Pokrovka fills with tables after eight, and the street noise is part of the point: you come here for a long dinner, not for a quiet lobby. If your evening includes a private hour nearby, the flat is usually above a restaurant or behind a gate on a parallel lane, not at the table line where waiters weave between cars.
Drivers can find Pokrovka; they cannot wait on the main strip without being moved on. The workable plan is a side street name, a building entrance, and a phone moment when the guest is already inside. Chistye Prudy is a ten-minute walk and a different mood — ponds and softer light — which matters if you chain dinner here with a later stop; compare Patriarch Ponds after nine before you promise timing.
Restaurants along the strip differ in how late they keep the kitchen and whether they expect jackets at the door. If you want a name that still feels central without guessing, check hours on the venue site (for example TripAdvisor’s central Moscow list as a starting point, not as a booking engine) and book before you send an address for the second part of the night.
Write Pokrovka with a house number, not with the word centre. For map context: Pokrovka Street on Google Maps. Also in Moscow: Where to find an escort on Tverskaya, Kitay-gorod lanes, and restaurants after ten.