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By Bars we refer to places where you are likely to do little else other than drink and be merry (though bar snacks may be available). By Pubs we mean venues where you can drink and get half-decent food.

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Atelier Mecanic

You will like it the minute you walk in the door. Perhaps even before that. Old Town has needed something a bit different for a while, and this place is it. Read_on (2 Comments)

Beer O'Clock

This little pub in Pasajul Villacrosse has probably the biggest selection bottled beers in the city: so it is aptly named. With brews from all over the world you could drink a different beer every night for a month and not try the same one twice. Read_on (2 Comments)

Cantina Sport Bar

On the southern tip of Old Town, where Strada Selari meets the river embankment, this enormous sports bar is a bright and breezy place to watch the match and get your hands on some decent grub. Read_on (1 Comment)

Colorteca

Super little bar in a narrow Lipscani passage that it is home to a surprisingly large number of speakeasies. This one could well be our favourite, not least because of the colourful decor, very late opening hours and cheerful bar staff. Read_on (No Comments)

Dark Blå Bar /Light Blå Terrace /Blå Lounge Bar

A collection of bars and lounges from the Radisson, popular with an after-work crowd who view it as a decent alternative to the English Bar in the Hilton across the road. Read_on (No Comments)

English Bar

This little corner of the Hilton that will forever be associated with intrigue and spies (it has been around for nearly a century, Read_on (2 Comments)

Fratelli

Calling itself a bar and lounge, there are certainly enough comfy sofas here to qualify it in the lounge category. That is if you can get in of course. Read_on (1 Comment)

Golf Planet

Something very different and original comes to Old Town. It's an 18-hole crazy-golf course, with added cafe, cocktail bar and comfy sofas. Read_on (No Comments)

Interbelic

A cosy little speakeasy in a well-hidden location (find it in the alleyway which links Str. Blanari to Str. Lipscani) and the perfect place to conduct all sorts of secret business, affairs and anything else that springs to mind. Read_on (1 Comment)

Intermezzo Piano Bar

Legendary hotel bar in the lobby of the Eenter, which was a den of iniquity and intrigue during the communist period, all spies and journalists, plots and honey traps. Read_on (No Comments)

Klein Bar & Bistro

Bar and bistro inside the Rembrandt hotel. It's a great place to enjoy a drink with friends, and the location at the edge of Bucharest's newly-formed pedestrian zone makes it a favourite for those looking for something just a little more restful. Read_on (No Comments)

Laboratorul de Cocktailuri

Our new favourite Old Town location? Possibly. It's a cocktail bar (there is beer too, of course, on tap, as well as hundreds of teas) where everything has been thought out to the minutest detail. Read_on (No Comments)

Open Door

Boasting one of the best selections of exotic coffees in the city (try the After Dinner Mint), Open Door is something a bit different for the Old Town area. Read_on (No Comments)

Papiota

Well, we guess it had to happen. The madcap bar Atelier Mecanic has proven to be so popular that quasi-clones are starting to appear. Read_on (No Comments)

Pillow Bar & Lounge

The odd Ikea coffee table aside (and let's face it, who hasn't got at least half a dozen Ikea coffee tables these days?), Pillow is the kind of place we like to see opening up. Read_on (No Comments)

Ramayana Cafe

Looking like a cross between a Maharaja's bedroom and the most luxurious hotel in Delhi, this cafe and cocktail bar is quite frankly unique. Read_on (1 Comment)

Revenge

It is the music that we like best about this pub and club in the heart of the Lipscani area. A mix of everything from the sublime Read_on (1 Comment)

Shakespeare

A cracking pub on Strada Blanari, right opposite the big church, where from day one they appear to have got it right. A bit spacier Read_on (No Comments)

Sky Bar

Leaving aside the disappointment that Sky Bar - despite being on the roof - is actually only on the fifth floor, it's a classy little place for the monied set which comes here to drink cocktails and dine on very good food. Read_on (No Comments)

Sports Bar

Bright new sports bar (what else?), although note that the sports in question are more than likely to be Romanian: if a Premier League match clashes with a Romanian game you will be watching the local excuse for football. Read_on (No Comments)

Terminus

Pub/bar on the ground floor, while downstairs there is a basement bar which becomes more a nightclub with an industrial feel as the evening wears on. Read_on (No Comments)

The Little Bar

Little by name, little by nature. But we like little, and this coquette bar on – where else – Str. Smardan is the Read_on (No Comments)

Thomas Antiques Bar

Above the Thomas Antiques shop in Old Town is a cafe, tea house and bar where you can enjoy a hot white chocolate (or something stronger) while discussing the merits of the goods you've been admiring. Read_on (No Comments)

Victoria Club

Elegant English bar and cigar lounge that - with its gorgeous leather armchairs - immediately reminded us of our favourite bar in Vienna (which shall rename nameless). Read_on (No Comments)

Yellow Bar

Still popular after all these years, and let's face it: it's been around as long as us. This is a great, central place to relax and listen to a few good tunes, unwind and feel nicely cut-off from the street above. Read_on (No Comments)