Reasonably priced, tasty food, would be fun to come here with a group for dinner I think. Went here with the girl this summer after a long morning and afternoon out on the beach. Suntardedly made my way through a poorly translated menu (must think in Russian) and ended up getting borscht (good), and lamb soup (one of the best things I have ever eaten). Had a beer and a shot of vodka and plenty of water. Did not experience the rudeness, though we didn't ask too many questions. read more

Delicious russian cuisine. Beef stroganoff, compot and blintzes are just perfect. Big sizes of dishes Strongly recommend for visiting read more

A friend and I randomly decided to head out to Brighton Beach for dinner and happily ended up at Skovorodka. The menu is deceivingly simple. The overly cutesy presentation and simplified English translation of the menu makes everything sound pretty standard, when in fact the food is much more complex and delicious. We had an awesome cheese / bread thing and I had incredible fresh, garlic-y grilled sausages (served with a bunch of other stuff I don't remember.) On the downside: the staff's English was not great and their credit card machine was broken. Don't expect the waiters to help much with translating or anything else (like "what wines do you have?") that you don't already kind of know the answer to. Would definitely return here. read more

Excellent food and service at this little Russian restaurant in Brighton Beach. My partner and I had dinner here the other night, and we were very pleased with our experience. My partner speaks Russian fluently, which did help, because some of the menu items were not translated into English very well! The restaurant is cozy, with a pretend fireplace in the back - no singing and dancing here. There is a TV mounted on one of the walls, playing Russian music videos. We decided to order a bunch of zakuski (appetizers) rather than any entrees, because most of the entrees did not look particularly Russian. We ordered the Kavasz (sp?) salad (a sort Greek-style salad with feta, cucumbers, tomatoes, pickles, olives, and slices of basturma), the potatoes with mushrooms, the smoked fish platter, and one bowl each of the borsch and the mushroom soup. We also ordered a few shots-worth of vodka to accompany our meal. I was pleased with everything we ordered, and it tasted just as if we'd ordered in St. Petersburg rather than New York City. Our waiter was friendly and patient (again, it helped that my partner spoke Russian). The soups were served with a little tureen of sour cream to stir into the soup if you wished. I liked them both, but the borsch that I ordered was my favorite - slightly garlicky, and the beets were in little strips, rather than chunks, just how I like it. The brown bread that they served with our meal was wonderful - tender and chewy, perfect to put a slice of fish on. English is definitely a second language for most, if not all, of the staff here. The staff is friendly and eager to please, though, so proceed with patience and understanding. I highly recommend this unassuming Russian restaurant. read more

Food is delicious, service is great! My go to spot when in Brooklyn, delivery service is always on point

Came here with co-workers for lunch. Great price for lunch!! And the food was awesome. Customer service is a little on the cold side but the food makes up for it. read more

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1st time customer.We had a garden salad which was real good. Harcho soup was spicy w/beef, better than at most places. Salmon was as well good, and chicken tabaka too. Beef stew portion was good for 4. It's a good place medium priced deserving of 3 stars. read more

I'm a sucker for stuffed cabbage and pelmeni and Skovordka nails them both. The siberian pelmeni are excellent but the cabbage really shined. The sauce was crazy rich and the accompanying sour cream was also crazy rich adding up to the carlos slim of golubtsy. read more

Our favorite Russian restaurant in Brooklyn. Great food, and great service! Chicken cutlets, and bortsh are a must try. It's kinda of a small hole in the wall but definitely great! read more

Went here after a day on the beach and shared a few things, such as the beef stroganoff, stuffed cabbage, peirogis, etc. Most everything was really tasty -- the stuffed cabbage was delicious...really nice sauce. Really tasty, authentic Russian food. Service was good albeit a little spotty. Price was pretty low. Definitely recommend it. read more

