Cafe St Petersburg

03/30/11

Great Food

by Moscow Times at Citysearch

It is not the first time that we come here and come to a party. The food is always great, especially the chicken shishkabob (my favorite). The wait for the food could take a while, but if you are eating appetizers, sipping on cranberry vodka and enjoying music, then what is the rush. One can not expect to get authentic Russian food in 1/2 hour. This is at least a 3 hour experience. We have friends that came from NY and can not say enough about this place. New Yorkers have tons of Russian restaurants to go to so they know what they are talking about. Try the crapes with caviar.....can not get more authentic than this!

11/24/08

angrycustomer

by angrycustomer2 at Citysearch

We, residents of Greater Boston area (8 of us including 3 guests from another state), made reservation in advance at Saint Petersburg restaurant in Newton, Mass. When we arrived we decided to have just light refreshments. While we were eating, waiter offered us to order a main course, assuring that they will serve us quickly.

Unfortunately, we listened to the waiter and followed his advice.

After 40 minutes since we put an order, main course has not been served and we asked waiter if we can cancel the order, because we didn?t have time to wait much longer. After consulting with manager, waiter assured us that food will be served in just few minutes. And we believed them, which was a big, big mistake.

Finally the main course was served to us only after almost 1,5 hours since the order was put in and, after all, the main course was served cold.

We asked waiter to speak to a manager to express our anger and dissatisfaction with the service, but were told that manager is ?very busy? and cannot talk to us. As a

result - we have had a whole evening ruined .

We chose this restaurant because we read a good reviews about it in Boston Magazine but, apparently, that

information was outdated and far from the truth.

Our fellow Bostonians, beware! If you don?t want to ruin your evening, waste your time and be pushed around ? DO NOT GO TO RESTAURANT

SAINT-PETERSBURG!!!

EVER!!

07/13/08

Outstanding Russian Cuisine

by andreinaline at Citysearch

This is one of my all time favorites. The cooking has always been outstanding and the service friendly. The dishes I recommend the most are the Mushroom Julienne and the Sturgeon Tzar. The pan friend pototates are also great with Russian taste of dill to them. Cranberry Vodka is great by itselft and between courses to clean the palate.

• Pros: Cuisine, prompt service
• Cons: need reservations

11/23/07

A Remarkably Poor Meal

by citypoint22 at Citysearch

Hands down the worst meal my wife and I have had at a restaurant in the last ten years!

We both had the "Chicken Schnitzel" with boiled potatoes. The "schnitzel" arrived as an ponderous cutlet coated with an layer of barely browned oily breadcrumbs. The potatoes completely lacked flavor. While a topping dill on the potatoes offered some relief to the eye, it failed to rehabilitate these tasteless cubes of starch. To top everything off there was an insipid garnish of shredded cabbage and green peas that, like every other element of the meal, tasted like nothing. A fast food restaurant offers more satisfying fare (at a fraction of the cost). Let the diner beware!!!

09/20/07

BEST PLACE IN TOWN!!

by erina3 at Citysearch

We had a wonderful experience at this restaurant. The food was fabulous, service very quick, nice and accommodating, music great. We have gone to St. Petersburg for dinner several times and just recently had a large banquet there. Everyone LOVED it. Everything was done for us the way we wanted it done - we didn't have to worry about a thing. This was the BEST Russian food in the area - can not compare to any of the Russian places in the area. If you are looking for a truly positive experience try this place!!!!