23 editor picks in Plovdiv.
Bulgarian cooking in Plovdiv runs from village staples like shopska salad, kavarma and grilled kebapche to polished modern plates. The Old Town gathers the heritage houses: Restaurant Philippopolis on Saborna, Boris Palace, Restaurant Alafrangite, Odeon and Puldin all serve traditional menus in restored mansions. Kapana brings the contemporary edge with Pavaj, Aylyakria, Tams House and Stariyat Plovdiv, while Nobel by Chef Shishkov and Smokini hold the centre.
23 bulgarian places in Plovdiv we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Plovdiv · Bulgarian across every city.
Raycho Markov sources from his father's farm 20 km outside Plovdiv; the short Pavaj menu rotates with the seasons in this Kapana neighborhood flagship.
Modern Bulgarian gastro-bar in a 100-year-old Kapana house.
Refined Hemingway sits in a 1930s modernist building on Gurko Street.
Chef Tanyo Shishkov's Plovdiv flagship in the Residence City Garden Hotel near Tsar Simeon Garden.
Tams House, opened 2018 in central Kapana, runs an author menu of modern Bulgarian cooking from small regional farms with seasonal Plovdiv produce.
Gallery-restaurant on Saborna Street in Old Plovdiv with a garden perched on a Roman wall above Kapana.
Memory sits on Saedinenie Square across from the Thursday market: 130 seats inside, 80 in a summer garden, Bulgarian wines and piano jazz on weekends.
Tucked on a Kapana side street with a shaded rooftop, Stariyat Plovdiv runs a stone pizza oven and charcoal grill alongside traditional Bulgarian classics.
Smokini sits a block from Kapana on Otets Paisiy.
Restaurant Alafrangite occupies an 18th-century Revival house with a courtyard garden in Old Plovdiv.
Boris Palace, a Saborna Street Revival mansion turned boutique hotel, serves Bulgarian and European cooking with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.
Odeon Hotel-Restaurant on Otets Paisiy serves classic Bulgarian cooking with a covered courtyard, a few minutes' walk from the Old Town's southern gate.
Puldin sits in a 19th-century Revival merchant's house high in Old Plovdiv.
Stariyat Plovdiv hides on a Kapana side street with a shaded rooftop, stone oven and charcoal grill.
Restaurant Alafrangite occupies an 18th-century Revival house with a courtyard garden in Old Plovdiv.
Boris Palace, a Saborna Street Revival mansion turned boutique hotel, serves Bulgarian and European with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.
Odeon Hotel-Restaurant on Otets Paisiy serves classic Bulgarian cooking with a covered courtyard, a few minutes' walk from the Old Town's southern gate.
Puldin sits in a 19th-century Revival merchant's house high in Old Plovdiv.
Smokini sits a block from Kapana on Otets Paisiy.
Modern Bulgarian gastro-bar in a 100-year-old Kapana house with brick walls and wooden beams.
Bulgarian chain Happy Bar and Grill on the pedestrian Knyaz Alexander spine.
Raya runs a small Bulgarian-leaning kitchen on Hristo Dyukmedzhiev with a pavement patio.
Central Park sits at the foot of Sahat Tepe with a big shaded terrace.
