The Restaurant at Hotel Metropol Moscow

"The Evropeysky restaurant on the ground floor serves exquisite French-accented European cuisine in opulent surroundings"

"It's a huge hotel (363 rooms), with a grand lobby, an even grander restaurant under a vaulted stained-glass ceiling, and fountains and marble pillars for adornment"

"Lenin spoke frequently in the assembly hall and David Lean filmed part of Doctor Zhivago in the restaurant, and the outstanding service and amenities carry on the tradition"

"The breakfast buffet (R2250) is quite an affair, with an extravagant feast served under the restaurant's gorgeous stained-glass ceiling"

"Better yet, come for dinner at the Metropol Restaurant, a totally wacky Moulin-Rouge style Russian cabaret that hasn't quite shaken off the remnants of its Cold War past"

" The hotel's small indoor pool, sauna, and fitness center are welcome complements to its decadent dining options: a modern Russian-Scandinavian restaurant, an elegant cocktail bar, and a vast Art Nouveau dining hall with gourmet blini-and-caviar breakfast buffet accompanied by harp music"

"An arabesque dome tops the traditional Russian restaurant, Boyarsky, which harbors Gothic arches and a gigantic stuffed bear"