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This was my first time trying Russian food; the borscht and vareniki was delicious. Great place to be hungry on a winter day, very filling--the borscht itself is a meal. The dessert wasn't great though--pasta filled with sour cherries. I didn't see the final bill, but hope they didn't charge us for the piano playing, mentioned by another reviewer.

I went to Uncle Vanya with college friends to celebrate a friend's birthday (he is from Moscow). I highly recommend the Blini with red caviar for an appetizer and the Golubtsy for an entree. I had a czech beer called Bakalar, great! The varenki, chicken kiev, salmon kulibiaka, and salad olivier were all good and worth a try. The pelmini was good, but small portioned. The room was not too loud, candle lit, nice place to bring a date. The service was great (Russian speaking), atmosphere authentic (according to my friend from Moscow), cheap for the quality, and well worth your visit.

My wife and I dined at Uncle Vanya last evening. The experience was excellent! The Borsch reminded me of the last bowl I had in Moscow a couple of years ago. The blini with red caviar were perfect as were the pelmeni. Everything was fresh and well-prepared. The price of the meal was incredibly inexpensive. We will definitely return!

ate at this place, regular place, seen better, manu is wrong, there's no russian borsz, or varenyky.. those are ukrainian.. and they did not look home made at all, I can buy same thing in shoprite... you better off driving to brooklyn for that kind of food.

Charming atmosphere. Good food (better then I expected). They were out of about 40% of their food listed on the menu by 8:30 PM when we got there (Saturday). Disappointment. Slow service. Nice piano music, but be aware you will be charged 20% of your bill for that automatically (that was surprising). NO vodka. They no longer serve hard liquor. Big disappointment. Beer was not cold/no cold beer glasses No Desserts (blini/varenniki are not dessert, I am sorry... how about at least a Napoleon cake or something like that)

This site had some mixed reviews so I was a bit concerned bringing my friend to try Russian food. However, I was pleasantly surprised. Golubtsy and Olivier salad were good as well as the Georgian wine we had. The bread served was a regular diner bread, not a good quality Russian bread you can get--that's the reason for 4 start food quality. Waiters were very helpful and quick. I'll definitely visit these guys again

I went last night with my friends and was disappointed. The food was not good and the service was mostly using "no" for an answer.