Antikafe is a new type of institution in which every visitor can spend time the way he wants: to have fun, be with the company, arrange a master class, training or give a lecture. The choice is yours, the institution simply provides you with an equipped area for which the guest pays by the hour. The cost of renting the premises also includes the institution's costs for food, drinks and entertainment, which are provided to vacationers.
Institutions of this type exist in Moscow. For example, Checkpoint ("Checkpoint"). This is a network: one of them is located on Myasnitskaya street, and the second is on Lubyansky passage.
Anticafe Checkpoint (Chistye Prudy). general information
This place is located just a three-minute walk from the metro stations Chistye Prudy, Turgenevskaya and Sretensky Boulevard, at 17 Myasnitskaya Street, Building 2.
The territory of the institution occupies a little more than 500 square meters, on which there are 16 halls with a completely different interior and purpose. Checkpoint anticafe on Chistye Prudy is open daily and around the clock.
Checkpoint (Chistye Prudy). Interior
Each anticafe hall is made in its own special style and color scheme. The halls located here have the following names: "Cambridge", "Barcelona", "Transylvania", "Broadway", "Paris", "Beijing", "Amsterdam", "Hollywood", "Las Vegas", "Rio- de Janeiro, New York, and Coworking. It is worth noting that from the point of view of the interior, each hall corresponds to its name. For example, the Checkpoint anticafe hall called “Transylvania” is designed in the style of minimalism, in black and red colors, and the “Rio de Janeiro” is simply full of bright colors like a Brazilian carnival.
Each room has tables and seating areas, which include soft sofas with small bright pillows. On the walls of the halls of the Checkpoint anticafe, there are photo murals depicting the cities in whose honor they are named.
Separately, there is a cinema, designed for the number of visitors up to 25 people - "Hollywood". It has one large screen on which you can watch your favorite movie, comfortably sitting all over the big company on the soft ottomans of emerald color. This hall is a real pearl of the anticafe on Myasnitskaya.
Checkpoint at Chistye Prudy is ready to offer all its guests a large number of board games of various types, as well as video game consoles (X-VOH, Dandy, Kinekt). Almost every room has large plasma TVs, and some have stationary computers through which you can access the Internet, as the establishment has a Wi-Fi point. In addition, guests can drink tea and coffee, as this is included in the rental price of any room.
Antikafe Checkpoint on Lubyanka. general information
This institution is located at: Moscow, Lubyansky proezd, 5, building 1 - this is not far from the building of the Federal Treasury and the Orange Paradise beauty salon. Locals especially like to visit the Lubyanka anticafe Checkpoint. The reviews left for this institution speak for themselves. Visitors here especially like the fact that you can choose a hall based on your hobbies: decorated in the style of a library, an artist’s room or a recording studio. In total, all seven halls occupy a relatively small area - about 250 square meters.
Checkpoint on Lubyanka. Interior
The Checkpoint anticafe located on Lubyansky proezd has 7 rooms with completely different interiors: Russian Library, Reading Room, Mosfilm, Artist's House, Corridor, VDNH and Moscow Conservatory . However, there is one common feature that unites all the available rooms - they are made in one style - loft. This means that any visitor who comes here immediately falls into the atmosphere of comfort, which allows you to relax.
The walls of almost all the halls are decorated with brickwork (except for the "Reading Room" and "House of Artists"). Of furniture there are tables, chairs, and sofas. The halls here accommodate from 6 to 50 people (the smallest is Mosfilm and the largest is VDNH). Like the Checkpoint antikafe on Chistye Prudy, there is a room that is great for watching movies - “Artist's House”, which can comfortably accommodate a company of up to 15 people.
For entertainment, TVs, game consoles and a wide range of board games are also provided here.
Rent terms
It is advisable to book any desired room before visiting, as Checkpoint - anticafe (Moscow) is quite popular, and very often it happens that there are no empty seats. You can make a reservation by phone, which is indicated on the official website of the institution or on the page in the social network "VKontakte". You will need to inform the desired date of visit, time and number of guests.
According to the rules of anticafe, a maximum of three hours before the visit must be paid in advance.
Rent is paid hourly, and for the first hour of using the room the amount is fixed, and then it is calculated per minute. The minimum time for which you can rent a room in Checkpoint anti-cafe is 2 hours.
Very often Muscovites and guests of the capital rent the halls of the institution for holding trainings and business meetings. Friendly companies also gather here to watch films and to communicate, and families meet.
Additional Information
Anticafe guests can safely use everything in the halls: books, televisions, set-top boxes and computers. If desired, anyone can bring food and drinks with them or order food delivery directly to the institution. It is not forbidden to carry out photo and video shooting. Absolutely free, you can bring small children (up to three years old) with you.
Checkpoint does not allow smoking or drinking alcohol. Also, people who are intoxicated are not allowed here.