What were the most expensive and exclusive restaurants in the Soviet Union? Nikolay Kozlovsky/Sputnik Soviet citizens were offered crab en cocotte, skewered sturgeon and the chef s signature desserts, but the cost of the actual meal was not even the most expensive part.
Although the Soviet Union had a plethora of affordable eating establishments such as factory canteens and youth cafés, high-end restaurants stood out from the rest. They permanently had fully booked signs displayed on their doors and huge lines of prospective diners that stretched down the block. So how could ordinary people get into these establishments, and what could they afford to eat once they got in?