Food Walk Plovdiv: Bulgarian Food and Culture Tour
Taste Plovdiv like a local, with the locals! Visit a number of different locations, each with its unique taste and significance in the history of our city and culture.
25 upscale places in Plovdiv, editor-picked. occasion restaurants in Plovdiv: destination kitchens for celebrations and visits. All Plovdiv food.
Salt and Pepper ★ 4.7
centre · ul. Hristo G. Danov 34, 4000 Plovdiv
Chef Nikolay Boroukov's modern Mediterranean room is one of the few Plovdiv tables that does fine dining seriously, with original menus beyond classics.
Tams House ★ 4.6
kapana · ul. Zagreb 4, 4000 Plovdiv
Tams House, opened 2018 in the heart of Kapana, runs an author menu of modern Bulgarian cooking from small regional farms with seasonal Plovdiv produce.
Maramao ★ 4.6
kapana · ul. Stefan Verkovich 6, 4000 Plovdiv
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.
Maramao ★ 4.6
kapana · ul. Stefan Verkovich 6, 4000 Plovdiv
Chef Freddy runs Maramao on a tiny Kapana courtyard in central Plovdiv. House-made bread, pasta and tiramisu, Italian classics and a reservation crowd.
Cat and Mouse ★ 4.6
kapana · ul. Hristo Dyukmedzhiev 14, 4000 Plovdiv
Cat and Mouse opened in 2015 as the first craft beer bar in Kapana. 150+ Belgian, German, Czech, Spanish and Bulgarian beers, distinctive design.
Hemingway ★ 4.5
centre · ul. Gen. Gurko 10, 4000 Plovdiv
Refined Hemingway sits in a 1930s modernist building on Gurko Street. Seasonal Bulgarian and European cooking, deep Bulgarian and international wine list.
Smokini ★ 4.5
centre · ul. Otets Paisiy 12, 4000 Plovdiv
Smokini sits a block from Kapana on Otets Paisiy. Mediterranean cooking interleaved with modern Bulgarian, homemade bread, vegetarian and gluten-free options.
Smokini ★ 4.5
centre · ul. Otets Paisiy 12, 4000 Plovdiv
Smokini sits a block from Kapana on Otets Paisiy. Mediterranean cooking with modern Bulgarian touches, homemade bread, vegetarian and gluten-free menu.
Hopium Taproom ★ 4.5
kapana · ul. Zagreb 7, 4000 Plovdiv
Hopium is Pelta Brewing's Kapana taproom. Ten Bulgarian craft taps and 50+ bottles and cans, late hours Friday and Saturday, takeout sales for the road.
Vino Culture ★ 4.5
kapana · ul. Otets Paisiy 5, 4000 Plovdiv
Vino Culture sits on a cobbled Otets Paisiy stretch a step from the Roman Stadium. Bulgarian and European wine with homemade tapas, weekend tasting events.
Memory Wine and Dine Cellar ★ 4.5
centre · pl. Saedinenie 3, 4000 Plovdiv
Memory's cellar list is the Plovdiv reference for Bulgarian wine. Saedinenie Square setting with summer garden, piano jazz on weekends, deep Bulgarian pours.
Restaurant Philippopolis ★ 4.4
old-town · ul. Saborna 29, 4000 Plovdiv
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
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.
Monkey House Bar ★ 4.4
kapana · ul. Zlatarska 3, 4000 Plovdiv
Monkey House runs all day as Kapana's specialty coffee corner then pivots to cocktails and beer through the evening. Awarded wines and top spirit brands.
Kamenitza Microbrewery ★ 4.4
centre · ul. Iztochen 33, 4000 Plovdiv
Kamenitza Microbrewery sits in part of the original 1881 brewery on Kamenitza Hill. Visitor centre and beer restaurant, brewmaster tours Tuesday to Friday.
Hemingway Cellar ★ 4.4
centre · ul. Gen. Gurko 10, 4000 Plovdiv
Hemingway runs one of the deeper Bulgarian and international wine lists in Plovdiv. The Gurko Street room sits late, civilised pours after dinner spots close.
Boris Palace ★ 4.3
old-town · ul. Saborna 49, 4000 Plovdiv
Boris Palace, a Saborna Street Revival mansion turned boutique hotel, serves Bulgarian and European cooking with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.
Boris Palace ★ 4.3
old-town · ul. Saborna 49, 4000 Plovdiv
Boris Palace, a Saborna Street Revival mansion turned boutique hotel, serves Bulgarian and European with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.
Wunderbaer Hills Beer Bar and Shop ★ 4.3
centre · ul. Beethoven 2, 4000 Plovdiv
Wunderbaer is the central-Plovdiv outpost of the Hills Beer family (brewery in Perushtitsa). Bavarian-style house beers on tap, bottle shop alongside.
Local ★ 4.3
kapana · ul. Hristo Dyukmedzhiev 10, 4000 Plovdiv
Local sits a few doors from Cat and Mouse as its Bulgarian-only spin-off. Draft and bottled production from various local breweries, focused taproom feel.
Philippopolis Wine Garden ★ 4.3
old-town · ul. Saborna 29, 4000 Plovdiv
Philippopolis runs a wine garden on a Roman wall above Kapana. Bulgarian and European cellar, summer pours over the rooftops of the Trap quarter below.
Brick House Bar ★ 4.2
kapana · ul. Hristo Dyukmedzhiev 20, 4000 Plovdiv
Brick House sits a few doors from Cat and Mouse with a long Bulgarian craft beer list, burgers as anchor, late close, pavement seating in the Kapana crawl.
Puldin Restaurant ★ 4.0
old-town · ul. Knyaz Tseretelev 3, 4000 Plovdiv
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.
Puldin Restaurant ★ 4.0
old-town · ul. Knyaz Tseretelev 3, 4000 Plovdiv
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.
Marmalad Club ★ 4.0
centre · ul. Bratya Pulievi 3, 4000 Plovdiv
Marmalad runs an all-day bar in central Plovdiv with jazz and chillout, and a club downstairs that picks up past midnight on weekends. Daily 11:00-01:00.
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