13 restaurants in Plovdiv, editor-picked for monday dinner. Open on monday, the day most kitchens go dark. All restaurants in Plovdiv.
Aylyakria ★ 4.6
kapana · ul. Kozhuharska 3, 4000 Plovdiv
Hours: Mon-Sun 11:00-23:00
Modern Bulgarian gastro-bar in a 100-year-old Kapana house. Banitsa, shopska and grilled meats with vegetarian and gluten-free options on offer.
Nobel by Chef Shishkov ★ 4.6
centre · ul. Veliko Tarnovo 19, 4000 Plovdiv
Hours: Mon-Sun 11:30-23:00
Chef Tanyo Shishkov's Plovdiv flagship in the Residence City Garden Hotel near Tsar Simeon Garden. Bulgaria's celebrity chef cooking refined fine dining.
Maramao ★ 4.6
kapana · ul. Stefan Verkovich 6, 4000 Plovdiv
Hours: Mon-Sat 18:00-23:30, closed Sunday
Chef Freddy's Maramao runs a tiny courtyard kitchen on the edge of Kapana. House-made bread, pasta, cakes and Italian classics with authentic products.
Hemingway ★ 4.5
centre · ul. Gen. Gurko 10, 4000 Plovdiv
Hours: Mon-Sun 12:00-00:00
Refined Hemingway sits in a 1930s modernist building on Gurko Street. Seasonal Bulgarian and European cooking, deep Bulgarian and international wine list.
Restaurant Philippopolis ★ 4.4
old-town · ul. Saborna 29, 4000 Plovdiv
Hours: Mon-Sun 12:00-23:00
Gallery-restaurant on Saborna Street in Old Plovdiv with a garden perched on a Roman wall above Kapana. National and European tastes in a Revival house.
Memory Wine and Dine ★ 4.4
centre · pl. Saedinenie 3, 4000 Plovdiv
Hours: Mon-Sun 12:00-23:30
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.
Stariyat Plovdiv ★ 4.3
kapana · ul. Frederic Joliot-Curie 6A, 4000 Plovdiv
Hours: Mon-Sun 10:30-00:00
Tucked on a Kapana side street with a shaded rooftop, Stariyat Plovdiv runs a stone pizza oven and charcoal grill alongside traditional Bulgarian classics.
Restaurant Alafrangite ★ 4.3
old-town · ul. Kiril Nektariev 13, 4000 Plovdiv
Hours: Mon-Sun 11:00-23:00
Restaurant Alafrangite occupies an 18th-century Revival house with a courtyard garden in Old Plovdiv. Traditional Bulgarian salads and meat dishes anchor.
Boris Palace ★ 4.3
old-town · ul. Saborna 49, 4000 Plovdiv
Hours: Mon-Sun 12:00-22:00
Boris Palace, a Saborna Street Revival mansion turned boutique hotel, serves Bulgarian and European cooking with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.
Brick House Kapana ★ 4.2
kapana · ul. Hristo Dyukmedzhiev 20, 4000 Plovdiv
Hours: Mon-Sun 10:00-00:00
Brick House sits a few doors from Cat and Mouse on Hristo Dyukmedzhiev. Stylish but cosy Kapana bar-diner serving burgers and a Bulgarian craft beer list.
Odeon Restaurant ★ 4.1
old-town · ul. Otets Paisiy 40, 4000 Plovdiv
Hours: Mon-Sun 11:30-23:00
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.
Marmalad ★ 4.0
centre · ul. Bratya Pulievi 3, 4000 Plovdiv
Hours: Mon-Sun 11:00-01:00
Marmalad runs all day at the edge of Kapana on Bratya Pulievi: salads, sandwiches, pasta, jazz and chillout music, with a nightclub of the same name below.
Puldin Restaurant ★ 4.0
old-town · ul. Knyaz Tseretelev 3, 4000 Plovdiv
Hours: Mon-Sun 11:00-23:00
Puldin sits in a 19th-century Revival merchant's house high in Old Plovdiv. The terrace looks across the city; the kitchen runs classic Bulgarian banqueting.