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EG
Review №1

View is good. Food is moderate. Staff is welcoming to a certain level not as bad as many of the comments I heard from before. But probably we came in the early morning and not too many people yet.Better to be early because they do not accept reservations through phone.

Jo
Review №2

Fantastic views.of Kazan cathedral. Food was excellent and they even have lavender eclairs. Service was great.

fa
Review №3

The service was too bad and their teas were avarage but expensive, also their welcomer was stubborn and rude to foreign people. Especially foreign consumers shouldn’t go there.

Mo
Review №4

The blini (crepe) were thin and tasteful, the staff was friendly with fluent English, and the view on the Kazan church is beautiful. I had the pungent horseradish cold tea (served in a shoot glass) which is a memorable experience. The coffee shop is located on the second floor of a book store which offers souvenirs and memorabilia. The store was packed with shoppers, adding to the positive energy of the place.

Ta
Review №5

We were lucky to get a table immediately. Nice food and coffee, unfortunately Napoleon cake is not the same as in the past. Really enjoyed the atmosphere and the view to the Kazan cathedral

We
Review №6

Not a bad place to hang around. The food portion is huge, so do not over order.

Ma
Review №7

Good location in the real city center.

Al
Review №8

A cozy bistro where you can warm up yourself during the winter period. You have a fantastic view over the Nevsky Prospect and on the other side of the road you can see the Kasaner Cathedral. Downstairs you find a bookstore and a souvenir shop.

Ki
Review №9

The bookstore with historical building! You can buy gifts, postcards there with reasonable price! Didn’t get a chance to go the cafe but will definitely make a try next time!

Ai
Review №10

Good location with super nice view

Ja
Review №11

Old established Cafe in the famous building where the US embassy was briefly located during World War I. A true cultural landmark in the heart of St. Petersburg. The Cafe provides a nice few. I had the Sachertorte which was not much as the authentic one. I did not enjoy it. However the Latte is nice. The hot chocolate is very rich in taste. It has an almost pudding like consistency. The location is great, there was even a newly we couple for their wedding pictures.

Ol
Review №12

House of Singer Company, Nevsky Prospect. This building was constructed in 1902-1904 by Russian Architect Pavel Suzor (1844-1919). Since 1919 that building was known as the House of the Book and used to the biggest book shop in Leningrad. Saint Petersburg, 🇷🇺Russian Federation🇷🇺. April 10, 2021.

Br
Review №13

The Singer Building is an attractive Art Nouveau building located along Nevsky Prospekt just across from the Kazan Cathedral.This landmark was constructed in 1904 and is six stories tall. The exterior is adorned with Art Nouveau features and topped with a ornate glass tower and globe structure. It is quite beautiful to see from up close as well as across Nevsky Prospekt if you want fuller pictures of the building.The Singer Building can be conveniently seen in between visits to Kazan and the Saviour of the Spilled Blood, located just down the Griboyedov Canal.There is a Singer Cafe you can visit as well as a book store on the ground floor. Otherwise, just enjoy the attractive building before making your way to intended sightseeing in this area of St. Petersburg.

Го
Review №14

Super. The best imperial coffee house in town.

Ja
Review №15

Was on a hunt for Syrniki and Singer delivered! Great view, tasty food and fresh Oj. Was here early Wednesday morning so no table reservation was needed but it looks like it gets busy and I can see why. Customer service was pleasant and helpful.

P
Review №16

A nice cafe along Nevsky Prospect to take a break or have lunch at. I had the Solyanka and Beef Stroganoff and both were delicious. Wish I had room in my stomach for a Honey Cake.

Il
Review №17

Great location, friendly English speaking staff, food delicious. Be early to get a window seat or make a reservation. You can pay by card.

Ma
Review №18

The coolest historic building. The Kazan cathedral view from the cafe is breathtaking. We only had desserts (no other food) and had Napoleon. It was incredible. Service was a touch slow but they were very friendly. Highly recommend!!!

Review №19

Certainly the best view in any café in Saint Petersburg!

Al
Review №20

It might be the best place considering th view, but service is just ok.

It
Review №21

Very good view and inexpensive

Ig
Review №22

Any other coffee shop is better then this one.

Na
Review №23

Excellent service staff, particularly the lady who is super friendly, professional and efficient. The management should be proud of her. Written in the early of Jan 2019

Review №24

Great massive bookshop within a beatiful building!Three floors of books, notebooks, maps loads of postcards and nice souvenirs.Helpful staff.

Sa
Review №25

Nice place to visit

He
Review №26

Stunning view over Our Lady of Kazan Cathedral and Nevsky Prospect, particularly if you are lucky enough to get one of the window seats. Pleasant interior, reliable wi-fi. Perfect for a tea break.

