About
EM emerged as a place where friends gathered — in a historic St. Petersburg apartment on the Moika, with a quiet atmosphere and a gentle, unhurried rhythm. Architect Mikhail Barkhin uncovered its historical layers, filling the interior with objects one might find in the study of an inquisitive scientist, a
Leningrad art historian, or an architecture student. The theatre of the kitchen is built around a cast iron AGA oven that never goes out. The set menu changes every three months, year after year. Over the course of our history, we have built a unique culinary archive — dozens of set menus and over eight hundred
recipes.
Olesya Drobot
Brand chef of EM since 2013
I can't simply call EM a restaurant in the ordinary sense of the word. Even though we serve food to our guests, I always find myself searching for a different word. Perhaps "theatre"? What happens here truly does resemble a performance — all the copper cookware on the walls, the spotlights, the open kitchen with nothing separating it from the guests, and at its centre — the cast iron AGA oven…

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Menu
Set № 84
Summer 2026. Olesya Drobot
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I
Radish with mushroom sauce, tarragon and black Omani lime

II
Whelk with pea cream and dill blossoms

III
Asparagus with cedar nut sauce and pike caviar

IV
Tomatoes and physalis with spruce espuma

V
Ostrich with dehydrated celery root, pickled celery stalk, carrot and blue cheese sauce

VI

Greenling and crab with herbs

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Lamb with potato croquettes, truffle and salt-cured chanterelles


VII
Miso cream with lovage gel and berries

VIII
Peach with condensed milk ice cream and sheep's milk cheese mousse

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9000

For parties of 5 or more, a 10% service charge will be added to your bill.

From May 29 to June 29, we are serving a set menu in collaboration with the brand chef of Belcanto — José Avillez's flagship restaurant in Lisbon's Chiado and one of the defining restaurants of modern Portugal. Here, the cuisine sounds like the chef's personal song — with nods to the Atlantic, the light of
Lisbon, and the flavours of childhood. Belcanto holds two Michelin stars and is listed among The World's 50 Best Restaurants.



ЕМ х GREAT LIST

I
Beetroot(Beet) with Pine Nut Milk
II
Suckling Pig with Orange Purée and Pork Foot Stew
III
Cured Ham Ice Cream Sandwich
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7000
For parties of 5 or more, a 10% service charge will be added to your bill.

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+7 (981) 944-50-77
Tuesday – Saturday
19.00 – 23.00
Sunday
17.00 – 21.00

St. Petersburg, 84 Moika River Embankment

General enquiries and press photos:
Klim Ivanishchenko am@emrestaurant.ru

Collaboration enquiries:
Eduard Muradyan em@emrestaurant.ru