I. Love. Pierogies. Or however you spell them. The pierogie is a close Eastern European cousin of the Asian dumpling, and this Chinese-American loves him some dumplings, so naturally, I was on a quest to find some. My partner and I went to the Russian haven of Brooklyn - Brighton Beach - to find some, and came across this place on Yelp after many highlights and a great rave review from a fellow yelper. We were excited beyond belief to finally act on this whim (it's been 6 months of salivating at the thought) and were happy to make the 4 mile bike ride down. We decided on one order each of the potato and cheese vereniki (pierogie) and to share a main platter of homemade Russian style chicken cutlet. To be fair, I am not familiar with much Russian cuisine save for the American pierogie, so my review may not be that useful. The cutlets came with a side of vinegared cabbage salad and some parsley garnish. The mashed potatoe sides were perfect, but I was surprised to see the chicken "culets" come in the form of a chicken-loaf reshaped to be a thick chicken cutlet, pan-seared. It wasn't entirely bad, it just wasn't what I was expecting or originally desired. I probably wouldn't get it again only because I didn't think it was anything special or had any "wow" flavour to it that struck me as new. As for the pierogies, both resembled tortellini and came with a side of sour cream in a delightful little open lamp-like server, and in a pool of light oil. The potato variety came with caramelized onions atop, and were by far the best thing we had that night. Neither pierogi/vereniki skimped on the filling either, but the potatoe hands down was something special. I hadn't realised the cheese would taste a bit sweet - resembling a cheese Danish to me. It's just not to my liking, but I'm sure others will find it palatable. Overall, the meal was fine, but I would want to try other things on the menu to experiment more the flavours of Russia. read more

They treated me like a king, food was delicious and manager was very prompt and courteous. For a Russian place it's pretty good, try coming on a weekday so you can get parking. During the weekdays it could be a problem. read more

3.8/5 I really enjoyed the food here. My family and I had Borscht, Mushroom Soup, and Salanka soup (assorted meats). The soups were delicious but if I had to choose one, I would go with the Borscht. read more

Skovorodka - Russian Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Looking for a Russian adventure? Get involved here! Live music by Donald trump's preferred saxophonist (how he was introduced). Vodka by the caraf of unnatural potency. A severe proprietor called Boris, who softens to embracing you as part of his wider family by the end of the meal. Loved the whole 360. Especially the 70s decor. The food was really very good - a spiced borscht alive with purple and dill. A huge creamy, rich beef stroganoff with perfect mash potato. We left full of Russian bonhomie! read more

I love the vintage 60s vibe here! with karaoke and Soviet Union decorations. I felt I traveled back to time.

I very much enjoyed my dinner on a cold, rainy, January night. I don't have much experience with Russian cuisine, but I was impressed with a lot of the food. I tried the perogies, which were not what I expected. Puffed pastry around the meat, or potato interior. Every other time that I've had perogies they a more doughy exterior. They were excellent, they reminded me of the puffed pastry that you get with hors d'oeuvres. While I didn't try it myself, I thought it was interesting that you can get hot tea with cherry jam to put into your tea. It looked interesting, and if I am ever back, I would try it. For my meal I had the stuffed cabbage and the lamb stew. The stuffed cabbage was amazing, absolutely the best thing that I ate there. The sauce is really what did it for me, sort of an orange sauce that has a lot of flavor (I want this sauce on everything I eat). My only criticism about the stuffed cabbage was that I could have used a bit more cabbage, there was only a couple of leaves and the rest was meat, it could have used a bit more balance. The lamb stew was also very good. Thick stew that is almost solid, big chunks of lamb that fall apart at the touch of a spoon and potatoes. A large puffed pastry covered the bowl. While the stew was good, I thought it could use a little more seasoning (nit picking here). Delicious food, the type of place that makes me want to try more Russian cuisine. read more

Russian people eating food at a russian restaurant? Cha-ching, jackpot! Located right off the train station (Q - Brighton Beach), this restaurant attracted five ravenous, yet picky, sojourners in exploration of new food adventures. Nice seating area, great for groups, dates, drinks, what-not this restaurant was the perfect ending to a fun day. Appetizer: begins with an "H" (Halik?) and consisted of 5 dumplings that were reminiscent of the Shanghainese soup dumplings. The Borscht soup was ABSOLUTELY FANTASTATIC. The lamb soup was yummy as well. =) Shame on them for running out of the beef stew, but I'm going to assume that this stew was great tasting as well, which is why they ran out by 8pm. Ended up with the beef stroganoff instead. It was alright. Not generally a fan of stroganoff, but if I were, I'd prolly have liked it. The pork chops were breaded, which was surprising, but tasty. Salad was began with a "K" and was so good people went home to look up recipes to no avail because we could only remember it began with a K. Waiter was a cute young'un, adorable, nervous, and sweet. Very good at explaining what different dishes were. Water service was a bit poor, unfortunately. Decor was nice, if my folks ever came to visit and had a hankering for Russian (which would never happen) but if they did, I would have no problem bringing them to this fine establishment. read more

Stumbled in by accident after exploring Coney Island. We enjoyed couple of dishes from lunch specials and everything was terrific. Very pleasant place with great food. read more

Decent place with good food. Of course you get the full Russian experience, so don't expect smiles and white glove service.

