Loro Хамовники

The Italian restaurant Loro spent six years as one of the most dependable culinary addresses on Bolshaya Nikitskaya. Now that same principle — a bet on ingredient quality, a sense of season, and the absence of anything extra — has moved to Khamovniki. A building with tall windows across from the old Trubetskoy estate now houses the second Loro, and the neighborhood has noticeably gained culinary weight.

The new Loro's design turned out even more interesting than the original on Nikitskaya. A place worth recommending for dinner without any caveats.

The menu is shaped by Nikolai Vovchinsky — a chef with serious French training at the restaurant of the Lotte Hotel, who spent three years working with the Italian maestro Carlo Cracco. He was there at the origins of the first Loro and defined its culinary language. In Khamovniki, familiar dishes are joined by exclusive additions: hand-salted anchovies with tomato, a delicate sea-bass crudo, and romano lettuce with tonnato sauce and crispy bottarga. Anna Dodonova handles the desserts — her rum baba, steeped in vanilla with citrus zest, is dramatically pulled from a glass jar right in front of the guest.

Lucky Group confidently rolls out its strongest concepts, choosing promising neighborhoods for its second locations. Following Eva, Loro has now settled in Khamovniki too. The first location earned eight out of ten from restaurant critic Alexey Polikarpov. "A place where simplicity gives away mastery," is how he described the atmosphere on Nikitskaya. The new restaurant continues that line, enriching it with contemporary design and an expanded menu.

Sergei Kolokhov runs the bar program. Alongside the hits from Nikitskaya, he offers cocktails with Asian notes, built around trips through Hong Kong. The cellar holds more than three hundred labels — Italian native varieties from Sangiovese to Nebbiolo, single-bottle vintages, and a selection of Russian winemakers. Head sommelier Alexandra Efremova serves as the guide through this abundance.

The space was created by designer Evgenia Uzhegova, drawing on Art Nouveau aesthetics and the legacy of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The ground floor carries the live energy — an open kitchen, a bar counter, and a secluded room for six. The second floor is quieter: a wine cabinet, a raw bar, and canvases by Georgy Totibadze, Polina Mayer, Boris Chaika and Daria Semyonova. Chairs from the Viennese workshop Thonet, solid wood, and textured brick create a setting that doesn't answer to fashion cycles — much like the whole Loro project.