Mushrooms

Mushrooms on Bolshaya Yakimanka is one of White Rabbit Family's most consistent culinary experiments: an Italian restaurant where mushrooms don't just appear on the menu but define its entire logic. Concept chef Anatoly Kazakov and chef Andrei Shamov built the kitchen around the seasonal calendar: morels and oyster mushrooms appear on plates in spring, chanterelles, porcini and orange-cap boletus in summer, the peak of variety arrives in autumn, and winter opens the door to exotic finds and pickles. Black and white truffles are available year-round, regardless of season or sourcing.

Our guide's team values Mushrooms for its rare consistency: the mushroom idea runs through the entire menu without compromise.

The Italian foundation of the menu rests on two pillars: house-made pasta and wood-fired pizza. This isn't decoration or a nod to fashion — here, pasta serves as a full carrier of mushroom flavor rather than a backdrop for a filling. Porcini ravioli, an orange-cap boletus soup with a rich, hearty broth, tree mushrooms with crisp eggplant and tomatoes — in each of these dishes the mushroom remains the lead. The mushroom theme extends beyond the mains, too: it works its way into the cocktails and desserts, turning the restaurant into a fully conceptual project rather than just a place with a few mushroom items on the menu.

The restaurant is located on the second floor of the Gimenei shopping center with a view of Moscow — a space set at a good height above the city, which lends a particular atmosphere to both breakfasts and evening visits. Breakfast here follows the same Italian-mushroom logic: truffle oatmeal with parmesan and a poached egg, brioche with ricotta and fig, a pastrami and wild mushroom sandwich — a menu that holds the concept from morning to night.

Our undercover guests rated it 7 out of 10 for dinner — a solid score for a place with such a tight specialization: the kitchen is convincing specifically in its mushroom dishes, and that's exactly the reason to come. For those looking for a broad Italian repertoire beyond the mushroom theme, the concept may feel narrow — but that's a deliberate choice, not a limitation.

Mushrooms remains a rare example of a Moscow restaurant where a single idea is carried out without compromise, from the structure of the menu to the seasonal rotation of ingredients. This mushroom restaurant on Bolshaya Yakimanka is an address for those ready to accept the rules of the game and enjoy it.