Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk

Budget

Budget
$
Kolobok Café
220a Lenina St
+7 4242 72-56-54
Lunch RUB150—200 (2009)
8.00—19.00
Budget
$
Minute Café
corner of Khabarovskaya and Kryukova
Lunch RUB200 (2009)
M—F 10AM—7PM, Sa 9AM—4PM
Budget
$
Rus' Café
24 Marksa St.
+7 4242 74-29-94
Lunch RUB150—200 (2009)
M—F 10AM—5PM
Budget
$
Smak Café
84а Khabarovskaya St
+7 4242 72-47-05
Lunch: 200 rubles (2009)
9.00—19.00
Budget
$
University Canteen
33 Kommunistichesky Ave
Open during lunch time (except for student holidays)
corner of Kommunistichesky and Mira

Midrange

Midrange
$$
Taj Mahal Restaurant
38 Antona Buyukly St
+7 4242 499488
M-Th 11AM-11:30PM, F Sa 11:30AM-12:30AM, Su 11:30AM-10PM

Something as odd as an Indian cuisine from a Japanese franchise, which offers the usual popular Indian dishes, in Russia! To further add to the oddness, it's also the sole outlet of the only Sakhalin guidebook, "Sakhalin Unplugged".

Midrange
$$
Black Cat Café
34A Chekhov St
+7 4242 420263
RUB250-400
Just off Popovicha ST hidden away in an alley, look for a sign with a black cat

Dishes out Russian and European meals, in a pleasant atmosphere with jazz music on the stereo.

Midrange
$$
Coffee and Cigarettes Café
74 Kommunistichesky Ave
+7 4242 42-08-25
Midrange
$$
Domino Café
65 Popovich St
+7 4242 423431

The place to go for a cup of cappuccino or espresso. Has a reasonably priced menu, and a playground for kids outside.

Midrange
$$
Lagoon Café
321 Lenina St
+7 4242 41-07-77

Korean cuisine.

Midrange
$$
Nihon Mitay Sushi Bar
28v Pobedy Ave
+7 4242 55-19-01, 55-17-31

Self-service sushi bar and Japanese restaurant.

Midrange
$$
Stake Bar 777
71 Chekhova St
+7 4242 42-94-62
Midrange
$$
Pacific Café
32 Kommunistichesky Ave
+7 4242 727008
Meals from RUB300, Espresso from RUB50
Daily: 8AM-8PM
inside the Sakalhin center

An expat hangout, reputedly offering the best burgers in town, and some European dishes on the menu.

Midrange
$$
Opium Café
43a Chekhova St
+7 4242 42-02-63

Korean cuisine, stylish design. Live music in the evening.

Top end

Top end
$$$
Bagration Restaurant
44a Dzerzhinskogo St
+7 4242 74-26-32, 74-26-86
Meals from RUB600 (2010)

An expensive restaurant combining different cuisines, including rather distant Mediterranean, Caucasian, Korean, Japanese.

Top end
$$$
Slavyanka Restaurant
45 Sakhalinskaya St
+7 4242 429667
From RUB600
noon-10PM

Serves up Russian and Ukrainian Cuisine, and is a good place for local dishes, even with an English menu. For something this remote, it's interesting to note that this restaurant was actually reviewed and praised in Time magazine (http://www.time.com/time/...).

Top end
$$$
Toyohara Restaurant
246A Lenina St
+7 (4242) 741486
noon-10PM daily

A nice place if you fancy some Asian cuisine. Good Chinese-style stir fry and a mainly Japanese menu.