Oltremare

On Savvinskaya Embankment, steps from the water, Lucky Group has built a space where Italian cuisine exists with no concessions to trends or adaptation. The restaurant spans two floors: downstairs, a warm, almost tangible interior by the Sundukovy Sisters studio, with a metal counter by the open kitchen and the dark wood of the wine room; upstairs, quieter, more intimate rooms with details brought in from Europe. Paintings by Russian artists, selected for the restaurant by the contemporary art gallery scene/szena, hang along the walls.

Our guide's team finds the formula "luxurious luxury" fits Oltremare best, from the plate to the manner in which guests are treated.

The kitchen is led by Emanuele Pollini, who grew up in Cesena, in the heart of Romagna, and worked at several Michelin-starred addresses, from Martín Berasategui's three-starred restaurant in the Basque Country to Maaemo in Oslo and Cracco in Milan. At Oltremare he works with material he knows from the inside: the recipe base is gathered from across the Italian boot, from Sicily to the Adriatic ports. There's no attempt to impress through complexity for its own sake — instead, the kitchen relies on polished technique and ingredients whose flavor doesn't need to be masked.

The bar program is built as a personal route through the north of the country: cocktails carry the names of Italian cities and are built on unconventional combinations, from pisco with hibiscus to grappa with cornel-cherry soda and spiced dessert rum. Maxim Gorelik and Dmitry Rybolovlev lead this direction. The wine list, curated by Dmitry Kipelkin, isn't built on famous labels — instead it shows the different styles of Italy and France, matching pairings to the character of the dish rather than the status of the bottle.

Our undercover guests rated it 8 out of 10 for dinner, for precision in the kitchen, a thoughtfully paired wine list, and a level of service that doesn't slip even in the details. In 2025 the restaurant received the "Plavno" award in the "Restaurant of the Year" category, and for a place with this much attention to the overall impression, that reads not as a marketing formality but as a logical confirmation of its level.

The view of Savvinskaya Embankment here isn't decoration — it's part of the overall feeling: quiet water outside the window, the room's smooth lines, food with no excess noise. Oltremare remains a rare Moscow address where Italian cuisine lives at its own pace, unconcerned with trends.