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Evropeisky.

Cuisine: Russian-European
Capacity: 80
Phone number: +7 (499) 270-1062

The gastronomical geography of the Evropeisky restaurant stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Volga river. The restaurant menu offers  Greek salad , Minestrone soup, Norwegian shrimps. Faint Mediterranean breeze fans from various seafood dishes. For those who appreciate the Italian cuisine there is an ample choice of pasta and spaghetti dishes.  A place of honour in the restaurant menu is given to Russian cuisine dishes.  Among the restaurant specialities are red caviar with blinis, borsh, Beef Stroganoff. 

ARCHITECTURE
Stretched along the axis, along which run two rows of columns, the restaurant hall seems endless. This impression is created with transparent vividness by the mirrors installed at each end of the hall. The interior is maintained in the classical style. Obviously the idea to arrange the design in this style has been inspired by the reminiscences of ancient Rome. The double-floor restaurant is similar to a Roman atrium, with a reflecting skylight serving as a substitute for the Italian sunlight sky. The remarkable paintings on the walls and on the ceiling are also made in the classical genre, depicting antique subjects. These pictures were painted by the artist Ignatius Nivinsky (who later would take part in the designing of the Mausoleum of Lenin in Red Square). The wall facing was managed by the notable master Georgy List (the beginning of the 20^th century). He also sculptured the two dogs (of green serpentine) which sit near the restaurant entrance keeping a never-ending guard.

HISTORY
At the beginning of the 20^th century this was a coffee-hall, one of the best in Moscow. The coffee-hall occupied the place where trade was brisk. Near it was the central entrance of Metropol. Attracted by the aroma of fresh-made coffee and baking, the guests hastened to look in ... the coffee-hall as soon as they had put up at the hotel.  In 1918 came the time for different aromas to pervade the air from inside. It was the odours of makhorka, soldiers’ greatcoats, and kersey high-boots that took the place of the former aromas. The first-class hotel was turned into the Second House of Soviets. In the adjacent big hall of the Metropol restaurant there were held meetings of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, while the former coffee-house was chosen by the Bolshevik fraction. Its leaders Lenin, Trotsky and Sverdlov frequently met here to fulfill the destiny of the enormous country. At the end of the 1920s the Soviet and Party establishments left the Metropol hotel, and the hall again became a coffee-hall. After reconstruction of the hotel at the end of the 1980s  the hall recovered its original splendour, acquired the status of restaurant, and was given a new name – ‘Evropeisky’ (European).

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