Ti
Review №27

Excellent location in Nevsky Prospekt. Magnificent view of Kazan cathedral. To get to the caffe you need to go through a book store and souvenir shop which is interesting. Only downside to this place is the lack of air conditioning system (like in a lot of places in St. Petersburg) so it gets a bit hot.

Ie
Review №28

Good place to buy souveniers and drink tasty coffe.

hi
Review №29

Service bad and slow. The breakfast was not good and the server charges us for coffee and juice even though it was supposed to be included.

Ma
Review №30

Classic style café with fantastic location and view. Delicious food, the service was good too. Prices for Russia a little higher but for this kind of concept appropriate.

Al
Review №31

Awesome viewGood tea

Vi
Review №32

We were seated for a waitress in a table and then came a waiter with bad attitude to ask if We booked the table because it was reserved. We had to stand up, leave the table. We were waiting for another table to be assigned to us, but nobody attended us, we left the place. I do not recommend this place, attention is the worst in Russia

Kn
Review №33

Great place to enjoy a light lunch/ dinner while admiring St Petersburg street life 🥂

Ma
Review №34

Beautiful

Mo
Review №35

The best view in the city

Pe
Review №36

Bookshop on the ground floor of a lovely building on the Nevskiy Prospekt. Cafe on the first floor with great views from the huge windows. Service was efficient and friendly and we spent a couple of lunch times here. No pressure to vacate the table - the young ladies on an adjacent table were spending the afternoon playing cards! I guess it might be a different, and much busier, experience in high season, but we enjoyed the relaxed ambience of a mid-week afternoon, or two, in January.

Kr
Review №37

Good bookshop with the best view on the cathedral and Nevskiy. A bit crowded but okayUnfortunately haven’t been to cafe yet

N.
Review №38

After a gander in the bookshop, we walked up the stairs to the first floor where the Singer Cafe is located. Good range of food ranging from omelettes to ice cream. Great location smack bang in the middle of Nevsky Prospekt. Delicious blini filled with hot apple (grated not defrosted mush!), served with walnuts and thick honey. Really good coffee to boot. Real shame that we were served by a grumpy young girl who made no effort to make us feel welcome.

P
Review №39

Not welcome tourists and kind of racism. We sit quite long and no one came for receiving the order but receive the order from next table who are the local people. Highly not recommend.Staffs are not friendly at all

pi
Review №40

We went to singer cafe on the last day of our visit, and deeply regretted it. We waited for a dish of pasta for an hour, the food was mediocre at best and definetly not worth the price. However the worst thing was that more than half of our group had stomack illness after. We were vomiting the whole evening, which ruined a flute concert we attended after and caused a lot of trouble to the taxi driver who was bringing us home. We didnt get better until the next morning. We suspect that the pelmeni caused it, however the fish cutlets were suspicious as well, and reminded of a bad ussr canteen. Overall horrible experience and the menu is very boring and basic. For a restaurant that claims to cook authentic russian cuisine, the mimosa salad was absolutely disgusting, the meat in borsch didnt even deserve to be called meat. The name singer does not deserve to be stained by this restaudant.

Va
Review №41

Great service, good food & beat location in the house of books on Nevsky

Ka
Review №42

Painfully slow service, but the food is very nice, reasonably priced, and the staff are nice and speak English. No need to wait to be seated - just sit wherever.

El
Review №43

Great view, nice cakes and coffee is OK

So
Review №44

Cafe inside of the book store in one of famous buildings in Saint Petersburg. You can buy a book and then enjoy cup of hot chocolate and plain croissant

An
Review №45

Good service. Cosy place but a bit expensive

Li
Review №46

Good place to see Kazan cathedral

Ja
Review №47

Good food and good service. Nice view.

El
Review №48

The worst and the most expensive coffee Ive had in Russia. And bad service/ attitude . Very sad . A beautiful setting but save your money and taste buds. There are plenty of places to go and get great food and drinks and service.

St
Review №49

Tasty food at a competitive price. Window seats with a view of Kazan cathedral. Would visit again.

Ir
Review №50

This place is raved about and the only reason I can see is the building and if you are seated by the window the view is fabulous. The coffee was blah, the service was shockingly bad and we considered walking out without paying to try to get attention. Food selection not good, the cakes were extremely sugary. I probably wont bother going back on my next visit as been there done that is fine with me and there are so many good places around why bother with mediocrity

Pa
Review №51

You will not visit this place for a tea only: the panorama one can enjoy is wonderful. Suggestion: buy newspaper and enjoy an espresso close to the windows.

