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Moscow Night Clubs

Propaganda

One of the hip Moscow night clubs, popular among Moscow night clubbers and expats (especially house parties on Thursdays), music fans (calm downtempo on Tuesdays), gays ( ChinaTown parties on Sundays). Usually, twice a week Propaganda invites popular Russian and foreign djs and musicians. Among the guests: Tetris (downtempo, Russia), MixMaster Morris, Funki Porchini (Ninja Tune, UK), Fingathing (Grand Central, UK).
The interior comprises brick walls, pipes under the ceiling and rough wooden tables and chairs, to give it inevitably underground feel.
Until 10pm-11pm they serve tasty food and sell relatively cheap drinks. Meals start at $5, fresh juices - $3, beers - $3-$4). After 11, the tables and chairs are taken out, and people start to dance cooling down only by 3-4am.

Address: B. Zlatoustinskiy ( pereulok, # 7. tel. (095) 924-5732 metro Kitai Gorod (orange or violet), Lubyanka (red). Open: mon-fri 12.00-6.00, sut-sun 15.00-6.00, the food is served all the time, except on thu-sat until 23:00. Dance events start at 23:00. Entrance on sat after 23:00 - 70R (3$), facecontrol.

B2

A huge dance club with four floors, several dancefloors, a large chillout room with a restaurant and pool rooms, a cinema room, a cafe, a big scene on the last floor. Features all kinds of music: from Russian rockers to British electronic music. Probably, one the best Moscow night clubs.

Address: Bolshaya Sadovaya (Garden Ring), #8, tel. (095) 209-9909, fax: 209-9918. Mayakovskaya metro. Open: wed 19-6 thu-sun 21-6. Entrance: around 150R (6$)

Karma Bar

A popular dance club for younger people with oriental flavor. Features R&B, house, trance, hiphop music.
In the center of the dancefloor there's a statue of Buddha, and this Moscow night club was called "Buddha Bar" not long ago. Moscow Buddhists didn't like it, threatened to curse the Moscow night club and wrote a letter to the Moscow mayor. The club changed its name to something more neutral, and the dancefloor Buddha had bronze tits attached.

Address: Pushechnaya ulitsa #3, (metro: Kuznetski Most (violet), Teatralnaya (green). ), tel. (095) 924-5633. Open: wed 19-6 thu-sun 21-6. Entrance: around 150R (6$)

Ballantine's Bar

Perhaps one of the friendliest dance club in Moscow (other house clubs have a strict door policy). Popular among young people and veteran club-goers, this small, but very central and somehow cozy club features house and r'n'b music.
Opened by the same people who own Courvoisier — the best chill out cafe / restaurant in Moscow.

Address: Nikolskaya st., #17. (metro Lubyanka, Tel.: (095) 928-4692, opened daily 11 - 6, on friday and saturday entrance is 100R ($3).

Sixteen Tons (16 tonn)

A large pub / bar / club that sometimes features concerts of Russian electronic, alternative and rock musicians and English trip-hop and other electronic music groups. Generally has a nice atmosphere and is frequented by friendly people, but it's better to go out there on a special event.

Address: Presnenskii Val, #6, tel. (095) 253-5300. metro Ulitsa 1905 Goda (violet). Open: mon-sun 18.00-6.00. Entrance: mon-wed, sun free, thu 100-150 R ($3.5-$5), sat $5-$7. Internet: http://www.16tons.ru

Tochka

A big club (more than 1000 people), not very nice inside, but sometimes features great concerts. Among foreign groups that came there recently are: "Red Snapper", "The State of Bengal"; also Russian rock bands play there often - check out the What's On in Moscow section.

Address: Zvenigorodskoe shosse, #4, tel. (095) 253-4355. Area: Tverskaya, metro: Ulitsa 1905 Goda. Open: mon-sun 12.00-17.00 and 21.00-6.00. Entrance: (if there's a concert) mon-thu $2-3, fri-sun $6-18.

Territoria

Used to be a popular hangout, one of the first good Moscow night clubs for young people. Nowadays the clubs has lost its flavor, but still attracts a lot of students, especially on weekends.
Inside there are three rooms: a dancefloor that's supposed to give the impression of a swimming pool (with no water inside), a bar in another room, and a restaurant where you can have have a tasty lunch for $5.

