Lanin Restaurant
Ланин
A Russian restaurant on the Dnieper riverbank that cooks Smolensk-style dishes with seasonal local ingredients. Its Gagarin-style fish soup is the signature.
Located at 6 University Street, on the Dnieper riverbank in a historic building. The late-19th-century style interior has about 25 seats and a wine bar. Chef Vladimir Morozov prepares traditional Russian dishes using ingredients from across Russia. Highlights include Gagarin-style fish soup with red caviar and fish pie, roast beef tongue, meat jelly with horseradish, and Dmitrov cucumbers pickled in oak barrels. Breakfast is served in the morning. A branch, Lanin Tavern, is located at 7/2 Lenin Street.
Opening hours
Daily, approximately 07:30–24:00
Nearby sights
- Dormition Cathedral
- Blonie Garden
- Church of St John the Theologian
- Smolensk Art Gallery
- Gromovaya Tower (Smolensk – Shield of Russia Museum)
- Museum 'Smolensk Region in the Great Patriotic War'
- Church of Sts Peter and Paul on Gorodyanka
- Lopatinsky Garden