Trojka

This is a pretty happening spot on a Sunday morning/​early afternoon. I wander in with a little group of hungover Londoners to pick up a sauerkraut based stew or potato dumplings. They are divine.
I’m guessing that the «Russian Tea Room» tradition doesn’t necessarily require tea — as far as i can tell, they have one type of tea, served in a couple different ways.
A lipton-​esque tea, served with: sugar packets, honey and lemon, or fruit syrups. All of which are served at a hefty premium. I don’t think it’s actually worth paying so much for.
I see a lot of people sipping tiny glasses of vodka. It’s a better deal for the price than the tea is.
The atmosphere is terrific, and the spot is on a beautiful street in Primrose Hill. I’ll definitely be coming back.

Matryoshka dolls!
Tea!
Sweets!
Delicious Russian Cuisine!
Vino!
Ahhh, what a gem! I love this place. Located in beautiful Primmy Hill, this little Russian tea room is my favourite. I plan on making this one of my frequent hangouts.
This place is perfect for popping in for an afternoon tea and Russian tea cake. They also have a very extensive menu of Russian delights, both sweet and savoury. Wine too! Eeek, i’m coming back tea and then for dinner afterwards!

Nice little local Russian café. Nice ambiance and extensive, menu, although not all items seemed very authentic. We were there on a Saturday night and got lucky with the violinist playing right next to us (although comically stereotypical Russian songs). Decent prices for London in a nice neighbourhood, and non-​touristy, a major plus!

This place does a great plate of ‘gypsy goulash’ — tender beef in a thick sauce, with potato cakes and sour cream. Extremely filling.

Ever been in a Russian Tea Room? Neither had I. Stumbled in on one of my runs (that always seem to terminate mid way in a coffee shop these days). Love the décor, Ukrainian dolls, stained glass, dark interior, authors lurking in corners… it has a bit of a secretive ambiance to it. Have only had the coffee there, which I unfortunately cannot sing the praises of. But another cute place on the lovely and quaint Regents Park Road (which is turning into one of my regular weekend destinations)

This Primrose Hill eatery always seems to have a steady flow of custom, and it has been long overdue that I try my hand at the Russian delicacies on offer. The restaurant follows a red theme with a wall full of Russian dolls, and a huge menu of traditional sounding Russian meals I am not even going to try to pronounce. One thing I can pronounce is caviar. Yes there is caviar on the menu. Snazzy! Whether you want breakfast, lunch or dinner Trojka can provide.
I was there in the morning and even though the menu had many options is was the very English looking Trojka breakfast for £4.50 that caught my eye. My bacon, sausage, eggs, tomato’s, beans and toast went down a treat with my huge glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.
The service style was very simple in a cold, efficient kind of way. The clientèle, 100% middle class, middle aged Primrose Hillians seem to enjoy the relaxing vibe. I did too.
This place for the neighbourhood is affordable with great food. I’ll certainly be back.

Yes, I love it! I havent tried many of the dishes on the menu since every time I visit this restaurant I stick to 2 of the choices: Golonka or Goloubtsy. I love them, specially the last one: heavenly stuffed cabbage.
Another thing not to be missed: pancakes with cream cheese and sultanas… only the dessert deserves a visit!
I also like the atmosphere here. Staff… depends on the person who serves and the mood, but generally OK
Without a doubt, one of my top places to go for a «kind of homemade» meal in London

Great grub if you’re not in a hurry…
This is one of those places that basically does what it wants and people keep coming. The service can be slow and a little aloof but it’s totally worth it as the food is amazing.
The borscht, blinis, and 3 different types of goulash are all delicious. I prefer Trojka in winter because it has great hot stodgy main courses like hunter’s stew or kiev with mash.
If you’re starving, entertaining or need to be somewhere afterwards — head to Lemonia up the road but if you’re feeling open minded and fancy something a bit different and delicious, give Trojka a go.

I love this little Russian Tea Room. I’ve been here a few times with friends and have always enjoyed myself here. The last time I was here I was sitting down with my friends drinking tea and eating cake when we suddenly became star struck when we saw Alex James from Blur. Well we were all massive blur fans when we were younger and well the thought of him sitting next to us playing chess with himself was kind of exciting.
The interior is really cosy and decorated with traditional Russian dolls.

Trojka does not scream Russian tea room. Thankfully, it doesn’t smack you in the face with gimmicks — it is quite subtle in its theming and could really be any type of café. The food however is traditional, Russian and hearty.
The menu isn’t particularly exciting but there are some delicious options. To start, we had a wonderful chicken liver and a selection of blinis, with smoked salmon and caviar toppings, and for our main course we all had the hunter’s stew– an amazing casserole of sauerkraut, chicken and sausage.
The prices are very reasonable– starters under £5, main courses generally under £9 and delicious extras such as potato latkes for a few pounds.
The waitresses are a bit surly and the service isn’t that quick, but the food is very good and reasonably priced.

I don’t know what I was expecting, but what I got was not what I was expecting. I got the same feeling that I get when I go into an English restaurant clamming American food, somehow they just never get it quite right. As for authenticity as least its red inside and had some Russian decorations, the food (I was there for breakfast) was basically your traditional English breakfast, which you can get in any pub. I went because I wanted to know what Russians ate for breakfast, maybe they eat the same thing… I don’t know, but I doubt it. I thought they would at least have speciality teas, being called a tea house and all… wrong again. If you live in the area and J’s is booked its a fine second choice for breakfast in the area.