12 cocktail bar places in Bucharest we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Bucharest | Cocktail Bar across every city.
Bucharest's bar culture is concentrated in the Old Town and Cișmigiu fringe, where rooftops and hidden rooms have given the city a genuine cocktail identity. NOMAD Skybar and Pura Vida Sky Bar look out over Lipscani from above, SIP Bucharest works the classics on Strada Covaci, and Energiea on Strada Actor Ion Brezoianu doubles as a courtyard fixture for the after-dinner crowd.
Energiea ★ 4.4
cismigiu · Strada Actor Ion Brezoianu 4, 050023 București
Energiea lives in a former print shop on Brezoianu, a contemporary Bucharest pub-bistro with one of the city's best cocktail programs and a courtyard.
NOMAD Skybar ★ 4.3
lipscani · Strada Smârdan 30, București, Romania
NOMAD Skybar on Smârdan in Old Town runs a rooftop garden under a retractable glass roof, the year-round Old Town cocktail anchor for the post-2018 wave.
Linea Rooftop Bar ★ 4.3
lipscani · Strada Lipscani 17, Sector 3, București, Romania
Linea's open-roof terrace atop the Victoria Department Store delivers the widest Old Town view in Bucharest, focused cocktails and warm-weather drinks.
SIP Bucharest ★ 4.4
lipscani · Strada Covaci 12, 030124 București
SIP Bucharest occupies a former-bank vault on Covaci, the Old Town speakeasy with original steel safe doors as room dividers and a custom mixology bar.
Pura Vida Sky Bar ★ 3.8
lipscani · Strada Smârdan 7, 030071 București
Pura Vida Sky Bar on Smârdan 7 in Old Town is the rooftop terrace of the Bucharest Pura Vida hostel, a summer open deck with backpacker-and-local crowd.
Garden of Eden ★ 4.0
cismigiu · Strada Ion Brezoianu 23-25, Universul building B, 1st floor, București, Romania
Garden of Eden's courtyard in the Universul building on Brezoianu is one of the quietest nightlife rooms in Bucharest, a leafy enclosed garden bar.
Hop Hooligans Taproom ★ 4.5
universitate · Strada Jean Louis Calderon 49, 020041 București
Hop Hooligans Taproom on Jean Louis Calderon, a 10 minute walk from Bucharest's Piața Universității, pours the brewery's latest IPAs and guest taps.
Energiea Late ★ 4.2
cismigiu · Strada Actor Ion Brezoianu 4, 050023 București
Energiea's print-shop courtyard near Bucharest Old Town keeps a small late-night kitchen running until 02:00 Fri-Sat, the strongest cocktail bar food.
NOMAD Skybar Late ★ 4.2
lipscani · Strada Smârdan 30, București, Romania
NOMAD Skybar on Smârdan runs a late Bucharest kitchen until midnight and a cocktail bar until 02:00, the Old Town rooftop choice for late dinner.
SIP Bucharest Vault ★ 4.4
lipscani · Strada Covaci 12, 030124 București
SIP Bucharest Vault is old town's speakeasy lives behind an unmarked door on covaci, inside a former-bank vault with the original steel doors still in place.
Garden of Eden Courtyard ★ 4.1
cismigiu · Strada Ion Brezoianu 23-25, Universul building B, 1st floor, București, Romania
Garden of Eden on Brezoianu in Bucharest is a leafy first-floor garden bar hidden three flights up inside the Universul building, heated through winter.
Energiea Print-Shop Courtyard ★ 4.3
cismigiu · Strada Actor Ion Brezoianu 4, 050023 București
Energiea on Brezoianu in Bucharest hides a courtyard behind the print-shop facade, the quietest cocktail spot in the centre through an arched entrance.