Restaurant "I want Kharcho" on Sennaya - an institution for true connoisseurs of Georgian cuisine, which opened in St. Petersburg. It focuses the main advantages and advantages of the dishes of this people. Here you will be welcome at any time of the day and at any time of the year. They will feed hearty and, importantly, original.
About the restaurant
The "Want Kharcho" restaurant on Sennaya combines the main charms of a real institution dedicated to the cuisine of this Caucasian country. Here, fresh and varied food for every taste, the interior has many authentic details that help you plunge into the atmosphere of unbridled fun.
This restaurant has its interior for every visitor right from the doorstep. In the “I want Kharcho” restaurant on Sennaya, you will be seated at massive oak tables on soft sofas in which you can literally drown. Dishes are mainly served in earthenware dishes, and living green plants on the tables complement the surroundings of the establishment.
Megrelian traditions
Restaurant "I want kharcho" on Sennaya is sustained in Megrelian traditions. Mingrelians are a nation, which in recent years has been mainly ranked among Georgians, but they still have some peculiarities.
Crockery, furniture and ornaments are brought from Georgia itself. Carpets with original patterns and authentic lamps will help you to get a distinctive flavor. Every detail in this interior is definitely worth a closer look.
One of the halls of the restaurant is equipped with cozy tents. Here you can retire to a small company or even together with your loved one.
The restaurant itself is two-story. On the second floor there is a kitchen, which is partially open. Therefore, you can see with your own eyes how pita bread is prepared in a special tandoor oven or barbecue on the grill. There was a place for a special retro style musical apparatus. One of the main advantages of the institution is that it is open around the clock. There are always welcome guests.
Restaurant Kitchen
The kitchen of the “Want Kharcho” restaurant on Sennaya, reviews of which are mostly enthusiastic, is answered by a talented chef from Georgia named Izo Dzanzawa. He treats the traditions of Georgian culinary excellence with awe and honors them.
Here you will get acquainted with the classic dishes of Mingrelian cuisine, which are especially characteristic for the regions of Western Georgia. You can be sure of their authenticity. Almost all kitchen staff come from Georgia and from childhood know how to cook this or that dish.
Restaurant Features
Immediately you need to be prepared for the features of Megrelian cuisine. Spices, especially adjika, are actively used here. Because of this, the dishes become spicy. But food retains a maximum of beneficial properties and taste.
The key component of Mingrelian cuisine - adjika - is cooked here, according to the original recipe. The restaurant also has its own smokehouse, which cooks not only meat and fish, but also cheese. Bread and khachapuri are baked in the oven .
Even the most sophisticated gourmet will find something to his taste. The menu has a wide variety of salads, which are dominated by national notes. These are pickles pickled according to Georgian traditions.
Only here you can taste the real Mingrelian kharcho, in which hazelnuts and veal are added without fail, and served with slices of fried mamalyga to the table.
The "Want Kharcho" restaurant in St. Petersburg is famous for the menu corresponding to the current time of the year. There is also a large selection of Lenten dishes at a time when Orthodox Christians are fasting.
Bar card
A special pride of the institution “I want Kharcho” in St. Petersburg is its diverse bar menu. In it you will find the best varieties of New and Old World wines and, of course, Georgian wines, homemade tinctures and classic cocktails. A wide selection of whiskey, cognac and other strong alcohol - both domestic and foreign.
Wine companies regularly hold so-called wine evenings at I Want Kharcho. These are dinners for which a special menu is prepared, including exclusive tastings of dishes and drinks.
The evening is led by a professional sommelier who knows a lot of information about modern and old wine. Many guests of the "Want Kharcho" restaurant in St. Petersburg in their reviews note the surprisingly warm and sincere atmosphere that prevails on these evenings.
For those who are bored with standard get-togethers in restaurants, they organize culinary fights, and for kids master classes, where they can learn how to cook classic Georgian dishes with their own hands. For example, original sweets. Every Sunday, an animator comes to the youngest guests of the restaurant, with whom they prepare original creative crafts.
The restaurant is open around the clock. On weekends from 5 to 8 in the morning there are special parties. Fans of night club life can enjoy breakfast with original DJ sets.
