In the city of White Days, as well as an extensive cultural programme during the daytime, there is also evening and night-time entertainment to suit all tastes. Along with nightclubs catering to various musical preferences, St. Petersburg also boasts a multitude of bars with great shows and programmes, where you stay and enjoy yourself right through until morning.
Located opposite the American Consulate, City Bar is considered the Russian version of ‘Cheers’ in St. Petersburg. Offers live music, films, presentations, exhibitions along with its American menu. Has Wi-Fi.
Open: 8am until the last person leaves
Address: Ulitsa Furshtadtskaya 20
Metro: Chernyshevskaya
Tel: (812) 448-58-37
Classic English pub with an excellent assortment of beers and friendly atmosphere. The beer and bar snacks here are good, as is the steak menu and the coffee and pastries. It’s a Venetian café brilliantly combined with an English pub. In 2007 a second branch was opened with the same name on the Petrograd Side.
Open: Tues-Thurs 9am-2am, Fri 9am-4am, Sat 12am-5am
Address: Shvedsky Pereulok 2
Metro: Nevsky Prospect
Tel: (812) 312-32-00
Address: Kamennoostrovsky Prospect 45
Metro: Petrogradskaya
Tel: (812) 347-65-81
Liverpool is a genuine Beatles club, based on the kind of English pubs in which the Fab Four began their career. Music in the style of the Beatles, jazz, blues, English rock. Grill menu. Wi-Fi, sports channels, American billiards.
Open: Mon-Thurs, Sun 12am-2am, Fri-Sat 12am-5am
Live concerts 8pm-11pm
Address: Ulitsa Mayakovskogo 16
Metro: Mayakovskaya/Ploshchad Vosstaniya
Tel: (812) 579-20-54
The first Irish pub in St. Petersburg. Just what you might expect: lots of different kinds of beer, good bar food and music. Lots of tourists.
Open: Mon-Thurs 12am-2am, Fri-Sat 12am-3pm, Sun 12am-1am
Live concerts 8pm-11pm
Address: Ulitsa Rubinshteina 36
Metro: Vladimirskaya
Tel: (812) 570-37-68
This true ‘British Isle’ next to the Fontanka is recommended for its huge selection of beer and whiskey and authentic English pub atmosphere.
Open: Mon-Thurs, Sun 8am-2am, Fri-Sat 12am-3am
Address: Nab. Reki Fontanka 108
Metro: Sennaya Ploshchad
Tel: (812) 380-78-88
This bar is located on the fifth floor of one of St. Petersburg’s most fashionable shopping centres, Grand Palace. It offers good quality and diverse international cuisine without being too heavy on your wallet. It has a superb view of the Russian Museum and Church-on-the-Spilled-Blood, as well as great DJs.
Open: Sun-Thurs 12am-2am, Fri-Sat 12am-6am
Address: Italianskaya Ulitsa 15 (Grand Palace, top floor via the lift)
Metro: Gostiny Dvor
Tel: (812) 449-94-32
CCCP is a decent joint right in the very centre. It is unique for its changing character – a café by day, restaurant serving Russian cuisine by evening, and club by night, popular for both pre and after parties. Has two rooms and chill-out area.
Open: Mon-Thurs, Sun 1pm-1am, Fri-Sat 1pm-6am
Address: Nevsky Prospect 54
Metro: Gostiny Dvor
Tel: (812) 310-49-29
www.cafecccp.ru
Beer restaurant with its own brewery. The working brewery can be seen through a huge glass window from the restaurant. At the other end is a stage where presentations and concerts take place. Seasonal beer always available.
Open: Sun-Thurs 12am-2am, Fri-Sat 12am-3am
Address: Kazanskaya Ulitsa 7
Tel: (812) 718-55-66
Always busy, Tribunal is a good place to have a beer and a decent meal. Cosy atmosphere and superb interior.
Open: Mon-Thurs 9pm-6am, Fri-Sat 6pm-6am
Address: Karavannaya Ulitsa 26
Metro: Nevsky Prospect, Gostiny Dvor
Tel: (812) 314-24-23
www.tribunal.ru
This grungy establishment is an interesting and unusual place where St. Petersburg’s underground crowd gathers, attracted by the cheap drinks and decent food. There is a dance hall, VIP room and Wi-Fi. Few places have such diverse musical styles, from retro with karaoke elements to house, lounge, break, beat and rock-n-roll, as well as live rock and jazz concerts.
Open: Sun-Thurs 12am-3am, Fri-Sat 12am-6am
Address: Pereulok Antonenko 4
Metro: Sadovaya
Tel: (812) 312-87-79
www.cinic.spb.ru
The King of Rock-n-Roll lives – and he is here, with pictures, recordings and even periodicals dedicated to him. Try a ‘King Elvis Breakfast’ (toast with chicken and bacon.)