Was 2 times here with big company, we celebrated birthdays. I danced like a crazy, had a lot of fun. I like a service here, fast and polite waiters. Also I had a friendly chat with a gorgeous cloak-room attendant, elderly former airplane stuard from USSR, in Russian for sure. read more

Nice place, but the 3 appetizers we ate were not good. The herring was not delicate, and tasted too fishee. The Pirojkes were tasty inside, but way too much bread and the crep with red caviar was ok, but it didn't come with sour cream. Overall, it wasn't good. read more

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Found this restaurant on Yelp. Made a trip to Brighton Beach and was AMAZED about all of the Russian and Ukrainian culture there. Just a few blocks off the beach or just under the Q train station in Brighton is this little restaurant. We were the only people there who weren't speaking Russian or Ukrainian. The food was really good and interesting! We had something like chicken croquettes and meat filled dumplings. My husband had the green borscht-which was DELICIOUS! Perfect on a hot day. I would easily return. read more

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Food - just average, nothing special. Horrible selection of beers and nothing on tap. Like a lot of Russian places, they charge 10% tip without mentioning it anywhere, which I believe is illegal. read more

I really enjoyed my experience dining here. The restaurant is pretty and the food is very delicious! read more

Skovorodka - картошка пюре с отбивной - Russian Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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Came here on a very cold Saturday w/ my friends who are novices at Russian Cuisine. We didn't have a reservation so we had to wait around 5 minutes for a table during peak time which is not bad at all. Service was a little subdued but I think it was because of the language barrier. I ordered the Beef Stroganoff which is always my standby dish when I go to an East European place that has it on the menu with the kasha (buckwheat). It was really delicious and the servings were huge. My bf and I shared the cold herring and potatoes appetizer and other people at the table ordered potato varenikis and cheese blintzes for their apps. Overall, I really enjoyed the experience but 1 star off because we didn't get offered the vodka shots that other Russian places offer you at either the start or the end of your meal. read more

A little on the pricey side. But the food was good (if you're into fattening). We had the beef tongue salad (coated in mayo), dumplings (coated in butter), khacthapuri (filled with cheese), and a roast chicken. All solid and tasty. The only thing the table didn't like was the pickled watermelon (but I liked it, and I'm writing the review, so, whatever). The Saturday night entertainment was hilarious. One minute Russian standards, the next minute a very intense, sax-heavy version of Pink Floyd's the Wall, the next some seven year old doing off-key karaoke. Surreal. read more

I love this place! I have been here three times in the past two months and I always get the Ukrainian Borsch - Mmmm! After this one dish I am already full! I also tried: Beef tongue-good to try, not my fav. Lamb shish kebab - the meat is just OK, but the baked potatoes that we had with it are my favorite! My boyfriend had Filet Mignon and he said it is very good. Cavior with eggplant - not my thing. Compot is great! Ahh... and Russian beer is great as well! I am planning to try a lot more things. I like the atmosphere at this place. I like the singer that's there on Saturday evenings. Very nice man - once I saw him leaving and he came up to this old customer that was celebrating his B-day and had a shot in his honor. I like the two young waiters; they are very kind and sweet! I do not like the older Ukrainian waiter, though; there is something in him that pushes me away. Perhaps people are referring to him, when they write about rude treatment at this restaurant. Overall, this is one of my favorite places at this moment! I just feel good in this place! Great food + great music + watching how Russians have fun ;) read more

Good service attentive workers overall excellent night with good food. Fresh food and awesome staff if you have a chance go ahead and try this cafe. read more

