Bulgarian food sits at the meeting point of Balkan, Ottoman, and Mediterranean traditions. Plovdiv was named a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy in 2019 - recognition of millennia-old Thracian wine tradition + a modern Sofia restaurant scene + village rakija + the country's defining shopska salad, banitsa pastry, kavarma stew, and the yoghurt that Bulgaria essentially gave the world.

Cities in Bulgaria

Each city has its own way of feeding you. Pick where to start.

By state

State-level food guides aggregating every city in that state.

Top across Bulgaria

Country-wide editor lists across every category we cover.

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Signature dishes of Bulgaria

A growing index of the canonical dishes from Bulgaria, what they are, where they came from, and where in the country to eat them.

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