Many people consider Cafe Pushkin to be the best restaurant in Moscow, serving a wide selection of both French and Russian cuisine. The restaurant itself appears to be a mansion and while walking along the street we took pictures of the beautiful building before realizing that this was Cafe Pushkin…then we gulped and looked down at our attire. There are three levels to Cafe Pushkin. The first floor is open 24 hours, dark and secluded with stone walls. The second (main floor) is where most of the action happens and a third floor, a rooftop to dine on in the summertime. Fiercely attractive and clean-cut Russian men wait on you dressed in old-style vests and coats, old books adorn the walls in a library with globes and telescopes, it is decorated in pre-revolutionary style and it feels like you are stepping back in time. It is a really classy place and many a Russian apparently go here to impress. We dined on pelmini, beef stroganoff, caviar and blini, and Russian dumplings. The food was exceptional and delicious. Cafe Pushkin is high-priced and it did pain me a bit when I saw the bill, but it is a must-do, at least once, when visiting Moscow. Be prepared to pay approximately $50USD per person (not including alcohol). We wanted Russian cuisine, and we wanted the best.