Pyaty Okean Restaurant

More of a “quality” establishment which is best known for its micro-brewed Fifth Ocean beer. Perhaps the coolest thing about the place is that both the light and dark varieties of the home brew are distributed through self-service taps on each table.

Address:	20, Bldg. 1, Marksistskaya Ulitsa, Metro: Marksistskaya, Moscow, Russia
Contact:	+7 (495) 912-2970, http://waytorussia.net/moscow/restaurant/pyaty-okean-restaurant.html
Similar in Moscow:	armundsexy Restaurant, linq Restaurant, 5 Oborotov Restaurant
Similar Worldwide:	The Bund Brewery Pub (Shanghai)

You help yourself and pay 26r ($1) per 100mL. The beer itself tastes quite fresh. Pyaty Okean’s furnishings are upmarket although the tables are very close together and it can be quite squashed. Set on two levels, the downstairs area features a piano player while a guitarist lightens the mood upstairs. Both musicians play at a perfect volume and generally this isn’t a noisy place in spite of the number of people who cram in there. The staff are helpful and accommodating and many of them speak English. The dishes on the eclectic menu are supposedly specially authored to go with beer. And even though the portions aren’t huge they are very tasty. An average bill here will cost about $30.