It?s places like this that give Russians a bad name. Fairly good RUS food, but terribly overpriced, with typical Brighton Beach-style service to match. If this place were anywhere in St Petersburg, in its current conflagration, it?d be out of business within a week. I suppose for those unaware of how wonderful RUS food and people can be, Mari Vanna is at least a start. But, neither the food, the overpriced drinks nor the burgeoning euro trash make a compelling argument for a second visit.
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