Issue #28/83, February 10 - 17, 2000

(for one salad, entree, and one cocktail per person)
$ = up to $15.00	$$ = $15.00 to $30.00	$$$ = $30.00 to $50.00	$$$$ = $50.00 to ?

Bengalskiye Ogni

Cheers:Even if the food is still a little on the sketchy side, the fact that they haven't raised ruble prices at all here since the crisis hit makes this one hell of a bargain. Stuff yourself silly for less than $10 (including beer). The decent dal and samosas cost practically nothing. 2-for-1 drinks during happy hour 5-7pm. Great if you're in the neighborhood...
Jeers:If not, you'll probably be pretty disappointed about schlepping all the way across town for second-rate swill, even if it is ridiculously cheap. Watery sauces and often clumpy rice do little to inspire the diner's confidence.
M:Ploshchad Ilyicha
Phone: 278-0160
Address:Gzhelsky per. 19
Hours: daily 11.00-23.00

Darbar

Cheers: Fashions come and go, Asian markets collapse, but Darbar remains. Our general counsel has developed a newfound love - the kima spicy lamb. The rest of us still love the spinach dal, and buttery chicken dishes. Magic combination of flavor, affordability, warm atmosphere, and super service.
Jeers: One of these days there's actually going to be people in that sovok restaurant downstairs next to the bathroom, and it's going to give use a heart attack. Occasional wait for tables on weekends. Too close to the Tribune's evershrinking offices.
M:Leninsky Prospekt
Phone: 930-2925
Address:Hotel Sputnik, Leninsky Pr. 38
Hours: daily 11.00-00.00

Kohinoor

Cheers:None, because it's friggin' closed.
Jeers: The Crisis won.
M:Alekseyevskaya
Phone: 287-8469
Address: Prospect Mira 101
Hours: 12 - 23

Little India

Cheers: eXile alert! Little India now acepts credit cards. The latest addition to Moscow's Indian cuisine offers spicy delicious, super-cheap orange-metro-line Indian joint, arriving just in time to replace the recently Starvin' Ivan-ed Kohinoor as an eXile favorite. Kick-ass kebabs and paneer. Our stingy-with-praise general counsel gave the murg kaday two briefcases way up. Outstanding decor and an Indian classical ensemble worth cheering for. Also has Georgian food. And no, despite what Lionel may have said they do NOT serve beef.
Jeers: Yet another top-notch Indian restaurant that's too far from the center--when will they learn? Dal is uninspired.
M:Profsoyuznaya
Phone:125-8149
Address:Krizizanovskogo St., d.18/3
Hours:12 - 23

Maharaja

$$$

Cheers: Prices not quite as ridiculous as they used to be. Used to be the top Indian place in the days before a place actually had to be good to be a classic; great service and presentation. Setting that'd make a Mogul feel at home.
Jeers: Drinks can still be a gouge and the food is still rather second-rate. Even the sauces they give you with the poppadums lack that certain oomph. Popular with expat nerd list subscribers.
M: Kitai-Gorod
Phone: 921-9844
Address:Ul. Pokrovka 2/1
Hours: 11.30 - 16.00 / 17.00 -22.30

Moscow Bombay

Cheers:Sturgeon tandoor rocks; good service, convenient location; they actually make it spicy, so that it resembles real Indian food; try the plov.
Jeers:Belly dancers don't give us wood; piano player plays "Feelings"; incongruous Chinese menu made us scratch our heads.
M: Pushkinskaya
Phone: 292-9731
Address: Glinishchevsky Per. 3
Hours: 11.00 - 23.00

Tandoor

Cheers:We thought this place was mediocre, but a visit by our triple-stomach-rolled former sales manager is said to have proved otherwise. Paneer-e-shola (fried cheese in a spicy onion and tomato gravy on a sizzlin' plate) ruled; rogan josh (lamb masala) was properly spicy and tender; good-sized portions, decent dal.
Jeers:Nan bread bit, bland dessert balls. Management was not charmed by Starvin' Ivan. Savages!
M: Mayakovskaya
Phone:299-5925
Address:Tverskaya Ul. 30/2
Hours: 12.00 - 23.00

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