Pravda
New York, NY 10012-3324
Phone: (212) 226-4944
- Cross Street:
- Between Prince Street and Houston Street
- Directions:
- B, D, F, V at Broadway-Lafayette St; N, R, W at Prince St; 6 at Spring St
- Best of Citysearch:
- Martini 2006, Martini 2005
- Hours:
- Mon-Wed 5pm-1am , Thu 5pm-2am, Fri-Sat 5pm-3am, Sun 6pm-1am
Editorial Review for Pravda – by Lisa Marie Rovito
The Scene
Having fallen from its place on the hot list serves this clandestine underground lounge and its imported-vodka devotees well. Without pressure to impress, its dramatic interior casts a much warmer glow. Moscow mementos and Cyrillic scrawlings are just a stylistic footnote to well-loved leather club chairs, tiny tables and a golden ceiling that arches low--as if you're holed up inside a loaf of baking bread. The patrons are no longer model-slammin' gorgeous, but fans and friends still flock.
The Draw
Get politically charged with custom concoctions like the Leninade (citrus vodka, grenadine, lemon juice and mint) or a passion fruit-flavored Bohemian. Regulars sample Russian vodkas as well as those from Poland, the Ukraine and more than 10 other countries where the liquor has long served as equal parts anesthetic and social ritual. Here it mixes smoothly with caviar, fat cigars and drinks priced as if rubles grow on trees.
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User Reviews for Pravda
02/17/2008 Posted by reviewsreviews
Such a great spot , great drinks, great staff...but one HUGE complaint which will cause me to go elsewhere next time I'm in that area. The entire place reeks of urine. We left wtih headaches from the stench. It's 2 floors and the smell managed to cosume both. If the bathrooms are kept in such poor conditions, I wonder how the kitchens are....its a shame, b/c the place has potential.
01/14/2008 Posted by jennifer_anderson
I visit Pravda once in a while and I have always liked it. But this vodka called Karlsson's from Sweden was not like any other vodka I have ever tasted! Usually I'm not even a big vodkatini fan, but that has certainly changed! Wow.. Thank you!
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