions in the capital looks like this:
- The Sixties.
- Voronezh.
- "Boot".
- "White Rabbit".
- Selfie
- "Happiness on the Roof."
- "The Garden."
- "Swallow".
- "Molon Lave."
- "Babel."
Bar
The bar card of the institution is replete with its diversity. In addition to ordinary alcoholic drinks, it has a good selection of cocktails, which are made under the guidance of the main bartender of the institution Andrei Dolotkazin. Each of his creations is another work of art. The most popular are the Cherry Orchard and Dark Alley cocktails.
Special attention should be paid to the winery, which is available here. The wine list contains more than a hundred wines of famous producers from Spain, France, New Zealand, Germany, Chile, Italy. Professional sommelier Hrant Maruhyan, who previously worked in another famous Moscow restaurant, Tribeka, helps to decide on the choice of wine.
There is a selection of tea and coffee beans, as well as soft drinks (water, lemonade, juice).
Prices and customer reviews
The Musly restaurant is very popular among Muscovites and guests of the capital due to its advantageous location and good cuisine. On various portals, the institution receives quite high marks. For example, according to the users of the Afisha portal, a restaurant is worth 8 out of 10.
As for the prices of food and drinks, they are quite acceptable in the institution for the capital - the average check for one person is about 1500-2000 rubles. The price of wine here starts at 350 rubles for one glass, for salads - from 450, and risotto can be tasted for 400 rubles.
Additional Information
The restaurant has a free Internet access point, as well as secure parking for guests who come by car. Muesli accepts cash and credit cards.
The Muesli restaurant often acts as a venue for banquets for up to 80 guests.
Especially for children, there is a separate corner in which kids can find for themselves several coloring books, books and a set of educational toys.
Before visiting the institution, you should pre-book a table, which can be done by phone specified in the official group of the restaurant on the VKontakte social network.
Address of institution and mode
The address where you can find the restaurant "Muesli": Moscow, Kotelnicheskaya embankment, 1/15. The metro stations closest to this place are Taganskaya and Marxistskaya.
The institution opens its doors to visitors every day, from 8 am to midnight, and on Saturday and Sunday from 10 am and also until midnight.