I do love banquet sometimes .... but not "reception" food.
But this one is a bit different ...... really :-) borderline.
Must watch for a small opening along Glen Eira Rd, next to the IGA ..... behind the "dark" canopy is the door and stairway that leads to St. Petersburg Reception cum Restaurant. Entree; array of cold food are ready on your table, followed by hot food "mains" to share and those were the highlight of the evening. Love their distinct "sourness" flavour in some of their dishes.
A bit of live music, dancing and the humongous serve of Russian "banquet" style food are on for young and old, mostly middle aged patrons.
It was a good revelation to another Russian style cuisine in Melbourne, as there aren't many around. JT-16/09/2017.
This place is okay but the food quality could be better. The music is average. I went to a closed birthday here and the food was ok, I'm not sure what it's usually like on a normal night.
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I went there on Friday night with my partner, as our daughter bought me a Groupon voucher for a 7 course dinner for 2 for my birthday. Prior to going I had read so many negative reviews about this place I was prepared for the worst!
I was pleasantly surprised.
The food was fantastic to the point where we could not eat it all as there was so much of it. The waiter continued bringing serve after serve of what i initially thought were small portions but I couldnt of been more wrong. So so filling.
I then told the waiter to return the meat platter he brought us near the end of our courses as we knew we could not possibly fit it in and it would be a waste. The waiter kindly offered us a doggy bag.
I also read reviews about the service being rubbish, well again, i don’t know if we just happened to go on a good night but our waiter was fine. Friendly and chatty, answered any questions we asked him about our courses etc. He stated he had worked there for 15 yrs.
I had worried about the band due to negative comments how loud it is etc but no band was playing on the Friday night so I can’t comment on that side of things.
Would we go back ? Yes definitely if we were in the area.
Was definitely value for money using the Groupon voucher and well worth them participating with Groupons, as I or my daughter would never of even heard of this restaurant had it not been from Groupons.
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