
Restaurants in Sofia
Bulgarians enjoy dining out and night life in Sofia, and so will you during your memorable visit in Sofia. Some fine restaurants in the foothills of Vitosha Mountain even have lovely views over the Sofia plateau and the city's urban area, and offer you enticing food in an array of colourful traditional dishes. And the waiters tend to be dressed in their natural costumes, giving you a charmingly authentic experience.
Most of the Kruchma's (traditional Bulgarian taverna-like restaurants) have live singing and dancing in the background as dinnertime is very much a social event for Bulgarians. Their energy is infectious and will have you tapping your feet.
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Vitosha
Every night at 21:00 hours a live music and dance group stages a folklore show for the guests - a pegeantry of music, lights, costumes, mesmerizing songs and dances from different regions of Bulgaria.
Let's go there tonight and get to know the unique Bulgarian culture and the temperamental nature of a Balkan people who love their entertainment and their guests wholeheartly.
Credit cards accepted: Visa, MasterCard, Diners Club, JCB, American Express
Traditional Bulgarian Restaurant
33, Vitosha Blvd., 1000 Sofia,
Close to the crossing with Solunska Str.
989 07 70
987 9465
vitosha33@abv.bg
11:00 to to 23:00
Pri Yafata Tavern
1st floor - 50 seats, 2nd floor - 80 seats, 3rd floor (VIP) - 25 seats,
Two summer gardens with 40 and 60 seats respectively.
The restaurants offers: Bulgarian traditional cuisine, charcoal barbeque, selection of 100 Bulgarian wines, live Balkan music, played by an attractive quartet, rich folklore program on request.
Folk-style restaurant
28 Solunska Str. / Tzar Assen Str., 1000 Sofia
980 17 27
10:00
Gorubliansko Hanche
Traditional Bulgarian cuisine. From 9pm the only folklore program in Sofia to include "Nestinarki" firedance. Secure car parking.
Bulgarian
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Ezero
Closed Wednesday
Bulgarian
In the Pancharevo area, down the Samokovsko Shousse highway, about 13 km from downtown.
12:00
Zlatna Ribka (Golden Fish)
Bulgarian
Down the Samokovsko Shousse highway, about 20 km from downtown.
Shopite
Bulgarian
63 Raiska Gradina St.
Tihiat Kat
Bulgarian
12 km from down town, you ca reach it by buses 61 or 62 or by car on weekdays.
Hadjidraganovite Kushti
Folk Style Restaurant
75 Kozlodui Str.
931 31 48
Chevermeto
Folk Style Restaurant
31, Cherni Vrah Blvd., (Hemus Hotel - Green house)
963 03 08, 66 17 79
Manastirska Magernitsa
Folk Style Restaurant
67 Han Asparuh Str.
980 38 83, 980 33 03
Simovata Kasta (Simo's House)
Folk Style Restaurant
12 Karnigradska Str.
981 13 53
Vodenitsata (The Watermill)
Folk Style Restaurant
Dragalevtsi, next to the cabel-lift station.
967 10 58
Boyansko Hanche (Boyana Inn)
Folk Style Restaurant
Boyana residential district - Sborishte Sq.
856 30 16
Gorublyansko Hanche (Goroublyane Inn)
Folk Style Restaurant
357 Tzarigradsko Shousse Blvd., Goroublyane residential district (near Petrol station B+)
973 62 60
11:00 to to 23:00
Shoumako
Folk Style Restaurant
On the ring road between the Bistritsa and Simeonovo residential district's
Zlatnata Ribka (The Little Golden Fish)
Folk Style Restaurant
Pancharevo residential district
992 31 77
Shturkelovo Gnezdo (The Stork's Nest)
Folk Style Restaurant
Pancharevo residential district, 40km from Sofia
997 263 80
Beyond the Alley - Behind the Cupboard
Recommended by SofiaHotels-Link.
