Concierge Blog

The brightest spring day, the International Women’s Day, is coming! “Metropole” restaurant is already preparing for its celebrations. We invite you to celebrate this event with us, at Majestic Hall. This evening, “Metropole” restaurant has prepared a special program for our Guests: during the whole evening, the hall will be filled with charming sounds of saxophone. Unique atmosphere of love and romantic is guaranteed.

Seats are limited. We recommend you to book an ideal table in advance: +7 (812) 571-88-88

HJ’s British Hairdressing Awards is some kind of “Oscar” in hairdressing sphere. Nowadays this project is the most ambitious and prestigious event among hairdressers. Author’s idea is hiding behind every hairstyle. We offer you to visit an exhibition of the winners and finalists of the British Award and crack the secret of the showpieces. The exhibition is held in Erarta Musuem of Contemporary Art till 5th of April.

On the eve of February 23, we decided to find out - which dish of the «Metropol» restaurant is most liked by men. Veal tail steak with port jelly and «Pushkin» potatoes - dishes for real men!

A couple of months remains till warm spring days come. In the meantime, we welcome our Guests with a mulled wine cup that will definitely warm you and set the mood!

February 14, Valentine's Day, the Metropol restaurant invites you to spend a romantic evening with your soulmate. All night you will be entertained by the stars of Sanremo, you can enjoy the gastronomic delights of the Metropol restaurant and immerse yourself in the classics of Italian music. The program starts at 19:30.

Table reservation by phone +7 999 022 42 01.

Let’s visit a photo exhibition by Dmitry Sirotkin and enjoy winter landscapes of Saint Petersburg. “Winterreise” exhibition, or “Wintertime journey”, is a view of the author of a frozen and immersed in melancholy city. The exhibition is accompanied by Schubert’s music and is running in the General Staff Building till 23rd of February.

Not sure, what to do on New Year's holidays? Visit the exhibition at the Russian Museum, in honor of 175th anniversary of the largest painter of the second half of the XIX century, Ilya Efimovich Repin. The museum features more than 250 paintings by the artist - these are recognized masterpieces of the master and his little-known works. Tickets can be purchased at the box office of the museum, as well as on their official website http://rusmuseum.ru/benois-wing/exhibitions/i-e-repin.

December is quite warm this year; still it’s not a reason to avoid winter entertainments! Let’s go ice skating in the center of Saint Petersburg on New Holland Island, or maybe you prefer forest paths in Ohta Park? A rink by the Gulf of Finland that will open in a couple of days can also become a nice place to spend the whole evening. It’s time to open winter season!

For the celebration of the 255th anniversary of the Hermitage Museum on Palace Square, a screening of the performance film “Love is the Highest Power” by the prominent Belgian artist Jan Fabre will take place.
The film will be shown on December 7 as part of the museum's birthday celebration. On this day, admission to the museum will be free for everyone. To see the movie you can from 10 a.m. to 20 p.m. on the Palace square.

Warm up on these cold winter days with hot cocktails. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the New Year and try warming red or white mulled wine. Or are you a coffee lover? Then for you fragrant Irish coffee. You can try all this and much more in our Lobby bar Majestic!

A season of the main New Year performance, the Nutcracker ballet, has begun in the preeminent theatres of Saint Petersburg. Join a fairy tale in the Mariinsky or Mikhailovsky theatre. Our concierge team will be happy to help you with the tickets!

Arriving in St. Petersburg, you need to see personally the world's largest collection of works by the famous jeweler Karl Faberge and his team, to see the work special created for members of the royal families and nobility of the XIX-XX centuries. Visit the Faberge Museum on the Fontanka river, just a couple of minutes from our Majestic Boutique Hotel 4 * Deluxe.

Outside is autumn, a yellow season. In this weather, will appeal to you, “Pumpkin cream soup with truffle aroma”. Come to our «Metropol» restaurant and taste the truly bright taste of autumn!

Street art Museum is a space where every visitor can familiarize themselves with works of famous street art artists. Nowadays, during winter season, Museum invites you to join an excursion group on weekends. There you will learn about uniqueness and specificity of the Museum, about culture and movements of street art.

The State Russian Museum and Exhibition Center ROSPHOTO offers its guests to have a look at its unique collection of photos that reflect the history of development of technologies, materials, styles and genres of photo. Exhibitions of both local and foreign photographers are held in the museum. For instance, nowadays an exhibition of Krass Clement is presented here. It tells us about life in Moscow, Dublin, Paris, Bristol and Copenhagen.

20 and 21 of September at the Peterhof Museum you will have the opportunity to visit the bright festival “Closing the Fountains”. During the Autumn Festival, a colorful multimedia show will unfold before the guests, which includes architectural 3d-mapping, stop-motion animation and a fireworks. This year also marks the 290th anniversary of the birth of Catherine the Great, thanks to which you can immerse yourself in a long journey through the 18th century. Do not miss such a bright and memorable event!

After a short break, the Mariinsky Theater is ready to please us with their performances. During the 237 season 2019-2020 years, you can enjoy all the "golden" performances of the theater: the ballets Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, Anna Karenina, Romeo and Juliet, Bakhchisarai Fountain , The operas “Prince Igor ”,“ Bohemia ”,“ Player ”,“ Othello ”,“ War and Peace ”,“ Iolanta ”,“ The Force of Fate ”and many other magnificent productions. In order to have time to choose the best seats, you can purchase tickets in advance at https://www.mariinsky.ru/playbill/playbill.

The Swan Lake, directed by choreographer Matthew Bourne, completely upended the concept of classical ballet. Born left only a few names and music of the great Russian composer P.I. Tchaikovsky. In 1995, after the release of Swan Lake, the production immediately received worldwide recognition and became a world bestseller.
In this version of Swan Lake, we will not see the classic fairy tale of love; here the choreographer shows a parable about human loneliness, about the conflict between the individual and society, about the search for a soul mate and the struggle with your own past. However, despite the tragedy he managed to add notes of British comedy there, which gives the performance even greater depth and versatility.
You can watch the production in St. Petersburg on the big screen in the show-space “Leningrad Center” on Potemkinskaya street, 4 September 10, beginning at 20:00.

“Airy as Pavlova” - with these words, the dessert “Pavlova cake” was once created, in honor of the famous Russian ballerina, who toured in 1926 in New Zealand and Australia. Soft meringues with whipped cream and berry or fruit filling have become a favorite treat all over the world. You can feel all the taste and serving of this dessert in our “Metropol” restaurant.

An exhibition “A Forgotten Russian Patron. The Collection of Count Pavel Sergeevich Stroganov” still goes on in the Hermitage. 250 pieces of art are presented in the exhibition: from paintings and graphic arts to Chinese vases and furniture. Its main value lies in the collection of Renaissance Italian and Netherlandish art. The doors of the exhibition are open for guests till October, 13.