Samara, like any other large city in Russia, is simply amazing with the number of restaurants. There are also small family restaurants, and large chain giants, which only dishes and types of national cuisine are not presented in them. To determine the choice of a place for a family or holiday feast or for a usual lunch and dinner outside the house, we offer a list that reflects the best restaurants in Samara.
Beer Restaurants
There are a lot of restaurants offering freshly brewed beer and dishes suitable to a foamy drink in Samara. But the most popular is the Frau Muller restaurant. This place is one of the first of its kind to open in the city, and for 10 years there has been a complete landing almost every evening. The interior repeats typical European pubs as well as the menu: it contains a variety of beers, seasoned schnapps, steaks, sausages, and shank. Thanks to the atmosphere and affordable prices, the Frau Muller restaurant deserves an indispensable visit.
The chain of restaurants “Three Deer” is a great place for gatherings in a noisy company, accompanied by live music, great food and fresh beer. 4 brews of beer are brewed in one's own brewery, and fish and meat are smoked in their own smokehouse, and they also make their own pastries. The menu also includes such specialties as chopped deer cutlet.
In addition to these restaurants, in Samara you can visit the Irish pub Shannon, where besides beer there is a huge selection of whiskey, or the Maximilians chain restaurant, and lovers of craft beer will find good restaurants in Samara Jaw Pike and “All Your Friends”.
National cuisine
Perhaps today you will not surprise anyone with dishes of Mediterranean or Asian cuisine, but they are so loved that Italian or Japanese restaurants are always popular.
Of the Italian restaurants, one cannot fail to mention Marlin, where the richest selection of seafood is in all of Samara. The highlight of the restaurant is a fountain and an artificial lake with live carps. There are good restaurants in Samara, where real Italians work. One of them is Bacco, where the Italian chef prepares traditional dishes from trattorias and olivier and borscht, which are strange for this place. The second Italian in Samara is pizza maker in Beerhouse italiano, where pizza is cooked in a real wood-burning oven.
If you want sushi, then Japanese cuisine is presented in the once fashionable restaurant "Tanuki" (more precisely in their network) and in a small restaurant, "That se." Despite the fact that everything is not easy with authentic Asian cuisine in the city, these are good restaurants in Samara, where they will serve Russian rolls familiar to everyone, tasty, and most importantly, safe.
It’s rather strange, but there are few Russian restaurants in Russia, it’s nice that such an institution called “Carrot Hare” works in Samara. It has a very cozy interior, entertainment for children and the possibility of holding any events. But the most important thing is the kitchen, where you can taste the famous daily cabbage soup, and porridge with village cream, and the freshest northern and Black Sea fish.
Another representative of the national cuisine is the Tel Aviv Jewish restaurant. The owner is a member of the Jewish community of the city, the dishes on the menu are really authentic and tasty, therefore, because he wants to try falafel, hummus, mincemeat or matzo, here.
Cheap cafes and restaurants
A very nice and inexpensive place is Cafe Mint, where visitors will be offered delicious coffee, homemade food and fresh pastries just like at home: without improvers, preservatives and colorings.
Another coffee shop, “Confiture,” pleases with adequate prices for decent servings of delicious dishes. Despite the eclectic and thought out to the smallest detail interior, the place is quite democratic. Regulars recommend burgers with grilled meat, salads and lemonade here.
Another place where you can dine for only 150 rubles is the Buffet. The food here is simple and tasty, but the interior is striking - chic crystal chandeliers, high ceilings and European surroundings.
Family establishments
If you want to go to the restaurant with the whole family, but so that the children both eat and parents are given dinner, choose family-oriented establishments. Such as the restaurant “Jam”. This is a two-story bright and airy restaurant with a varied menu and dishes of European, Russian and Pan-Asian cuisine. Plus - a large play area, thanks to which you can spend at least half a day in a restaurant.
A place where children are always welcome is the restaurant “Braseria” at the Holiday inn. There is a children's menu here, and adults are advised to try the steak with Jack Daniels sauce, fish soup, zander or dumplings.
Butcher Restaurants and Steakhouses
In Russia, as you know, they love meat very much and, naturally, if the menu of Samara restaurants offers a good steak, such establishments are always in price. In the city, the leader in the meat menu is the Myasnoff restaurant. In addition to the meat itself, there is an excellent wine list and noisy concerts with visiting celebrities. If you want to spend a quiet evening, it is better to choose the Hadson restaurant, where guests are expected to have exquisite cuisine, English interior and pleasant muffled sounds.
The Argentinean Mamma Cita steakhouse is also interesting with an authentic interior, a real josper stove and various options for not cheap, but high-quality steaks.
Samara Restaurants with Summer Veranda and Volga View
Summer verandas and large restaurants with panoramic windows near the Volga embankment are always popular among citizens and guests of Samara. And no wonder, because it is so nice to meet the sunsets or look at the scurrying boats, and if they offer good food to this, then there are no empty seats. This happens in the summer restaurant "The Seagull", where a large wood-burning stove is installed and the menu contains several types of delicious and inexpensive pizza.
Another restaurant with a rare beauty is the Scriabin restaurant, located on board the ship, whose name and interior refer directly to the famous work of Ilf and Petrov. On winter evenings, seeing off the sunset, it is good to try local lard, herring and cabbage soup with mushrooms.
But the restaurant and bar “Yar” is distinguished by another concept - this is a huge room where noisy parties are held, where you can meet a variety of people and where they cook meat and live fish well.