Skovorodka - Food. - Russian Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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I've been here on and off over the years and vaguely remember it as being more of a cafe 10 years ago. I went there with a friend after a day at the beach. We were greeted by a friendly, if tired looking, waiter. He became friendlier when I asked to be seated for dinner... in Russian. (Sorry, folks, the stereotype is true. It's always better to go with a native speaker in Brighton.) It was a nice day so the restaurant was packed with random tourists and a large-ish banquet party. There were only two waiter serving all the diners so it took 15 minutes for us to get our obligatory bread and butter, and another 20 minutes to get our food. The kitchen must have been slammed b/c of the banquet party. It is what it is. At least we got our cold Baltika beers quickly. I ordered their Brizol, a beef hash omelet with pan roasted potatoes. My friend ordered their beef stew. What to say, the potatoes were easily the best part of the meal. It seems like they were cooked in sunflower oil which, while not particularly healthy, added a hint of nuttiness and made the side dish taste like nostalgia. The hash was a bit gamey but well seassoned and went well with the salty, savory potatoes. I tried the stew and found it to be on point. Nothing extraordinary but tasted very close to what my grandmother used to make, if richer. Overall, Skovorodka offers the Russian / Ukranian equivalent of Southern comfort food. It will stick to your ribs without an apology. If you're lucky you may be treated to live 'Russian restaurant muzak' while stuffing your face. It's basically a combination of Russian disco and Soviet-era standards. Sooo typical. In any event, for what you get it's worth the short walk away from the overpriced fare on the boardwalk. read more

Delicious meal with such a wonderful range of flavors, sauces and foods beautifully prepared. All homemade. Amazing starter and entree selections. Nicest staff. Added to our favorites list! read more

Skovorodka - Homemade Napoleon and Apple Struedel. - Russian Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

All the classics you would want at a Russian restaurant, and all done very, very well! Service is great, food is delicious, and atmosphere is jovial and light. I just came here for the first time for Rosh Hashana, and I was very impressed with all aspects of this establishment. Skovorodka has definitely not seen the last of me! read more

Went with a friend and we decided to share the red and green borscht, both were great, but my favorite was the green. He had the pork chop and i had the chicken cutlet, both were very good. The russian beer was good too, accompanied by a shot of vodka. Will definitely return. read more

We stopped by here for a snack the other week while shopping in Brighton Beach. The cherry dumplings and apple crepes were so good that my husband and I decided to come back for date night. All of the ravings about the beef stroganoff were true and anyone who likes this dish MUST come here to try it. They also make an exceptionally fresh country garden salad. It was a Saturday and the DJ was there which really adds to the atmosphere. The team of servers is extremely pleasant and we will definitely be back. read more

Such a great place. Me being from California, this place brought me back home oversees with how authentic everything is. Yan our server was the greatest even wished us much blessings for me and my wife to start a family. Great food, good people, and authentic cloture. read more

Skovorodka - Russian Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

Great service and awesome Russian classics the way Grandma made. Will come back when in the area. read more

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Went here with my colleagues for dinner. Very rich menu. Fresh and extremely delicious food. Huge portions. Reasonable prices. Authentic Russian cuisine. Great atmosphere. read more

Just amazing , everything. We eat here once or twice a month everything here has been just fantastic. The food taste so good, always very fresh and cooked just perfect. It's hard to single out my favored dishes because I love everything I eat here. Also ordered for pick up to go once and it was excellent as well. I highly recommend it. read more

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light is way too bright. super bright for a dinner restaurant. the starbucks next door had better dim romantic lighting lol. otherwise - great food. great service. very tasty. read more

Oh...yes..da.. Excellent Russian restaurant. Wait staff amazing and professional, very attentive. Sevice awesome. What fresh food and pride in the presentation. Try the Green Spinach Borscht..hot or cold..yummie Whole Flounder unbelievable, delicious over buckwheat. Baltika beer--nice variety. read more

In completely empty restaurant a waiter didn't allow us (2 persons) to chose any table, but limited us to a choice between 2 small tables. And even after a kind request to let us take a table for 4, he started his irritated speech about so-called rules. Take it easy, guys. Why so tense? At the end, there's some vodka fume in the restaurant (not from a waiters, but in general, in the air). Is it a kind of Russian setting? Would not recommend this place to my friends though a location is pretty convenient. read more