Vegetarian food, vegetarian-friendly accommodation, & anything else on the subject in St. Petersburg, Russia

Eyewitness resport coming up. Their main outlet is in Moscow. See Vegetarian Supplies in Moscow

Avoid "Russkoye To-Fu". By far the most disgusting product bearing the name I've ever tried.

A successor to the Hare Krishna establishment. If so, highly recommended. I plan to personally visit it on my next trip to  St. Petersburg.

Warning to fellow alcoholic vegetarians: PROBABLY NO BOOZE.

February 22, 2007 - Visited them. A pleasant place, good food, but EXPENSIVE. A snack for two was 850 roubles plus something put into the donations box = $36-36. Yes, the same Hare Krishna cafe visited back in 1993 but much more business-like and 10x more expensive.

This one does have beer and wine!!!!!!!!! And is located near the famous Masha & Tamara for the connoisseurs of budget accommodation. Vegetarian visitors welcomed, these two Russian ladies are familiar with the concept of sausage-free existence.

February 23, 2007 - Found Troitsky Most Vegetarian Cafe at this location. No beer, no wine, no spices. Even the soy sauce was of fake (non-fermented) variety. The most substantial-looking salad, on closer examination, turned out to consist of canned beans AND canned peas. A chain establishment with bland food and disinterested, even by Russian standards, staff. 

A fashionable and touristy place, hugely popular, expensive, reservations recommended.

Run by the Disabled Association of St. Petersburg. The point is health and fitness through diet. Not a trace of Indian mysticism. Ideal for people with people with diabetes and allergies. Unconfirmed rumours that honey brew (4-5% alcohol) is served. Most vegetarian establishments in Russia (my Dacha is one notable exception) refuse to understand that booze, being of plant origin, is entirely vegetarian-kosher.  

• Kronversky proyezd? prospekt? 35
  +7-812-326-8221
• Malaya Posadskaya 9/2, tel. +7-812-232-6693
• Vasilyevsky Ostrov, 6th Line 15
  +7-812-325-2214
• Vasilyevsky Ostrov, 6th Line 27
  +7-812-327-4622
• Bolshoy prospekt? proyezd? 55
  +7-812-321-4719
• Grand Cafe "Troitsky Most"
  Zagorodny prospekt? proyezd 38
  +7-812-115-1998 / 715-1998
  Open 1pm to 11pm
• Kamennoostrovsky proyezd? prospekt?  9/2
  +7-812-232-6693.

Open 9am to 11pm
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Note that this one is 15 min. walk from the Homestay from Masha & Tamara where vegetarians are, if not welcomed, then well-tolerated. When I asked Tamara about feeding those who prefer purity or even ritual purity, the response was "what do you mean by no animal product at all?!"  Still, for budget travellers who want a soft version of the immersion experience with a helpful host I sincerely recommend Masha & Tamara.

 

 

February 23, 2007 - Visited their 6th Line of Vasilyevsky Island, 15 location. Relatively inexpensive (500 roubles, or close to $20, for a serious snack for two) but... Salad made of canned beans and canned peas would make further comments redundant if not for soy sauce of the sort that contains caramel and MSG. Soy sauce  is a brewed product. By definition. Anybody who dares to put on the table any of cheap fake Chinese substitutes deserves to die in ignorance. (The funny thing is that people usually get what they deserve. Was I a praying type my dominant mode would be thanksgiving. And awe at how things work out as they should.)

Grumpy-looking staff made me hesitate to ask for a permission to take photos of their food and interior.

At a glance, a New Age/Health Food type establishment. Associated with the restaurant is said to be the expecting women's club and cooking courses.  One of my "recommended" hosts in St. Petersburg has a nice little apartment in the same neighbourhood, on Bolshana Konushennaya. See Apartments in St. Petersburg from Marina & Andreas

[To be checked. An unbearably bright and cheerful place, judging from their site.]

Perhaps the only vegetarian horse riding establishment between Moscow & St. Petersburg.

Uncle Pasha's main page, in Russian

English version
(somewhat out of date)

100% vegan and 200% and shamelessly fattening
M  E  N  U

(See the Russian version if possible. It is more complete and up-to-date)

Moonie doing her usual trick

Guess whose side I'm on?
Helmets mandatory!

Accommodation, good vegan food, and horse riding for 1500 roubles ($60US) per person per day.

Details here