Games and Great food

Two additional restaurants in Perm that deserve a special mention.

Porta's Italian restaurant was on the main street heading from the Ural Hotel to the River front.  The modern restaurant had an outstanding wine list, polite staff that spoke good English, and absolutely phenomenal food!  It was so good that we went back to the restaurant two nights in a row, including our last night without Dennis.  I believe they made their own pasta, and the deserts were very good as well.

Pravila's was for me a new concept restaurant.   We wound up here with our Russian hosts for a night out on the town.  The restaurant had good food, but the really interesting part was that it was a "gaming" restaurant.  Not a casino, but rather old fashioned board games!   They had a "Game Master" who assisted you in determining what type of game you wanted to play, and then explained the rules to you.   That wound up being  a lot of fun, although I am pretty positive we drank the entire stock of Chianti that night, and the 3rd bottle may have been stored outside cause the wine was cold!  You also have the option to share a hookah if you are so inclined, however understanding what a Russian speaking English means when they say that word can be entertaining!   And yes, the Americans did finally prevail in Battleship, however by that time the wine had all been consumed.

Both these restaurants rate highly on our recommended places to eat.  Neither is cheap, but they both had great meals and enjoyable atmosphere's.