Ultima Guide Яндекс Еда

The first ever tech-powered
restaurant guide

Our AI analyzed restaurants, and users and experts chose the best

Ultima Guide isn't a rating — restaurants are listed in alphabetical order

until 00:00
Baran-Rapan
Fine dining pioneers in Sochi: experiments with Black Sea ingredients and tremendous wine
until 23:00
Lalebi
Two floors of Georgian food and wine with a special place for khinkali
until 23:00
Monet
The Mediterranean on the Black Sea: salade niçoise, linguini, cocktails, and brut in a designer hotel
until 00:00
Syndicate
A meat corporation: from Wagyu to foie gras via 15 steaks, from boar Krakauer to Peking duck
until 00:00
Weeping Willow
From kalkan to eel — an endless selection of seafood in a cruise liner
until 00:00
Chef
A steakhouse with a charismatic Syrian chef: shawarma, burgers, sexy eggplant, and an ocean of charm
until 23:00
Forno D’oro
A cozy pizzeria close to the Marine Station with pasta and homemade ice cream
until 00:00
Lino
Italy, refreshed: peach pizza, pasta designed in-house, aperitifs, and an espresso bar
until 00:00
Loona
From Tverskoy Boulevard to the Sochi Riviera: Italy with a pasta bar by a trio of restaurateurs from Moscow
until 00:00
LuckyDze
Caucasus in grand style: spit-roasted lamb, wood-fired khashlama, garden gazebos, and a pitcher fountain
until 00:00
Mamai-Calé
A luxury restaurant in Sochi National Park with a cinema bar, sturgeon steaks, roe deer Wellington, and 5000 wines
until 23:00
Umi
An inventive Asian diner with tom yum and poke, umami carbonara, and traditional to Nikkei rolls

How Ultima Guide is formed

We taught Yandex's AI to choose places that people might like
2 699
restaurants in Sochi
were analyzed
266
leaders were selected
based on reviews, visits, orders, ratings, and ride requests
We calculated and checked
the results
20
top-rated restaurants were added to the guide
Results checked by the Yakov and Partners consulting company
A vote was held among
21 000
Yandex users
30
experts,
including restaurateurs, chefs, and food critics
Which restaurants are included in the vote, and which are not?
The long list includes all restaurants, even if they're not part of Ultima or Yandex Eats. Exceptions are establishments that opened less than three months before the start of voting, non-gastro bars, coffee shops, food malls, and restaurant chains with more than three locations.
Why does the guide change every year?
The parameters that the AI model analyzes develop over time and can affect how restaurants are evaluated. That's why we update the guide every year to keep it as relevant as possible.
How objective is AI?
The algorithm looks at reviews, ratings, traffic, and more than 100 other parameters. Data for the long list is processed automatically to eliminate the human factor, but the final selection is made by people — Yandex users and experts.

Guide team

Yandex Eats team
- Alexandra Artyushkina, Anna Levinskaya, Valeria Morozova, Polina Shevtsova, Elena Stasinets, Lena Neznanova, Alexandra Selivanova, Anastasia Evdokimova, Anna Kolpakova, Elena Lavrukhina, Alevtina Golovanova, Anastasia Pavlenkova, Daria Bogdanova, Olga Shutova, Mikhail Litvinov, Vladislav Nemtsev, Alexey Piskunov, Vasily Rubtsov, Kolya Grigoryev
Consulting support
- Maxim Bolotskikh
  Yakov and Partners Director
- Anna Larionova
  Yakov and Partners consultant
Consultant
- Ekaterina Pugacheva
  Chairman of The World's 50 Best Restaurants jury of Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia