Varna Restaurants

  1. Dom na Arkitekta

    Dom na Arkitekta 'The Architect's House' is a fine old wooden National Revival-style building with a private, leafy courtyard popular with local cats. The usual grills, steaks and salads are on the menu and it's a restful place for a cold beer or two.

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  2. Happy Bar & Grill

    Varna's home-grown, and now nationwide, chain restaurant has four branches around the city, including at this central location. The uncomplicated menu of grills, steaks and salads pulls in customers throughout the day, and the friendly waitresses, who occasionally launch into spontaneous dance routines, certainly add to the atmosphere. There's another branch on bul Slivnitsa.

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  3. Morsko Konche

    The 'Seahorse' is a cheap and cheerful pizza place with a big menu featuring all the standard varieties, as well as some inventive creations of their own: the 'exotic' pizza comes with bananas and blueberries.

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  4. Mr Baba

    The coast-long trend for novelty ship restaurants has come to Varna, with this wooden-hulled venture stranded at the end of the beach, near the port. Named after a 17th century Ottoman admiral, it features a pricey but hearty menu of fish and steak dishes such as sea bass, trout and bluefish.

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  5. Orient Turkish Restaurant

    Another of Varna's best, this Halal place serves up delicious Turkish and Middle Eastern dishes like shish kebabs, tabouleh and stuffed vine leaves. Despite being on a busy road, the outdoor terrace is pleasantly shielded from the traffic by some bushes.

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  7. Prestol

    Busy place on the seaside promenade serving cheap grills and salads in an attractive beachfront setting. Pork skewers and fish are on the menu, along with 'sausage by the metre' for the very hungry.

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  8. Pri Monahinite

    Set in the courtyard of a little church, Pri Monahinite (At the Nuns') is a classy place for roast lamb, grilled pork and other meaty offerings. They also do good salads and have an extensive wine list.

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  9. Pri Yafata

    Folksy place offering good quality traditional Bulgarian cuisine, with dishes such as stewed pork knuckle, chicken kavarma and lots of salads and soups. There's live music every night.

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  10. Tambuktu

    One of the few restaurants along the seaside promenade that stay open year-round, Tambuktu is a chain seafood restaurant, serving up a vast assortment of freshly caught fish. Sea bass, lobster, prawns and many other dishes are on the menu, and there's live music in the evenings.

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  11. Trops Kâshta

    This branch of the dependable nationwide self-service canteen chain is the ideal place for cheap, simple food like sausage and beans, chicken chops and moussaka; just point at whatever takes your fancy.

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