Where to brunch in Bucharest: morning rooms worth the queue.
Where to brunch in Bucharest. The morning rooms worth the queue, and the kitchens still doing it right at noon.
Andreea Beca's Beca's Kitchen near Piața Romană runs Bucharest's standby brunch room, chalkboard daily plates, mismatched ceramics and homemade cakes.
Order: Daily chalkboard plate; tomato soup; cheesecake.
Tip: Last orders 21:30; weekend tables fill from 12:30.
Energiea's Saturday and Sunday brunch service is the city-centre weekend brunch room of record, in the former-print-shop courtyard just outside Old Town.
Order: Eggs benedict; pulled-pork sandwich.
Tip: Brunch only Saturday and Sunday; weekday menu is small plates and dinner.
M60's weekend brunch on Mendeleev near Piața Amzei pairs Scandinavian-Romanian brunch plates with V60 filter, calmer than Old Town brunch venues.
Order: Granola bowl; flat white; sourdough avocado toast.
Tip: Plates land by 09:30; the back room is the quieter spot Weekends fill by noon.
Shift Eatery's all-day brunch near Bucharest's Piața Victoriei is the Dorobanți weekend ritual, with the menu that arrived with the third-wave coffee.
Order: Eggs benedict; avocado toast; flat white.
Tip: Walk-in on weekdays; weekend bookings encouraged.
Biutiful by the Lake's weekend brunch sits on Herastrau lake in Bucharest, the daytime lakefront brunch for north Bucharest residents and travellers.
Order: Eggs your way; pancake stack; signature spritz.
Tip: Booking essential weekends April through October at this Bucharest lakeside terrace; the deck seats fill first.