Frommer's Review
It's not just the name that's quirky; located in an attractive Art Nouveau house, in an interesting up-and-coming area just north of the Cathedral, the decor at this fabled restaurant is equally eccentric. In the lovely garden you are greeted by a classic Bulgarian water fountain, but here sprouting some 20 taps; in the lobby is an antique cupboard filled with childhood mementos (changed seasonally); even the bathroom is a surprise, so don't miss it (and look up)! Food is a mix of international (French/Italian) but with Bulgarian influence -- the "village salad," for instance, comprises fresh vegetables topped with Rhodope cheese matured in a juniper casks, while the balls of Itchera goat's cheese, coated and deftly fried in slivered almond coats, is superb; similarly so the oven-baked rabbit, stuffed with sun-dried tomatoes and pine nuts, and served with a potato gratin, and the toasted soda bread stuffed with baked peppers and brie. With a large wine cellar updated annually, the wine list is also a superb introduction to one of Bulgaria's best-kept secrets. Small wonder that this is a personal favorite for the editor of Bacchus, Bulgaria's revered food and wine magazine and host to the likes of Bill Clinton and Catherine Deneuve. In short, if you have time for only one restaurant in Sofia, head to Beyond the Alley.
Prices: 13 - 25 leva ($7-$16 / £ 4.50-£ 8.65).
Note: 7% service charge is added to bill. Credit Cards Accepted - MC, Visa
Reservations: Reservations are essential at night
Bulgarian & International
31, Budapest Str.
980 90 67, 983 55 45
http://www.beyond-the-alley.com/
12:00 to to 02:00
Vishnite
Recommended by SofiaHotels-Link.
Bulgarian & International Cuisine
45 Hristo Smirnenski Blvd., on the corner with Vishneva St.
963 49 84
Roussalka Restaurant & Summer Garden Restaurant
Bulgarian, French, Italian & Asian
47 Cherkovna St.
435 257, 437 679
Somewhere There Go & See
Bulgarian National, French & International
3 Yavorova Chuka Str.
931 57 10
http://www.idi-vij.com/enindex.html
Gloria Palace Club & Garden - Gorna Banja district
The former Diplomatic Club offers outdoor and indoor Restaurant for 150 guests, tennis courts, fitness centre, garden and swimming pool.
- VIP hall for 50 persons with fireplace
- 2 small halls for presentations - each for 30 seated
Bulgarian & International Cuisine
51, N. Petkov Blvd.
(+359 2) 957-10-55
(+359 2) 915-77-56
gpalace@solo.bg
10:00
The 30's Restaurant
Bulgarian & International Cuisine
74 Cherkovna Str., Sofia
843 76 79
Bulgaria
Bulgarian & International Cuisine
4 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., Sofia
870 202
08:00 to to 22:00
Lebed
Bulgarian & International Cuisine
Pancharevo lake area, 83, Samokovsko Chaussee
992 34 65, 992 30 45
Continental Plaza
Bulgarian & International Cuisine
1 Bulgaria Blvd., NDK, Sofia
951 54 30, 916 69 55
Russian Club (Restaurant KRIM)
Recommended by SofiaHotels-Link.
The most refined Sofia Restaurant!
Krim Restaurant is the favourite and preferred place of our capital's intellectuals since 1939. One of the most beautiful buildings, built 100 years ago, Krim is distinguished by the elegant style of that time.
After a long restoration, restaurant Krim has opened doors once again and welcomes guests from all over the world in an exceptionally cosy and refined atmosphere. It is once again a favourite place for inviting important business guests of local companies, as well as for politicians and intellectuals for informal lunches and fine dinning. Special guests of the restaurant have been the Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl and French Presiedent François Mitterrand.
Cost of typical dinner with wine: about 40 EUR
Bulgarian & International Cuisine
17, Slavyanska St. and Dobrudja Str., Sofia
988 69 50; 981 06 66
Club Restaurant
Bulgarian & International Cuisine
4, Graf Ignatiev St., Sofia
873 083
Restaurant Sofra
Turkish Cuisine
69, Oboriste Str.
