For restaurateur Lika Lewin, SHOTA is, first of all, the name of her beloved and dear grandfather, a man of art, a gourmet and a connoisseur of wine. And also, the house where she spent her childhood: tables are always set here and guests are welcome. However, no matter what associations are born, the main thing is that they are sincere and get into the very heart.
The SHOTA restaurant occupies two floors of a beautiful historical building of the late XVIII — early XIX centuries. It is part of the former Yeremeyev city estate and can accommodate 75 guests. A friendly architectural firm helped the founder to breathe warmth and soul into the interior, but all the ideas belong to Lika Lewin herself.
For the first time, SHOTA welcomes guests with a summer veranda with 30 seats, so as not to miss one of the most beautiful seasons in Moscow — the flowering season.
Always bustling, full of life Pyatnitskaya Street in Moscow, dishes based on old recipes, but reinterpreted in a new way — and the cosiness of a hospitable house on two floors.
Nana Meskhia-Jgarkava is responsible for the menu of SHOTA restaurant. She is a true adept of Georgian and Mingrelian cuisine, since she was born in a Mingrelian family and has known the subtleties of this gastronomy since her childhood.
At SHOTA brand-chef Nana Meskhia-Jgarkava skilfully reinterprets authentic Caucasian recipes for the modern times. For example, she makes satsivi from chicken on the grill, serves chvishtari on banana leaves according to the old Mingrelian recipe, adds berries to matsoni, prepares kubdari in the form of puffed pies, and mini-khinkali with pumpkin.
The restaurant’s wine list contains about 60 items from the Old and New Worlds, which are successfully combined with dishes of Caucasian cuisine. A significant part are Georgian and Abkhaz wines, many of which are truly exclusive, supplied exclusively for LL Group. No less interesting is the cocktail list, which offers a decent list of mixes filled with the sun of the Caucasus.