Wine Spectator Award-Winning Restaurants in Moscow
Find Wine Spectator Restaurant Award holders in Moscow among these 5 restaurants, including Grand Cru, Magnum Wine Bar and Twins Garden. Several are in Presnensky, and many also have recognition from La Liste. We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards.
Entries are listed in alphabetical order. Each shows the venue's town or city, a short description and awards from independent sources, including Wine Spectator.
How this list is chosen: Every restaurant here holds a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award. When more qualify than the list can hold, En Primeur Club chooses among them by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order.
Butler
Moscow, Russia
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Butler occupies a quiet lane in Moscow's Patriarch Ponds district, operating in the mid-to-upper tier of the city's restaurant scene. With sparse public data and no published awards record, it functions as a neighbourhood address rather than a destination trophy, the kind of place that rewards those who find it on local recommendation rather than international press coverage.
Grand Cru
Moscow, Russia
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Grand Cru on Malaya Bronnaya occupies a specific tier in Moscow's fine dining scene: French cuisine at a mid-range price point backed by a wine list of serious depth, spanning 1,370 selections across Burgundy, Bordeaux, Tuscany, Champagne, and Spain. Recognised by La Liste 2026 with 76 points, it is one of the few Moscow addresses where the cellar is as considered as the kitchen.
Also recognized by La Liste
Magnum Wine Bar
Moscow, Russia
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Magnum Wine Bar holds a 2-Star Accreditation from the World of Fine Wine London Awards, placing it among Moscow's more seriously credentialed wine venues. In a city where wine culture has matured considerably over the past decade, Magnum occupies the specialist tier: a destination where the list, not the kitchen, drives the room. Worth knowing before you go.
Also recognized by World's Best Wine Lists Awards
SAGE
Moscow, Russia
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
SAGE on 1-Ya Tverskaya-Yamskaya holds consecutive La Liste placements (75.5pts in 2025, 75pts in 2026) and operates in the Russian-European register that defines Moscow's upper-mid dining tier. Owner-director Christopher Covelli runs both the kitchen and a 1,850-bottle wine inventory weighted toward Italy, California, and France, with dinner service priced in the mid-range bracket.
Also recognized by La Liste
Twins Garden
Moscow, Russia
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Twins Garden has placed Moscow's fine dining on the global map with consecutive appearances in the World's 50 Best Restaurants, reaching as high as number 19 in 2019. Led by the Berezutskiy brothers and anchored by a wine list of 1,400 selections across 8,000 bottles, the restaurant operates at the summit of Russia's Modern European tier, drawing regulars back through a combination of technical rigour and a wine program that punches well above its geography.
Also recognized by La Liste, World's 50 Best, World's Best Wine Lists Awards