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18 romanian places in Bucharest we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Bucharest | Romanian across every city.
Romanian cooking is Bucharest's anchor cuisine, from grilled mici and ciorbă to the grand beer-hall feasts of the Old Town. Caru' cu bere on Strada Stavropoleos and Hanu' lui Manuc on Strada Franceză are the historic standard-bearers in Lipscani, while Lacrimi și Sfinți and Locanta Jaristea give the tradition a more atmospheric, theatrical edge nearby.
Caru' cu bere ★ 4.6
lipscani · Strada Stavropoleos 5, 030107 București
The 1879 Caru' cu bere on Stavropoleos serves the soul of Bucharest dining, where mici were recorded in a 1920 chef's letter to the Academy.
Hanu' lui Manuc ★ 4.4
lipscani · Strada Franceză 62-64, 030106 București
The 1808 caravanserai-turned-restaurant Hanu' lui Manuc on Franceză serves classic Romanian plates around one of Europe's last remaining inn courtyards.
Lacrimi și Sfinți ★ 4.5
lipscani · Strada Șepcari 16, Old Town, București 030116
Poet Mircea Dinescu's Lacrimi și Sfinți on Șepcari pours wines from his Cetate estate alongside modern Romanian classics in Bucharest Old Town today.
Crama Domnească ★ 4.1
lipscani · Strada Șelari 13-15, Old Town, București
Crama Domnească sits in the cellar of the Princely Court on Șelari, the Princely Wine Cellar in Bucharest, with live folk and house wines by carafe.
Mahala ★ 4.5
centru-civic · Calea Rahovei 147-153, 050912 București
Chef Petru Sorin Cucu's Mahala cooks contemporary Romanian inside the Bragadiru Palace, near the House of the People, one of the boldest menus in town.
Vatra ★ 4.3
cismigiu · Strada Ion Brezoianu 19, 010131 București
Vatra on Brezoianu cooks traditional Romanian on bakestones and in tin kettles, in a 1920s Transylvanian interior next to Cișmigiu Park in Bucharest.
Hanu' Berarilor Casa Oprea Soare ★ 4.2
centru-civic · Strada Poenaru Bordea 2, 050554 București
Hanu' Berarilor Casa Oprea Soare runs a neo-Romanesque manor as a brewery-restaurant near Bucharest's Piața Unirii, giant platters and house beer.
Berăria H ★ 4.0
floreasca · Șoseaua Kiseleff 32, Pavilionul H, Herastrau Park, București
Berăria H opened in 2014 inside the former Heavy Industry Pavilion in Herastrau Park, billed as Southeast Europe's largest beer hall on a 5,000 sqm floor.
Kané Restaurant ★ 4.4
dorobanti · Strada Tunari 60, 020526 București
Kané on Tunari runs a Romanian-fusion kitchen in a converted Dorobanți house in Bucharest, with a courtyard garden and a strong modern wine list.
Locanta Jaristea ★ 4.2
lipscani · Strada George Georgescu 50-52, 040132 București
Locanta Jaristea cooks Belle Epoque Romanian inside a 19th-century Bucharest townhouse south of Old Town, with live folk and costumed staff service.
Cartofisserie ★ 3.8
sector-4 · Strada Liviu Rebreanu 4, 031787 București
Cartofisserie is the Bucharest potato-house chain: loaded baked potatoes, fried wedges, vegetarian and vegan options, the cheap reliable lunch.
Hanu' Berarilor Interbelic Casa Soare ★ 4.0
centru-civic · Strada Poenaru Bordea 2, 050554 București
The interwar-themed Hanu' Berarilor Interbelic Casa Soare runs the same Bucharest Poenaru Bordea inn as Casa Oprea Soare, darker beer-hall room.
La Mama (Lipscani) ★ 3.9
lipscani · Strada Lipscani 36, 030033 București
La Mama on Lipscani is the Bucharest chain doing Romanian home cooking at scale: oversized sarmale, ciorbă bowls, big-portion papanași for dessert.
Biutiful by the Lake ★ 4.2
floreasca · Bulevardul Aerogării 27, 013591 București
Biutiful by the Lake sits on Herastrau next to the Aerogării bridge, the daytime lake terrace and Saturday brunch big hitter for north Bucharest residents.
Mici la Mahala ★ 4.4
obor · Strada Ziduri Moși 4, Sector 2, București
The Obor mici terrace inside the Piața Obor complex is the legendary Bucharest grill counter, mici plus mustard plus bread plus a Timișoreana lager.
City Grill Primăverii ★ 3.9
dorobanti · Bulevardul Primăverii 3, 011972 București
City Grill Primăverii is the Bucharest Romanian grill chain done well: mici, pork chops, sarmale, an all-purpose dining room for families and lunch.
Kaiamo ★ 4.8
dorobanti · 30A Emil Pangratti Street, District 1, București, Romania, 011884
Radu Ionescu's Kaiamo cooks Bucharest's most ambitious modern Romanian tasting menus from a Dorobanți townhouse on Ermil Pangratti, 9 to 20 courses.
Casa Capșa ★ 4.0
calea-victoriei · Calea Victoriei nr. 36, București, Romania
Casa Capșa is the historic Bucharest dining address since 1852, on Calea Victoriei at the corner of Edgar Quinet, reopened 2003 inside a hotel rebuild.
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