Address: Tverskaya ( ulitsa 5/6, tel. (095) 292-4544, metro: Ploshchad Revolutsii (blue), Okhotny Ryad (red), Teatralnaya (green). Map: Tverskaya - 1. Open: mon-wen 12.00-1.00, thu-sun 12.00-6.00. Entrance: fri-sat 30R ($1)

Zeppelin

A pretentious club for stuck-up kids with a lot of dough. Sometimes hosts popular western DJs and owners of Zepelin like to invite foreign guests quite often to give the club a "star" flavor.
Has a very closed policy: you can't get in if you don't have a member card. However, the rules are more relaxed if you look like a foreigner — they might let you in without a card, thus making it popular among expats who want to hook up with a Russian girl.
A local alternative English-language weekly Expat made an experiment a few months ago: they got their absolutely normal looking intern dress as a US superstar DJ, got him a girlfriend for a few hours, and a limo. Then they brought all that to Tsepellin, and the guy got through without any problems.

Address: Prospekt Mira, #7 (entrance from Gilyarovskogo st.), metro Sukharevskaya, Prospekt Mira, Tsvetnoy Boulevard. Tel.: (095) 207-2392, 207-4305. Opened from 12.00 till the last customer daily. Face control, dress code.

Ministerstvo

The main venue for house and techno music, popular among students, businessmen in their 40s and their model-like girlfriends.
The interior exploits the Soviet theme: the sickle and hammer on the walls and next to DJ decks, rude security guys.
Strict door policy: open to members only, as our friend says "you can't get there if you don't carry acid on you — you will simply not fit". But then, again, if you're a foreigner you may get in.

Address: Malaya Nikitskaya st., #24, metro Barrikadnaya. Tel.: (095) 213-7866, opened Friday - Saturday 23.00-6.00, Dress code, face control


Mio

A small, but very popular house club with strict door policy. Features the most popular Russian house DJs. Worth going if a special event is on.

Address: Kaluzhskaya sq., #1, metro Oktyabrskaya. Tel.: (095) 238-5848., open Monday - Sunday 12.00 - 6.00, entrance free, face control

Courvoisier

Moscow's favorite spot. The keys of success are well-designed interior, hip crowd, joyful music, tasty and reasonably priced meals, friendly staff, 24-hour schedule. A great place to start a night out or to meet new friends.
The cuisine is mostly Italian and quite inexpensive: main course for $7-$15, snacks for $5, desserts for $3-$5, drinks for $2-$5, a good meal costs about $15 for one person.
DJs play every day starting around 7pm house and latin-house music, easy-listening, downtempo. The rest of the time the music is nice as well.
On popular evenings (Thursday to Saturday), there may be a queue outside, so you may need to wait about 5 to 15 minutes before getting in.
We highly recommend this place, it's very universal and is suitable for dates, business meetings, or just fun.

Address: Moscow, Malaya Sukharevskaya sq, #8, metro Sukharevskaya (orange line - north), tel.: (095) 924-8242, http://www.courvoisierclub.ru/
Open: 24h

Kult

They call themselves "the first chill-out cafe in Moscow ", but it looks like they copied what was in Propaganda. Anyway, this place is quite nice, not to dance, but if you want to sit, have a meal, relax, and listen to good soothing downtempo or ethnic music. The restaurant serves African food for moderate prices a dinner for $15. There's a nice lounge with cushions and a small table - a good place to meet new people. The plastic tree in the lounge looks fake though.

Address: Yauzskaya naberezhnaya, #5, tel. (095) 917-5706. Area: Taganka, metro: Taganskaya (circle), Kitai Gorod (orange or violet). Open: mon-wed, sun 12.00-0.00. thu-sat 12.00-6.00. Entrance: free, face control

Dom

One of the most interestingMoscow night clubs. Hosts alternative and avant-garde events as well as concerts by authentic musicians. There's a little inexpensive bar and an art gallery on the second floor.

Address: B.Ovchinnikovskiy pereulok #24, tel.953-7236. Area: Zamoskvorechie, metro Novokuznetskaya (green). Map: Zamoskvorechie, a sign #4, just above metro Novokuznetskaya. Open: closed until mid-september. wen-sun 19.00-0.00 Entrance: around 60R (2$)