Restaurants in Bucharest
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Trattoria Il Calcio
Run by 'Romania's George Best' (football legend Gino Lorgucescu), this pasta/pizza place looks Tuscan, if not for the framed Futbol journals from the 1960s on the walls. The food's great, with hearty meals and good salads. It gets busy at lunch.
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Don Taco
Romania's only 'Mexican' restaurant (um, half the menu sticks with Romanian fare) does an inventive but pretty good take on burritos, enchiladas and carnitas (stewed pork).
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Grand Cafe Galleron
A block east of Piaţa Revoluţiei, this stylish cafe has indoor nooks and outdoor seats for ice-cream, sandwiches, drinks and all-day breakfast.
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Casa Doina
Off the grand avenue, this casawas an ornate 1892 villa, with almost Raj-style rooms complementing its high-quality Romanian fare. The best option is to sit outside near the fountains in the inviting courtyard (too bad about the Carlsberg banners). Try the beef carpaccio with olive oil and lemon juice (around €10).
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Balthazar
On a strip of embassies (US and Austrian included - so no Schwarzenegger jokes), Balthazar is among Bucharest's classiest restaurants, filling the ground floor and front courtyard of a superbly maintained old villa. Snazzy locals and business lunchers come for Thai/French fusion, lots of seafood and filet mignon.
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Mediterraneo
This great little corner restaurant on the cobbled back lanes draws expats and locals for Turkified Mediterranean fare. Sunday brunch (around €10) is a big deal - with sausage, eggs, olives, French toast and fresh OJ. Fresh fish fillets join a posse of kebabs and pastas.
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Snack Attack!
You haven't been in Romania long enough if the idea of a cheap, fresh sandwich (around €2.50) or salad (including hummus and tabouli with tortillas; around €2) doesn't tempt you. There are eight locations of Snack Attack! in Bucharest.
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Casa Veche
Some of Bucharest's finest clay-oven pies - thin, crispy versions with fresh ingredients - are served in this nice trellised courtyard and upstairs woodbeam dining room. Make sure extras aren't added to your bill though.
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Red Lion
This popular pizza/pasta place near the university fills two rooms - one a dark-wood pub, the other a trellised Roman 'garden' of sorts - with locals looking for around €1.60 draft beer, crispy pizza or pasta.
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Burebista
Dark-shaded patio seats outside, with tree-trunk tables and furs inside, rustic Burebista is a popular spot for excellent quality grilled meats. Salads start at around €2.50.
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Paradis
Come for a brilliant-value buffet lunch at this Lebanese joint, with spicy aubergine stew, spinach over rice, spinach stews, meatballs in tomato sauce and mounds of flat bread.
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Smart's
On a shaded lane, this great pub serves (rather Romanian) pub fare, with a selection of salads and pastas. It's popular, and a fine spot to sit over a bottle of Leffe.
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G City Grill
Outside tables at this appealing villa, just east of Piaţa Charles de Gaulle, draw a stylin' biz crowd seeking typical Romanian fare in a modern setting.
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Café & Latte
Facing Cişmigiu Garden, this spot offers pastries and coffees to a jovial crowd.
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Bistro Vilacrosse
This bistro borrows its style heavily from Parisian side-streets, with sepia tones of Bucharest's most Parisian-influenced buildings, wooden floors and gingham tablecloths. Settle into a seat and escape the city heat and/or crowds in this glass-domed passage while sipping fresh coffee and eating a wine-splattered Transylvania pork filet on a bed of (French!) fries and roasted cabbage.
Of all things, the toilet entrance is a red (English!) telephone booth. It has a few vegetarian options, and a bottle of wine costs around €8.30.
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Count Dracula Club
Don't pretend you don't want this. A spooky home with blood-dripping walls and cosy rooms themed as hunting, medieval, Transylvanian style, plus a chapel/coffin room with impaled heads, hands reaching through walls and blood-red lights. In addition, Drac himself shows up 'for a show' at 21:30 Tuesday and Friday. The food's fine - mostly bloody meats. ('Um, we have vegetarian soup', said a ghoulishly goateed waiter, perplexed at the very thought of vegetarians.)
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La Mama
Mama knows what she's doing. This converted villa, with a sprawling covered deck that's filled to all hours, dates from the late 19th century, and deserves its many fans, thanks to the very tasty, meat-heavy options. Sheep pastrami with polenta is a winner, but the roasted pork neck with country-style potatoes is unbeatable.
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