MAMA ROMA
Italian dishes made to old recipes. 10 types of pizza and pasta, old Italian bread, more than 12 types of salads in the salad-bar. Buffet with hot dishes (noon to 4.00 p.m.). $$. Open daily 9.00 a.m. to 2.00 a.m. 3 Karavannaya Ul. T: 314 0347. Map: I6. 192 Moskovsky Pr. T: 294 0152.

MILANO
Spaghetti, fish and meat dishes, desserts, Italian wines. Live music. $$. Major credit cards accepted. Open daily noon to midnight. 8 Karavannaya Ul. T: 314 7348. F: 313 4097.

OTTOLINA
Italian restaurant. Wide selection of pasta and pizzas. Seafood dishes. Salad bar. Business lunches from noon to 4.00 p.m. $$. Credit cards accepted: VISA, EC/MC. Open daily noon until the last customer leaves. 33 Ul. Marata. T: 164 5686.

PATIO-PIZZA
Italian and international cuisine, authentic pizza cooked in an open oven in full view of the customer. Business lunches noon to 4.00 p.m. Special children's matinees on Sat and Sun noon to 4.00 p.m. $. Major credit cards accepted. Open daily noon to midnight. 30 Nevsky Pr. T: 314 8215, 314 6023. Map: H6. 182 Nevsky Pr. T: 271 3177.

PIZZICATO
Italian and other European cuisine. The pizza is cooked on an Italian wood-burning stove. $$. Credit cards accepted: VISA, EC/MC, AMEX. Open noon to midnight. 45 Bolshaya Morskaya Ul. T: 315 0319. F: 315 0339

ROSSI'S
Mediterranean and Italian specialities; freshly prepared antipasti, live fish. Relaxed and elegant atmosphere. $$. Credit cards accepted: AMEX, VISA, DC, EC/MC. Open daily noon to 11.00 p.m. Grand Hotel Europe, 1/7 Mikhailovskaya Ul. T: 329 6000.