8 moldovan places in Chișinău we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Chișinău | Moldovan across every city.
Moldovan cooking is built on village recipes, with mamaliga, sarmale and the flaky filled plăcinte at its heart, all washed down with the country's wine. The traditional dining rooms spread across the centre and inner districts: La Taifas and La Plăcinte sit in Centru, while Sălcioara works the form in Botanica with carved-wood interiors and live music. At the modern end, BERD'S Arome Locale reworks Moldovan produce in Centru, and Gök-Oguz in Râșcani brings the Gagauz strand of the local table.
Sălcioara ★ 4.3
botanica · Strada Decebal 99/6, Chișinău, Moldova
Sălcioara in downtown Chișinău is the traditional Moldovan dining room with carved-wood interiors, evening live music and a kitchen built on village recipes.
La Taifas ★ 4.4
centru · Strada București 67, Chișinău, Moldova
La Taifas in Chișinău is the old village house with porch on Strada București, serving rustic Moldovan cooking and live folk music in a clay-pottery room.
La Plăcinte (Ștefan cel Mare 3) ★ 4.2
centru · Bulevardul Ștefan cel Mare și Sfînt 3, Chișinău, Moldova
La Plăcinte on Ștefan cel Mare 3 is the central Chișinău branch of the Moldovan chain that turned the street plăcintă into a sit-down restaurant.
La Plăcinte (Hâncești 58) ★ 4.1
botanica · Șoseaua Hâncești 58, Chișinău, Moldova
La Plăcinte on Șoseaua Hâncești 58 is the Botanica-side branch of Moldova's plăcinte chain, with the largest dine-in room and a kids' play area attached.
BERD'S Arome Locale ★ 4.5
centru · Bulevardul Dimitrie Cantemir 12, Chișinău, Moldova
BERD'S Arome Locale in Chișinău is the fine-dining room at Moldova's first design hotel on Cantemir, working Moldovan produce in a refined modern idiom.
Salcioara ★ 4.4
centru · Strada Pușkin 39, Chișinău, Moldova
Salcioara in Chișinău is the higher-end Moldovan traditional room on Strada Pușkin, working village recipes with organic produce in a folk-decor room.
Gök-Oguz ★ 4.4
rascani · Calea Orheiului 19A, Chișinău, Moldova
Gok-Oguz is a family Gagauz room on Calea Orheiului with a back-garden vinery and hand-painted village courtyard; order the shurpa lamb soup ahead.
La Plăcinte (Ștefan cel Mare 3) ★ 4.2
centru · Bulevardul Ștefan cel Mare și Sfînt 3, Chișinău, Moldova
La Plăcinte on Ștefan cel Mare 3 is the central Chișinău branch where a tray of plăcinte and a bowl of zeamă lands under 100 MDL, full menu beneath 180 MDL.