944 5005, 944 2005
L'Incontro Allegro
Italian Cuisine
24 Assen Zlatarov Str.
846 73 03
Enoteca Uno
Italian Cuisine
45 Vasil Levski, Blvd.
981 46 13, 981 43 72
http://www.uno-sofia.com/enoteca/index.aspx?pid=1&lang=en
Restaurant Piccola Italia
Italian Cuisine
Yanko Sakazov Str.
846 84 26
SASA
This is a new Japanese Restaurant (situated on18th floor in Hemus Hotel) part of the chain of Chef's group by ''Happy", which includes the VIP restaurants ''Tambuktu", ''Capitan Cook and ''Carrera".
Sasa in Japanese means ''a bamboo leaf ". The bamboo leaf is the true symbol of Japan and is an inseparable part of its history and tradition. It is usually connected with abundance and solidarity .
Mr. Hiroaki Sasaguri, chef of the restaurant has made up a seven-part menu which includes seasonal Japanese dishes: salad rolls, sushi, aromatic soup with goose liver, duck rolls with special sauce, stuffed salmon with mashed potatoes and black truffle, ''Tepanyaki" veal, and for desert - the Japanese tiramisu with green tea.
Japanese Restaurant
D- 3 , bul. Cherni vrah 31, Hotel Hemus, fl.18
963 54 14
963 54 14
11:00 to to 23:00
Carrera
Carrera is a gourmet restaurant in the higher price range, part of the Chef's Group chain. The exquisite atmosphere, tranquility and coziness, combined with extraordinary service makes restaurant Carrera different. There you can enjoy the unique "winter garden", a romantic atmosphere arranged in a Mediterranean style. The menu includes meat specialities, mostly veal. The meat is high quality and chosen from selected producers. You can combine the taste of different cheeses and the butcher selections with the fabulous variety of wines.
The restaurant seats 100 guests and is suitable for business lunch and dinner, cocktail parties, romantic dates, business and family occasions.
gourmet
4 Golo Bardo str., Sofia
++ (359) 2 960 28 66
18:00 to to 23:00
Vratata
In the prestigious capital quarter Lozenetz, there is an interesting 100 year old city house that has sheltered one of the best capital restaurants.
Entering Vratata ("The Door"), you run into a romantic meeting between the East and the West, with the mix of cultures, flavours, aromas and perceptions of the two worlds.
Everyday in Vratata, a special lunch menu awaits you, and in the evening the master chef unleashes his imagination and offers innovative meals, such as the fillet of red mullet, kmchatka crab, venison, wild boar and escargot.
From the gourmet menu, there is a selected wine list of Bulgarian Enoteca wines and offers from the Old and New world.
Recently, Vratata has gained prominent positions in the sphere of the luxurious and yacht catering service as well.
The restaurant attracts clients with its green yard, where in the summer nights you can often hear the sound of violin.
bulgarian , european , oriental cuisine
12,Kokiche Str. Sofia , Bulgaria
++ (359) 2 869 90 05
18:00 to to 23:00
Mechata Dupka (Bear's Lair)
The owners of Mechata Dupka respect Bulgarian traditions and savors, offering fine hospitality and authentic ambience complemented by live folk music.
bulgarian cuisine
5, Graf Ignatiev Str.
++ 359 2 986 63 03
11:00 to to 23:00
Barbados
fish restaurant
34 A, Totleben Blvd. (in Hotel Shipka building)
++ 359 2 954 12 34
11:00 to to 23:00
Captain Cook
fish restaurant
12-14, P.Slaveikov Str.
++359 2 954 90 98
11:00 to to 23:00
Tambuktu
fish restaurant
10, Aksakov Str.
++359 2 988 12 34
11:00 to to 23:00



