Russkiy Dvor
Русский двор
An affordable, long-standing Russian restaurant in Blonye Park. Potato pancakes, fish soup and clay-pot meat are cheap and filling, and passing tourists often stop in.
Located in the city-center Blonye Garden (Glinka Park) at 1B October Revolution Street. The wooden-house style restaurant has Russian décor and a terrace in summer. It specializes in Russian home cooking: Gagarin-style fish soup, solyanka, Dmitrov potato pancakes, red caviar crêpes and Smolensk-style clay-pot pork. Each dish costs about 250–400 RUB. It has thousands of reviews on Yandex and is known as Smolensk's legendary restaurant. Queues form at mealtimes in peak season, making it a good choice for lunch while touring the old town.
Opening hours
Daily 10:00–23:00
Nearby sights
- Smolensk Art Gallery
- Gromovaya Tower (Smolensk – Shield of Russia Museum)
- Blonie Garden
- Museum 'Smolensk Region in the Great Patriotic War'
- Lopatinsky Garden
- Church of St John the Theologian
- Dormition Cathedral
- Smolensk Linen Museum