Noroc Restaurant

I haven't been here for a while but I was craving borscht. Sacramento is a city devoid of good soup restaurants. I love a variety of soups year round and many restaurants don't offer any soup. Noroc offers a few soups from Eastern Europe. I have found their vegetarian Borscht to be of the highest quality and one that is infused with great flavor. Likewise, I fell in love with the cured pork & raw veggie dish. The richness of the cured pork is negated by the raw onion, raw garlic, dill pickles, and horseradish. The course bread was a perfect platter for all of that fat goodness! The restaurant had several patrons when I visited on a Friday evening around 5:30 PM. There was a large party and several other groupings of 2 - 4 people. I was a solo diner. It seems that was only one server for the entire restaurant and she was also the bar tender. Because of that, I think the service was a bit slow; however, I recognize that the food is prepared to order and that there may have been a backlog in the kitchen because of that. I enjoyed the ambience - especially the reproduction of 2 dining areas set up like a kitchen might be in a humble Eastern European village. I have never been dissatisfied with the quality and taste of the food at Noroc and will always be willing to return.

Wow! The restaurant is beautiful, and the food extremely delicious. Loved the experience! Great service will be a return customer.

Disclaimer: Norcoc Restaurant is one of the first Russian restaurants I've been to in Sacramento and I think I might just not really prefer Russian food but maybe if you are a fan of this type of food you would enjoy it. (Everyone else at my table did)When we got to the restaurant we were immediately seated to a comfortable booth and given menus. There were so many options! I think it might be better if they narrowed down their menu a bit and just focused on the favorites, I don't know though. I ordered the beef/pork dumplings and I thought they were ok. The yogurt sauce was good but the filling was so compact that it just formed a solid ball that would sometimes roll out when you cut the dough encasing and I think I prefer when the dumpling feels more like one thing and the filling is not so compact. Idk if that makes sense. My friend got the chicken Kiev dish and he absolutely loved it! I tried it and I thought is was ok but I usually don't like fried breaded food so I think it might just be me. The coleslaw on the side was great though! Very fresh and citrusy. It also came with a side of creamy mashed potatoes and I especially liked this Russian juice called Kvas that I ordered. I would recommend this place to anyone who is craving Russian food:)

Highly recommend this place. Borsch and meat (like kebab) absolutely perfect 10/10. Pancake with the caviar is 5/10, cold pancake and too much oil. Very good personal, all of the waiters are professionals. Nice homey atmosphere, once even got to see a live performance by a girl, it was very cool!

Borsch was so good, like home taste. Beefstroganoff without mushrooms what I didn't like.

Very cozy and great service! zhulien was sooooooo good and is filling despite being an appetizer! Cherry blini was good too!

Everything was very tasty, we ate borscht - I'm so glad there is a vegetarian option. the fur coat was also very tasty and I liked the cherry pancakes. and the kvass was real! the service was very good - I recommend it!

Good food, something different from what we usually have. Though it's kind of on pricier side. Service is a little slow though because there's only 1 staff serving.

Food is ok. It is positioning itself as a Moldovan restaurant. The food on the menu is Moldovan/ Romanian with a few Russian items. The decor is Moldovan countryside, the music is Romanian. I am Moldovan and ethnically Romanian, and I am shocked that the staff speaks only Russian and a little English. It is like a microcosm of the oppression that Romanian people had been feeling in Moldova for decades. It's like 1993 all over again. A slap in the face. On the one occasion I came, I've seen staff confronting customers, bring food and "throw" it on the table, everything takes a long time to come out. You feel downright like you are doing them a favor by coming to eat here. I told the staff I don't speak Russian and they scoffed in my face. I've lived in the US for 30 years and coming to this restaurant throws me right back to an uncultured, pre-modern time in Moldova. It is a shame. I would love to have access to good home food, but I'm not going to allow myself be treated like this. There needs to be respect towards other people, not even to mention they're customers.

Delicious food. The zaema (chicken soup) was something special as were the cabbage rolls. Nice people and Olga, our server, was very sweet. The service is more typical of Europe in that you're not rushed and they're in no rush either, but things arrived in good time and piping hot.