Open: 10am-6am
Address: Ulitsa Mayakovskaya 56/13
Metro: Chernyshevskaya
Tel: (812) 273-67-97
This club was named the city’s best club by LiveNightAwards and plays a mixture of rave and house. It’s very chic, decorated with red velvet, gold, VIP booths designed like small pedestals with sofas. There is a different theme every weekend, but the club is only open at certain times of year. This season is from September 2007 until New Year.
Face control and dress code apply.
Open: Sat midnight-6am
Address: Konyushennaya Pl 2
Metro: Nevsky Prospect
Tel: (812) 955-55-59
City Club is housed in the same building as the rock club Money Honey, only on the first floor. The difference is that the public here are a bit older. Plays pop-rock, blues, reggae and latino. The only Chesterfield club in the city with Chesterfield parties. Grill, three bars, pool and Russian billiards.
Live concerts: Mon-Sun from 8.20pm, Fri-Sat from 1am
Address: Sadovaya Ulitsa 28-30, Apraksin Dvor, block 13, 1st floor
Metro: Gostiny Dvor, Sennaya Ploshchad
Tel: (812) 310-05-49
www.moneyhoney.org
A restaurant and club in one, with a crystal bar and golden ceiling. Run by the fashionable city promoter and restaurateur Eduard Muradian.
Open: Wed-Thurs 6pm-1am, Fri-Sat 6pm-6am
Address: Shcherbakov pereulok 17
Metro: Dostoevskaya
Tel: (812) 947-70-70
Cult hang-out for St. Petersburg’s young rockabillies. It was the first cowboy-bar in the city. The crowd is young and the beer is cheap. The heroes of this place are Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe, whose portraits adorn the brick walls of the club, which is designed like a cowboy saloon.
Open: 10am-5am, daily live rockabilly show from 8pm-12.30 pm.
Address: Sadovaya Ulitsa 28-30, Apraksin Dvor, block 13, ground floor.
Metro: Gostiny Dvor, Sennaya Ploshchad
Tel: (812) 310-05-49
www.moneyhoney.org
Electro/house/tech-house club which is considered to be one of the city’s best venues for concerts. Daily live concerts in the evening, and DJ sets and live electronic acts at night. Its two floors contain a large concert hall, two dance floors, three bars on two floors and a café. 800 people capacity.
Open: 12am-6am, evening events take place from 7pm-11pm, night acts from 11.30pm-6am.
Address: Poltavskaya Ul. 7
Metro: Ploshchad Vosstaniya
Tel: (812) 717-00-00, 717-13-66
http://evening.clubred.ru
Wild West style disco bar that is one of Petersburg’s oldest entertainment joints. It gets its name, which means stable, from its location not far from Konyushennaya Ploshchad (Stable Square) in a building which once housed the court’s horses. It’s now a bar on two floors with a restaurant and dance floor. After 11pm it has an entertainment programme with competitions, a disco party and strip show.
Open: Mon-Thurs, Sun 1pm-6am, Fri-Sat 4pm-6am
Address: Nab. Kanala Griboedova 5
Metro: Nevsky Prospect
Tel: (812) 315-76-07
www.kondvor.ru
Fashionable commercial dance club, entrance only with a membership card which however can easily be obtained at the club’s reception or from its website. The club is famed for its rotating dance floor and R&B nights on Wednesdays. Otherwise the club plays dance music and pop house.
Open: Wed-Sat 10pm-6am
Address: Nab. Kanala Griboedova 6
Metro: Nevsky Prospect
Tel: (812) 438-14-50
www.ledlimon.ru
St. Petersburg’s biggest dance club has three floors of different music – Russian pop on the first, R&B on the second (on Tues, Thurs and Sun) and eurodance on the third. Monday night is Striptease night where the strippers get totally naked. The club is very popular among teenagers and Russians from other cities.
Open: Mon-Sun 10pm-6am
Tel: (812) 766-02-04, 766-02-11
Address: Ligovsky Prospect 174
Metro: Ligovsky Prospect
www.metroclub.ru
This club restaurant on two levels next the Baltiisky Dom theatre was specially designed to be a nightclub – a rarity in St. Petersburg. ‘On the Ground’ is the restaurant, and while underground are located two dance floors and a chill-out area. One dance floor plays hits from the 70s, 80s and 90s while the other plays modern house, disco-house and electro.
Open: Wed-Sun 10pm-6am
Address: Alexandrovsky Part 4B
Metro: Gorkovskaya
Tel: (812) 498-06-06
www.parkking.ru
This weird and wonderful club takes nothing seriously except creativity. Purga is a carnival, a game, a theatre, in which everyone plays an active role.
Open: 12am-6am
Address: nab. Reki Fontanki 11
Tel: (812) 570-51-23
A stylish establishment combining a restaurant, café, bar and club all in one. Has an excellent selection of cigars and cocktails.