How to get there
"I want Kharcho" - a restaurant on Sennaya. Address: Sadovaya street, 39/41. It is most convenient to get here by metro, reaching the station "Sennaya".
Despite the fact that the institution has enough halls and seats, it is so popular among guests that it is often filled to capacity.
So if you firmly decided to spend a free evening in the “I want Kharcho” restaurant on Sennaya, it’s best to book a table in advance for your entire company by phone.
Restaurant menu
Familiarity with the cuisine of this institution is best to begin by coming hungry in the "I want kharcho. The restaurant on Sennaya, the menu of which will amaze with its variety of any sophisticated gourmet, offers to try salmon with eggs Benedict, khash with a glass of chachi (this is an appetizing soup of beef legs and tripe), quinoa with baked pumpkin and poached egg, several types of omelet with home-made boiled pork , smoked salmon and cheese cream, vegetables or tomatoes and herbs.
From 6 a.m. to noon, the Hochu Kharcho restaurant is ready to offer you rich and nutritious breakfasts: zucchini fritters, millet porridge with walnuts and pumpkin, rice porridge with coconut milk with slices of grapefruit, chocolate pancakes with banana and thick condensed milk.
A rich selection of traditional Georgian hot snacks. For 440 rubles, you can order khachapuri in Gurian. They will bring you a crescent-shaped pie stuffed with suluguni cheese and chopped boiled egg.
The classic Megrelian khachapuri will cost 460 rubles. This is a round cake stuffed with suluguni cheese and fried to a golden crust.
520 rubles worth suluguni cheese fried with tomatoes : classic or smoked - your choice.
Ajapsandal deserves special mention. This is a Georgian vegetable stew of stewed eggplant, young potatoes, fresh tomatoes and sweet bell pepper, abundantly seasoned with herbs.
Hot meals
Crown positions in the menu of any Georgian restaurant are hot dishes. In "I want kharcho" they are ready to offer you chashululi for 620 rubles. These are delicious slices of young beef stewed with vegetables and original hot spices.
You will find few establishments in St. Petersburg that serve canahas at any time of the day. Once you have tasted lamb in a pot, you will want to try this dish more than once. After all, they cook it according to a special recipe - with tomatoes and stewed eggplants, seasoned with paprika, spices and fresh herbs.
Many guests in the reviews note that they especially succeeded in chkmeruli. This is a chicken baked according to a unique Chkmer recipe, which has been passed on from generation to generation for many centuries.
Especially often, visitors order dishes on charcoal. In front of your eyes they can cook kebab from a calf - a portion will cost 840 rubles. About the same cost is a skewer of lamb pulp, for 890 rubles you will bring lamb tongues cooked on charcoal. A little more expensive is a portion of salmon baked on charcoal.
Many dishes are prepared in an environmentally friendly home smokehouse, which works right at the establishment. For example, Lori in Rachin. These are smoked pork ribs, to which a so-called “smoky potato” is brought.
Vegetable skewers will include zucchini, eggplant, potatoes, onions, mushrooms and tomatoes. It is served with a special sauce cooked in olive oil and Georgian spices.
Children's menu
"I want kharcho" - an excellent institution for family gatherings. Small guests are welcome here. They are waiting for a special offer from a Georgian restaurant - a children's menu - light, nutritious and balanced. In the morning, your baby may be offered cereal cooked in water or milk.
For dinner, the child can order a healthy beet or corn salad with crisp fish. Especially popular is a vitamin salad seasoned with sour cream, mayonnaise or yogurt.
At first, you can choose turkey soup, borsch with young veal, cream soup with broccoli or cauliflower.
Various cutlets are offered as the main dish - from turkey, chicken or fish, meatballs, pizza with ham and tomatoes, even a burger with chicken.
You will not meet features of the national Georgian cuisine in the children's menu. This is understandable, because the food is very spicy and fatty. To understand its taste, babies should grow up a little. But if they are imbued with original local dishes from childhood, they will definitely return to this restaurant when they grow up. And then they will definitely try something new.