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| - CAFE MAYAKOVSKI
1775 E TROPICANA, SUITE 30
LAS VEGAS, NV
We heard there was a Russian food restaurant in Vegas and since we have never had Russian food before, we wanted to try it. We found a $25 off restaurant.com coupon and tried it out Friday night, July 17, 2015.
The restaurant has a Tropicana address but it's actually off the street a little bit at the end of a small outdoor mall of stores near the old Liberace Museum. It doesn't look like much from the outside, but inside it was richly decorated and exceptionally clean (including the bathrooms). There were five of us in attendance, four adults and one child.
We were promptly served ice water and menus. We ordered sodas, and one of each of the Russian non-alcoholic drinks Mors ($2.95) a berry drink and Kvas ($2.95) which tasted like non-alcoholic beer. And ordered two beers, Baltika 7 ($6) and Baltika 9 ($6.50). Then two soups, Borsch ($5.95) a beet/beef and Solyanka ($8.95) a tomato/meats/sour cream. Both were delicious but most of the table favored the Solyanka. Next was three appetizers: Blinchiki Mushrooms ($6.95) crepes stuffed with mushrooms, Vareniki Potatoes ($5.95) dumplings stuffed with potatoes, and Julien ($6.95) mushrooms baked in a cream sauce with cheese. All three were delicious and tasted very fresh made. For the entre we ordered Beef Stroganoff and Schnitzel. The Stroganoff is not made the American way with noodles. It's pure beef, mushrooms and onions in a dark sauce. Excellent! But the Schnitzel was the favorite for everyone. It's a pork cutlet lightly breaded, soooo tender and served with deliciously spiced skillet vegetables. For dessert we tried Praga cake ($6.95) and Napoleon cake ($6.95) which tastes like cheese cake layered with puff pastry. My son loved the Napoleon cake and almost ate the whole thing. I don't know what authentic Russian food is suppose to taste like, but everyone liked what we received.
Our total bill was $112 with $25 coupon, so we paid $88 plus a $22 tip.
Service from our waitress Ludmila was excellent - 5 star
Food was very good - 5 star
Atmosphere very nice - 4 star (only because it was a bit dark)
Value - worth every penny we paid - 5 star
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