Pyshki café at 118 Nevsky Prospekt — by Moskovsky railway station
Getting here: a café near Moskovsky railway station
Our pyshki café at 118 Nevsky Prospekt is ideal if you have just arrived in St. Petersburg. Moskovsky railway station and the Galeria shopping mall are a couple of minutes’ walk away, and soon you are holding fresh pyshki, St. Petersburg’s hot yeast rings dusted with powdered sugar. Ploshchad Vosstaniya and Mayakovskaya metro stations are close by.
- Address: 118 Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg
- Phone: +7 (969) 737-98-89
- Opening hours: Mon–Fri 9:00–21:00, Sat–Sun 10:00–21:00
Walking from Moskovsky railway station: go out onto Ploshchad Vosstaniya (Uprising Square) and cross to the other side. We are right opposite the station, next to the Oktyabrskaya Hotel, with the entrance facing the square. If you can’t spot the building, give us a call and we’ll guide you.
Watch the Soviet pyshki machine at work
Our machine stands in plain view by the counter. Come closer and watch the whole cycle: the dough dispenser squeezes out a ring of dough, which drops into hot oil and rides round on the carousel. For the first half of the circle the pyshka cooks on one side, then a chute flips it over and it finishes on the other. The ready pyshka slides down a second chute into the tray. Hardly any oil gets inside, so it comes out light, closer to bread.
This is a genuine Soviet machine, assembled in Kyiv. Production stopped in 1991, and no new ones are made. The first ones were built at military plants under the conversion programme, when after the war the country was switching its factories to peacetime machinery. Every working machine today has been tracked down, bought and restored by hand. Wondering whether it is the real thing? Ask to see the factory nameplate with the year of manufacture and serial number; we are always glad to show it.
Each of our machines bears the name of a Russian emperor or empress. Here on Nevsky Prospekt it is “Elizaveta Petrovna” (Empress Elizabeth), named after the daughter of Peter the Great. Ask for her by name, and the staff at the counter will tell you where she came from and how old she is.
The crunch, the warmth, the smell of hot dough and powdered sugar all reach you right at the counter. Children can’t take their eyes off the little chute where the ready pyshki slide down, and grown-ups reach for their phones. If you have just arrived and don’t know where to start exploring the city, start here: a pyshka is one of the first things to try in St. Petersburg, and nowhere else will you find one made like this, straight from a machine in plain view.
What we serve: pyshki, coffee and signature teas
- Pyshka, 40 ₽, the classic, dusted with powdered sugar.
- Toppings, 35 ₽: condensed milk, jams (apricot, cherry, strawberry, raspberry), white chocolate, chocolate sauce.
- Signature teas: sea buckthorn and thyme; raspberry, ginger and rosemary; blackcurrant and mint.
- Specialty coffee: espresso, americano, cappuccino, latte, flat white, iced latte.
- Lemonades and milkshakes: strawberry-lime, raspberry-mint, mojito, tarragon and more.
Take one pyshka to try, but don’t wander far: you’ll be back for another.
Full menu with prices →What guests say about our Nevsky Prospekt café
This is the live rating and genuine reviews from the café’s page on Yandex Maps, with no edits on our part.
Guests often come in with a doubt: the old pyshki café on Bolshaya Konyushennaya St. is a city legend, and we opened only recently. So we don’t try to prove anything with words. Take one pyshka and try it; that will be enough. And those who remember these machines from years ago put it simply: “yes, that’s the very machine.”
You can also read reviews on other maps: Yandex Maps · 2GIS (a popular Russian map app)
Pyshki to take away for the train
Leaving on an evening train from Moskovsky railway station? Drop in before you go. Pyshki are best hot, but in a gift box they will make it home and become an honest souvenir of St. Petersburg, a taste everyone back home will remember.
Boxes of 4, 6, 8 and 15 pyshki: get one for the whole family or as a gift for those who stayed at home. We’ll pack it while you drink your coffee for the road. And if you have company on the journey, take more, so there is enough for your fellow passengers in the compartment too.
The station is just a few minutes from here. Grab a box, stroll to the platform and make your train with time to spare. And next time you are in town, you will know where to head first: back to us at 118 Nevsky Prospekt.
For a big event (a conference, a wedding or a corporate party) we will bring the pyshki to you, hot and in our branded packaging: catering and corporate order terms →
Our Nevsky Prospekt café on the map
118 Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg: by Moskovsky railway station, next to the Oktyabrskaya Hotel and Ploshchad Vosstaniya metro station.
Come and try pyshki on Nevsky Prospekt
118 Nevsky Prospekt, by Moskovsky railway station, between the Galeria mall and Ploshchad Vosstaniya. Drop in for a hot pyshka: weekdays from 9:00, weekends from 10:00, until 21:00.