Dining| Published on April 2, 2009 2:00 pm

Hawa Russia Reviewed in The Dispatch

By: Walker


From The Dispatch:

Guests can kick up heels at smorgasbord of cultures
By Jon Christensen

Despite signs that the space was once a Chinese restaurant, the artifacts that adorn Hawa Russia seek to create a Russian ambience. And, on Saturday nights and late Friday nights, patrons move to Russian music on the large dance floor next to the small dining area. On dance nights, the regular menu is supplanted by a fixed-price buffet-style offering.

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5 Comments

  • Man, that is some disjointed writing!

    Need to get to Hawa sometime.

  • I don’t recall the presentation looking quite-so-fancy as what’s pictured any of the times I’ve been, but the food is excellent.  

    Only warning I’d add is there’s a LOT of dill.   This may be a Russian cuisine thing, I don’t know, but pretty much all the dishes are heavily dilled – which is why I had to chuckle at the mention of the Borscht NOT coming with dill…

  • Yeah, I thought the same thing about the presentation discrepancy, but I think that happens with a lot of prepared food photos for review articles. ;)

  • drew Says: Man, that is some disjointed writing!

    I’m not sure if it helps, those three sentences above are broken into three paragraphs in the original Dispatch article.

  • Considering this is not only a stand alone sentence but a stand alone paragraph, I think the criticism is probably fair…

    “Full-bodied, it has a plummy flavor and an astringent finish.”

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