BUCHAREST
Romanian cooking can be savoured in any restaurant with traditional specialties, but international cuisine (like Greek, Chinese, Turkish, Italian, Spanish or French) can also be found in many of Bucharest restaurants.
Casa Doina Restaurant
A Bucharest Landmark,"Casa Doina Restaurant & Bar" is a spectacular 18th century authentic Romanian villa, fully renovated and perfectly restored, which is offering an unique and different place to taste the genuine Romanian and international cuisine, in an elegant yet relax and warm atmospher.
Renowned Chef Doru Dobre is offering a special dining experience with homely cooking recipes, which keeps the real Romanian tradition along with an exclusive Mediterranean and Romanian fresh fish dishes.
Located downtown on the Kiseleff Avenue, "Casa Doina" is offering fully air-conditioned restaurant and cellar with traditional life music, cocktail bar and unique heated "winter garden". From spring to fall, customer can enjoy the most scenic garden in the green heart of the city.
A favourite location for upscale locals as well as expats and a must for tourists, "Casa Doina" is definitely a place to see and be seen!
Jaristea Restaurant
Jaristea is among famous Bucharest restaurants, because of its Romanian traditional menu, good location (near the Palace of Parliament) and its special atmosphere. The live music played by fiddlers, the set reminding the old times and the stories with the rich people from the nineteen century, the tasteful Romanian food make Jaristea a perfect place for relaxing and spending a nice evening.
Caru cu bere Restaurant
Caru’ cu Bere, a true living legend and also one of the oldest beerhouse in Bucharest, was opened for the first time in 1879 in the old Zlatari inn and, after 20 years it moved to Stavropoleos Street, where it can be found even today.
The beerhouse from Stavropoleos Street is a traditional place, where each object has its own story. It is one of the few places in Bucharest where it seems that nothing has changed, and the architecture reminds, to the ones who step into, why Bucharest was once considered to be the little Paris. The mural paintings, the stained glasses and the carved cross-beams are distinctive elements of the beerhouse. The old time party spirit is still present in these days, the atmosphere reminding of Bucharest's exuberance from the XXth century beginnings.
Along with the beer made after a secret original recipe, Caru' cu bere is also famous for the tastiest culinary recipes. For a long time house specialty was considered to be hot dogs with horseraddish, of wich tonnes were consumed every day. The Frankfurters, boeuf salad, black radish and olives offered for free along with the wine bottle created for many people a pleasant addiction.
Nowadays Caru cu Bere has the goal to revive a tradition.
Terasa Doamnei Restaurant
Placed in Bucharest’s historical center, resturant Terasa Doamnei Restaurant is a place that you can not miss. The restaurant's architecture and design brings the Romanian tradition of the old country villages into the heart of Bucharest. Terasa Doamnei Restaurant invites you in a intimate, relaxing atmosphere acompanied by traditional Romanian music, and fill your culinary taste with the Romanian traditional dishes.
Heritage Restaurant
Known also as „Banker’s restaurant” is for sure the first restaurant in Romania and maybe in south-east Europe which will obtain a Michelin star. Outside and also inside of this house tell you a story started more than 80 years ago. The house were there is the restaurant was built in 1920 and belonged to Gheorghe Tatarascu, former prime-minister of Romania during 1934-1937 and 1939-1940.
Heritage offers the finest French cuisine, the best pastry and chocolate cakes you can find in in South Eastern Europe. The quality of the food, the attention for details, the carefully selected ingredients, all of these complete a perfect culinary experience at Heritage.
Balthazar Restaurant
With the opening of Balthazar, Bucharest is re-claiming its legendary cosmopolitan cache. With an exquisite contemporary French-Asian cuisine, avant-garde bar, sensual-chic decor, intoxicating music and hip crowd, Balthazar is a unique blend of trendy European buzz and oriental tranquility, Asian exoticism and cosmopolitan refinement right in the heart of Bucharest.
La Mandragora Restaurant
Decadent decor and smart ideas about food have inspired a classy, edgy ambience at this lovely new restaurant that opened in a renovated house in June 2006. Lilac-colored walls, a glittering bar, and gathered drapes are the opening gambit for an evening of superb food. “French dishes with a twist” is how you might describe the divine creations of German chef Paul Peter Kopij, who plans seasonal innovations and additions to a cleverly sophisticated, yet simple menu.