Dvin Restaurant
One of Webster Groves’ Best-Kept Secrets

by Marian Rein

Dvin Restaurant

8143 N. Big Bend Blvd

Webster Groves, MO 63119

(314) 968-4000

Monday through Saturday, 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Closed on Sunday

July 2010 Special

Lidiya and Natalya invite you to enjoy a FREE bowl of soup with the purchase of any daily special. Just mention this offer in St. Louis Java Journal!

  

Located in Webster Groves, Dvin Restaurant serves up authentic Eastern European/Russian cuisine that is out-of-this-world good. Lidiya Skilioti and her daughter, Natalya Bryantseva, are its only employees. With only nine tables, Dvin is the place to go for an excellent meal at low prices — a place for a great family meal or with friends for a quiet, unique dining experience. If you happen to have been raised in a European family, you’ll feel right at home — it’s like eating in the home of a traditional European cook.

This is down-home cooking at its best! Don’t let the unassuming exterior fool you (if you can spot it at all). The food is fantastic, so it’s a wonder that Dvin doesn’t have a waiting list — a week in advance. I arrived with two friends on a Saturday evening and had no problems being seated.

In additional to its menu of traditional Eastern European dishes, there are always daily specials. With several specials to choose from, I settled on the vegetarian offering — eggplant stuffed with mushrooms in a cream sauce and served with mashed potatoes. I don’t know if the dish actually has a name, but I call it wonderful. I seem to remember saying, “mmmm” after every bite.

I also tried the Chicken Roulette served with roasted potatoes, and a pork dish that was stuffed with carrot and garlic. I can’t say which dish I liked the most — honesty, they were all delicious.

 

When the bill arrived, one of my friends picked it up and took a double take. We were very surprised that three outstanding entrees and three salads would cost only $40. I kept thinking about my son — when he was just a little guy, I would search for a place to go that served home cooking at low prices. I live a half mile from Dvin — I never thought about going there, probably because it’s just not easy to see while driving down Big Bend.

 

Dvin also caters events of up to 40 people. While they lack a liquor license, feel free to bring your own bottle of wine or beer. From now on, I’m a regular — patron that is!

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