My non-Russian GF liked the food, but it did not taste anything close to Russian to me (we ordered shashlyk and golubtsy). The food is overpriced and the atmosphere cannot justify the price - it was really simple and nothing special, just the Russian pop music playing in a stereo. Overall, not worth...
u menya bil ubiley,kotoriy bil isporchen,"blagodarya" hozyainu restorana. Zakazav banket, mi bili uvereni chto nas zhdet nakritiy stol s raznoobraznimi zakuskami i vipivkoy, chto obechalos v menu. No, yvi.... Nas, kak vsegda, ne zhdali. Stol pustoy, ni posudi, ni edi. potom v techenii 2 chasov zano...
We made reservation in advance for birthday celebration with preset menu. When we arrived(party of 18) for dinner, nothing was ready. We waited for 1.5 hours to be served(restaurant had only 6 people dinning). All plates,water cups, wine glasses and coffee mugs were dirty. Food tasteless. Their kitc...
If you miss being in Russia - come here. You will get the same terrible service with the same overpriced food. The food it good but way over priced. The service is so bad you will not believe you are in the U.S.
I love Eliseevsky and have eaten there many times and plan on eating there many times more.