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.