Dyadya Fadi - St Petersburg

Well yeah, it's pretty hard to find. Personally, I would never find it by myself. And maybe the food is not the best one in the city, BUT this cosy home-style atmosphere just makes it! If you're a curious vegan explorer and like such hidden treasures, this one is definitely worth visiting!

I just found out in other reviews the actual method to get in, I tried to dial the code in the first gate instead of the second one (which doesn't even have numbers on the lock) and while trying on the correct gate by accident (I really couldn't believe that was actually the way to dial it) I didn't press all the buttons at once which is what you're supposed to do. I would have been very happy to try such a small independent place especially since most reviews are good but it's simply to difficult to get in. If Fadi will read this please, try to put some signs outside. Thank you

You probably will have to ask people around or call to find this cosy little restaurant located in a small flat in a private courtyard. You can eat good falafel and you will enjoy the fact that you will enter a real russian living place.

Even though I have been in this place a few years before (also struggled with navigation a lot back then) because the directions on vk.com are deleted. Also back when I visited it the menu had almost nothing expect for falafel. It was fine, nothing extremely delicious. Upsides: cosy and friendly atmosphere

This place does exist, but it is hard to find, and the directions are incomplete. Approach from Dumskaya Ulitsa and follow the directions here to find the apartment block (containing apartment 68): [hidden link] When you reach the apartment block, at the intercom dial “68”. When you are buzzed in, the apartment door is to your immediate right and is unmarked. From outside you can look through the window into the kitchen. To be very clear, this is an apartment and not a restaurant. You eat in the kitchen on a raised platform, or a side room on a low table. The decor is very bohemian. I understood from the cook/waitress that it is part of a commune led by the eponymous Fadi, who lives in Finland. I didn’t enquire as to the basis of this commune. The food was tasty and inexpensive, but there is a very limited menu. I had a wrap with felafel, hummus, tomato, and cucumber, which was all they had when I visited. The food is always only vegan. I’m not sure about drinks; I wasn’t offered any. I had a good experience, so I don’t regret coming, but I feel like for most people this probably is not what you are expecting especially given most of the reviews here, and may not be what you intended to support.