Where Moscow Meets the World
Curated dinners, cultural experiences, social nights, and meaningful introductions for Moscow’s international community.
Small groups. Thoughtful venues. No awkward networking.
A first proper dinner for recent arrivals. Twelve seats, one long table, hosts who handle the introductions.
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Moscow Expat Events produces small, hosted gatherings — 5 to 25 people — at restaurants, bars, and cultural spaces we choose ourselves. We manage the reservations, host the evening, and make the introductions.
Good people. Good places. No awkward networking. That’s the whole idea.
More about usSmaller gatherings — usually 5 to 25 people — designed for real conversation, not business cards.
Independent restaurants, bars, and cultural spaces we select ourselves and genuinely want to go back to.
Welcoming hosts, handled introductions, and a community built around meeting new people.
Recurring concepts, each with its own crowd and pace. Dates are announced on the events page.
A first proper dinner for recent arrivals. Meet people at the same stage as you.
A small table of founders and operators. Honest shop talk, good food, no pitching.
Galleries, performances, and spaces locals actually go to — with company.
A slow weekend gathering. Coffee, brunch, and conversation without an agenda.
Evenings at bars worth crossing the city for. Small group, good seats.
Independent venues, courtyards, and rooms you would never find alone.
One good bar, one long table, introductions handled by the hosts.
Weekend brunch with the community. Come alone, leave with plans.
Dinners, culture nights, socials — pick the format, not just the date.
A short form. We confirm every place personally by email.
You are greeted by name and introduced. The table does the rest.
Where a venue runs Live Shelf, order from your phone and use the event benefit.
One good evening usually leads to the next. We keep you posted.
An evening at a bar worth crossing the city for. Small group, good seats.
Social
A first proper dinner for recent arrivals. Twelve seats, one long table, hosts who handle the introductions.
Social · Food & Drink
Eight founders and operators around one table. Honest shop talk, good food, no pitching.
Professional · Food & Drink
Restaurant · Patriarshiye Prudy · Sample
A sample restaurant fixture showing how a partner venue page looks: story, atmosphere, benefit, and upcoming events.
Bar · Kitay-Gorod · Sample
A sample bar fixture demonstrating the bar-type venue card and Live Shelf integration fields.
Cultural space · Zamoskvorechye · Sample
A sample cultural-space fixture showing how galleries and independent spaces appear in the directory.
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We bring curated international groups to selected Moscow venues, host the evening, create the content, and help you measure what came of it.
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