Guests at the Arbat Hotel have a huge choice of eateries in the immediate vicinity, with cafes and restaurants all along Ulitsa Arbat, as well as several high-class establishments around the Garden Ring, many of them with outdoor seating.
Top-end
Zafferano (8/10 Novinsky Bulvar) serves exquisite Azeri cuisine with ingredients (and kitchen staff) supplied directly from Baku, and has a rooftop summer terrace. Cantinetta Antinori (20 Denezhny Pereulok) is part of an exclusive international chain of up-market Italian restaurants serving traditional Tuscan dishes.
Mid-range
Zhiguli (11 Ulitsa Noviy Arbat, Bldg. 1) is a Soviet-themed beer hall and restaurant serving simple Russian food and some of Moscow's best local brews.
Value
Dim-Sum (3 Smolenskaya Ploshchad), in a nearby shopping center, is a stylish bistro serving inexpensive dim sum. Bosfor (47/23 Ulitsa Arbat) is a reasonable Turkish restaurant with a summer verandah.