Mari Vanna in City of London

Traditional Russian cuisine. The walls are covered in old pictures (which adds to authenticity). Definitely worth a visit especially if you never had original Russian dishes.

Our favourite Russian restaurant in London. Authentic Russian atmosphere and amazing Russian food served by friendly staff. Highly recommended at any time of the day. Today we visited for breakfast, but as one of our regular favourites, this should definitely be on everyone’s must visit list. Trust me you won’t be disappointed.

Nice place, typical Russian cuisine. It's really cosy and the service is good, you don't feel rushed and you can enjoy your meal.

2 stars only because the food wasn't bad, however, the service is the worst I ever had. First of all, I ordered the soup and when they brought this to me it doesn't match the description and they told me that forgot to update the menu. Drinks were served 40 after our order and food 1.20 later. In general, I advise avoiding this place. In London many different restaurants with better prices and services.

The restaurant with the best Napoleon cake on the British territories with a rating less than 5? I'm sorry but this is just ridiculous! People lost their sense of taste.. and probably their minds as well!

The restaurant offers a huge variety of Russian dishes. I had the pastries for starter and beef dumplings for my main. Both were of a really high standard. The ambience of the restaurant is spectacular.

I can’t forget that day in this restaurant, this place like traditional Russian house , I fascinated by all details, decorations , as well as the foods, they are making food with love , thank you so much for this fabulous experience

I went with a Russian friend so she did all of the talking and knew what to ask for, but the place is cosy and authentic and the food was great! The tea was also fantastic.

The most breathtaking thing about this restaurant is the decor. It’s like stepping into another world! It’s absolutely stunning. Gorgeous lovely restaurant. A lot of time was taken to decorate the rooms, the walls, the ceilings, the tables. Even the bathrooms. I loved every part of the restaurant. It has an elegant touch of rustic / shabby chic designs. Love itThe food!!Wasn’t too keen on the food. Found it really underwhelming. A few things we wanted on the menu was not available and that’s fine but it would have been great for the waitress to mention it to us before we placed orders.It could be that the options we went for weren’t the best ones but the only thing I enjoyed was the complimentary bread and beautifully flavoured butter. The dumplings were very basic and so was the veal salad. The apple margarita cocktail I ordered was too salty! It was truly basic for the standards I expected.Staff were ok but could have been friendlier. It appeared our waitress couldn’t speak English so that could have been a contributing factor.It’s certainly worth a visit for the experience of the environment and for traditional Russian culture but I probably wouldn’t go back.

Looks like my grandma's living room in the 90's.Food is all Russian and is very tasty.Service also fantastic hospitality staff fluent in both Russian and English.