This small but perfectly formed café-bar may well be a 15-minute walk east of the centre, but its cosy-living-room atmosphere makes it well worth seeking out. The vintage Bulgarian film posters on the walls make a great change from the beer adverts and commercial logos cluttering up other establishments of this ilk. The Bulgarian-Scottish bar crew serve up excellent toasted sandwiches too. In fridays there is live music.
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The welcoming array of deep white sofas will lure you into this stylish little spot just off ul. Rakovski - just make sure you don't end up squatting on one of the cube-sized pouffes otherwise you'll have backache come the morning. There's an appetizingly wide range of cocktails and spirit shots, a [...]

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Hardly anyone remembers the herbal pharmacy which once stood here (Bilkovata means “The Herbal”), but the basement bar on this spot is one of the most frequented places in Sofia. It’s sparsely furnished, smoky, and overcrowded at weekends, but a combination of off-the-wall backgro [...]

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If you really care about the quality of your cocktails then this split-level bar is the place to come. The setting is stylish and cosy, and the high proportion of beautiful young things among the clientele makes it the perfect place for people-watching. [...]

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Chocolate is an accurate description of the dominant colour scheme, although the grassy fabrics and ethnic wall decorations made us think we were in a beach bar somewhere in the South Pacific. Pounding music, a drinks menu several pages long, and a stylish clientele help to make this a wo [...]

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Finally an Irish bar run by authentic Irish men. Just 10m from Mc'Donalds (on bul. Vitosha), turn right into the arcade, the first door to the left - you will see the sign. Climb the stairs and you will dive right into the clamour of the cheerful crowd. It seems that time has stopped here - laughter, dancing and singing replace the hectic life outside. The place is cosy, decorated, the owners claim, as an old style Irish pub from the 70's, no annoying TV-sets to keep you from singing along. Large windows present you with a “spy” view to the Court House and the busy Alabin street. Pints of beer, great atmosphere, cool people, live music on Sundays. This place is simply a must experience. [...]

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One of the few bars in Sofia with over 10 years of history. The interior resembles an old English pub. Believe it or not the bar opens in the morning so it’s a good place for coffee or tea. In the evening, especially during summer nights, it’s quite difficult to get a table as the place [...]

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This classy designer bar in the basement of the National Opera is well worth looking in on at the weekends, when DJs spin plastic and revellers flock round the bar. At other times it looks like a furniture showroom, with rigid lines of fancy chairs and couches and not many people sitting in them. [...]

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Located behind an unlikely-looking metal door (look for the sign hanging above), this combined café and art gallery is the perfect place to wind down over a brew. Yogi tea, of which innumerable varieties are available, seems to be the house favourite, although there are several beverages of a more alcoholic nature to get acquainted with too, Antique furniture and oil paintings combine with post-industrial design touches to produce a slightly distressed, bohemian vibe. There’s usually some form of non-mainstream music on the CD system (world music, jazz or similar), and a regular programme of off-beat and jazz musical events. Indian-influenced vegetarian food, which they make on the spot, makes a welcome appearance on the evenings.Every Thursday Ayurvedic cuisine and every Thursday and Sunday Tea House is only for non-smokers.
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First-floor bar overlooking Sofia's busiest downtown shopping street, with comfy lounge-bar furniture inside, and a line of stools along the verandah providing the perfect vantage point from which to observe the goings-on below. There's a menu of fancy food, and a list of cocktails that runs to sev [...]

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