Live music in the evening, from jazz to rap, tango to salsa.
Open: 24 hours. Evening concerts at 10pm every day. On Fridays and Saturdays there are two concerts, the first at 10pm, and the second at midnight.
Address: Ul Poltavskaya 3
Metro: Ploshchad Vosstaniya
Tel: (812) 716-76-00, 717-76-08
www.cafeclubche.ru
This club is located in the former ‘Red Triangle’ factory and takes full advantage of the industrial factor, with its bare brick walls and iron girders. It’s quite far from the city centre but has a certain charm. Its motto is ‘art space without glamour and mass culture.’ Offers a diverse art programme, including cabaret, puppet theatre, jazz and flamenco.
Open: 11am-6am. Concerts start at 8pm
Address: nab. Obvodnogo Kanala 138 (in the Red Triangle factory building.)
Metro: Narvskaya, Baltiiskaya
Tel: (812) 495-90-04, 252-47-93
www.artvokzal.ru
This legendary cult art-music club appeared more than 10 years ago. It’s located in a bomb shelter, but now also has a music café, ‘Griboedov Hill’ built on top of the shelter. The club has a bar, dance floor, chill-out room and even a small library. Daily performances by young DJs, original musicians, artists and literary figures. Features modern art exhibitions, film showings and literary readings. The English magazine Music called Griboedov one of the top three clubs in Russia.
Open: Sun-Thurs 6pm-6am, Fri-Sat 6pm-7am
Address: Ul Voronezhskaya 2a
Metro: Ligovsky Prospect
Tel: (812) 764-43-55
www.griboedovclub.ru
One of St. Petersburg’s most famous clubs and also the oldest techno club in Russia. Located in a bomb shelter with corresponding interior. Electronic music with a techno and electro bias. Two dance floors.
Open:11pm-6am
Tel: +7 901 305-48-62
Address: Zverinskaya Ul 19. Bomb shelter on the corner of Zverinskaya ulitsa and Lyubansky pereulok.
Metro: Sportivnaya
www.tunnelclub.ru
This music club is part of the famed headquarters of underground culture, Pushkinskaya 10, which has long been occupied by non-conformist artists, musicians, theatrical groups and writers. During its existence, almost all of St. Petersburg’s groups have played here as well as many guests from other countries and cities. You can listen live music here or just relax with friends over a beer. On Saturdays the local trash bar hero, DJ Siny Prazdnik, plays.
Open: Mon-Sun 3pm-6am
Address: Ligovsky pr 53 (Pushkinskaya 10 Art Centre)
Metro: Ploshchad Vosstaniya
Tel: (812) 764-48-57
www.fishfabrique.spb.ru
Repertoire mostly consists of Mainstream and Dixieland, with occasional blues.
Open: 8pm-11pm daily
Address: Zagorodny pr 27
Metro: Vladimirskaya / Dostoevskaya
Tel: (812) 764-85-65
www.jazz-hall.spb.ru
JFC Jazz Club is one of the city’s most modern and progressive jazz clubs. It’s hard to believe, but this tiny place can pack in 100 people. Features various musicians, from classical to avant-garde and experimental. Informal atmosphere. Clientele mostly jazz fans and foreigners. Bar snacks and bar. Booking a table in advance is recommended.
Open: 7pm-11pm
Address: Shpalernaya Ul 33
Metro: Chernyshevskaya
Tel: (812) 272-98-50
This jazz club has excellent food – mostly Russian and Georgian dishes. Russian blues stars often perform here. Live blues, rock and jazz. Booking a table in advance is recommended.
Open: 11am until the last guest, concerts begin at 8pm
Address: Liteiny pr 33
Metro: Mayakovskaya
Tel: (812) 279-88-13
Open 8pm-6am
Address: Nevsky Prospect 60
Metro: Gostiny Dvor
Tel: (812) 571-33-43
Open: 7pm-6am
Address: Kirpichny per 8
Metro: Gostiny Dvor
Tel: (812) 572-47-56
Open 2pm-6am
Address: Karavannaya ul 9
Metro: Gostiny Dvor
Tel: (812) 740-10-32
Open: Mon-Sun 11am-6pm, Tues 11am-11pm
Address: Ul Zodchego Rossi 1/3
Tel: (812) 710-40-16
Open: 24 hours
Address: Nevsky Prospect 47
Tel: (812) 703-53-70
Open Fri-Sat 10pm-6am
Address: Nab. Leitnanta Shmidta 37
Tel: (812) 328-46-49
Open: Tues-Wed 10pm-6am, Thurs 7pm-6am, Fri-Sun 8pm-6am
Address: Moskovsky Prospect 111
Tel: (812) 369-35-75
www.papaninclub.ru
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