Bu
Review №52

Nostalgic place to drink coffee

Ku
Review №53

Slow wait times - waited 50 min to get a table, despite waitress telling us one would be shortly available. Rude staff. Food is fine but not worth it.

Al
Review №54

Nice place to eat with a nice view. Art nouveau building. The food was good but not amazing.

Th
Review №55

Superb view of Kazan Cathedral while sipping frothy latte and smashing cheesecake in the beautiful original Singer sewing machine building. Higher prices than other local coffee shops but well worth it!

th
Review №56

Great food and tea.

Te
Review №57

I haf visited this place for seven years ago and I loved it. After years revisited it was unfortunately a disappointment. Interior was shabby and there was really boring atmosphere. Food and service was so average that it made me wonder what I am paying for!Chairs were here and there, tablecloths were so and so...During last visit, when we stsyed in SPB for more than two weeks, we visited cafe several times and I noticed they had the best club sandwich on the world. Club was no more on the list.I am very sorry to say, this place IS not worth visiting amymore.

De
Review №58

Truly gorgeous place.Take u back to 200 yrs ago

Ic
Review №59

Cute but interior may require improvement. Air conditioner anyone.

Mi
Review №60

A great place to grab a casual meal or a cup of coffee and get a taste of Petrograd nostalgia.

do
Review №61

The hot chocolate is the very best!!!

Ka
Review №62

Very unpleasant visit. the furniture is old. its dark. they being you the menu but they have like 3 items on the menu??! the food is AWFUL. tiramisu does NOT taste like tiramisu. the coffee does not taste or even smell like coffee. we complained and the waiter relies with it tastes good to me and oh youre the kind that likes Starbucks. the waiter was UNPLESANT and I dont think that he knows what the word service is. DO NOT GO THERE!!

Ch
Review №63

Beautiful view, good lemonade ( nothing special though for 300 rubles ) but everything is overpriced and the waiters are rude. You can go and see the view but dont sit, it doesnt worth at all.

Th
Review №64

The chocolate was too thick. But good. The first wide window should be cleaner for us to sit by

Se
Review №65

The best view for breakfast in St.Petersburg if you are lucky enough to grab a window table. Nice menu

Ka
Review №66

If youre in the area and in need of a quick bite, come here for the Russian dumplings (veal filling), generous sized omelettes and the pistachio cake for dessert.

アメ
Review №67

Amazing view but nothing special otherwise

pi
Review №68

Wonderful location. Crowded. Food so and so

Ch
Review №69

Delicious Russian soup... perfect for a quick bite to eat, and good value!

Se
Review №70

Nice view, beautiful building, but service is awful: we waited our order for one hour, our food was cold and tasteless so this place is recommended for sightseeing propose only. Very disappointed!

Li
Review №71

Perfect service, super polite stuff

Al
Review №72

Always almost fully occupied, but its no1 touristic attraction with coffee in Zingers house

Ed
Review №73

Best coffee and pastries in town... Magnificent view on the Nevsky-Prospekt and Kazan-cathedral.A must go for everyone who visits Saint Petersburg.

Lu
Review №74

Lovely place to sit and eat with really excellent views and a nice atmosphere, but service was slow and food fine but not anything special

Dm
Review №75

Good but interiors are nothing special ( compared to exterior )

Jo
Review №76

Sit here for a view of the Kazan Cathedral. Food only so-so.

Tr
Review №77

Nice view, good food, for example the stroganoff.

Hu
Review №78

Excellent and historic cafe. Incredible views.

ma
Review №79

Great place! Great view! Great service!

4n
Review №80

Beautiful old style building in a prestigious location. Take your time with a hot chocolate!

Fr
Review №81

Beautifull place

Io
Review №82

Nice view, medium prices, nice service!

Mi
Review №83

Coffee shop with one of the best views in town

Is
Review №84

Was sadly oldish and overpriced, unfortunately

Ju
Review №85

Awful service. Impertinent, insolent and disrespectful service towards turists

Jo
Review №86

To expensive for the actual taste and quality

Ka
Review №87

Took ages to get served.

ro
Review №88

Quality food with an amazing outlook!

Ti
Review №89

Good place

An
Review №90

One of the best view in St.Ptsb

Ph
Review №91

Excellent view on Nevsky and Kazan Cathedral, quite expensive, in the evening some meals are out of stock.

ya
Review №92

Amazing view to Kazan cathedral!

Te
Review №93

Beautiful and iconic building,

Le
Review №94

Coffee, pastry, amazing view!

Lu
Review №95

Coffee n books

Wi
Review №96

Nice view of the church

Le
Review №97

Emblematic place inside the house of books.

jo
Review №98

Conveniently located

Jo
Review №99

Beautiful place

In
Review №100

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