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Arcade
Other places may come and go, but this one has been first class for well over seven years now. Every year they come up with new, sharper menus (the current one stars a glorious duck confit) meaning you have no excuse not to go as often as you can afford it. The lovely, high-ceilinged indo [...]



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Str. I. Cantacuzino 8

tel. (+4) 0753 99 93 33

Open 12:00-24:00 Metro station:

Aviatorilor
Avantgarde
Thrills and spills aplenty here: all you need to know about this place is that it is on the top floor of the Tulip Inn hotel on Nerva Traian. That means you get some really terrific views over the Centru Civic towards B-dul Unirii and beyond. The food is more than good enough not to be overwhelmed [...]



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Str. Nerva Traian 3A (Tulip Inn Hotel)

tel. (+4) 021 200 62 70

Open 06:30-10:30; 11:30-23:00.
Balkan Bistro
Very interesting indeed. At last a restaurant is brave enough to admit that food in this part of the world is truly Balkan, and that the edges between Serbian, Turkish, Greek, Romanian and Bulgarian food can sometimes be very blurred indeed. You will find a rich range of dishes on offer: all presented on the menu in their original language. A great place for lunch they offer a 40 minute special for busy people. Chances are however you will want to stay longer. We did. [...]



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Calea Victoriei 56 (Grand Hotel Continental)

tel. (+4) 0372 01 03 04

Open 06:30-10:30 (Sat, Sun 07:00-11:00), 12:00-15:00, 18:00-22:30.
Barbizon Steak House
This is the latest restaurant to open up in the Pullman, and is the best eatery we've been to at this particular five star. As you would expect, steaks top the bill, and what steaks! All the beef is shipped in fresh from South America, and though prices reflect the quality you will not argue at the [...]



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P-ta Montreal 10 (Pullman Bucharest World Trade Center)

tel. (+4) 021 318 90 00

Open 12:00-14:30, 18:00-22:30. Closed Sat.
Bistro Mon Cher
Just a hundred meters or so further up Dorobantilor from its almost namesake Mon Amour, Mon Cher is much of the same, but with added, bigger terrace. Indeed, few places in the city centre have such leafy setting. Ordinary bistro food, look out for the daily specials or staff recommendations.
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Calea Dorobantilor 20-28

tel. (+4) 021 211 46 98

Open 08:000-02:00.
Bistro Philippe
The photos that adorn the walls may invoke Paris, but the food does not. It is Romanian/International, and though there is some vaguely French food on the menu, such as Bordelaise mushrooms and the onion soup, there's also some very ordinary spaghetti and schnitzel too. It is not a bad lunchtime ch [...]



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Str. C.A. Rosetti 26

tel. (+4) 021 317 41 28

Open 12:00-24:00
Brasserie Crowne Plaza
Brasserie Crowne Plaza
Perhaps the most relaxed of the dining rooms at Bucharest's big hotels. The menu is a casual, modern reworking of many old classics in a setting as un-Bucharest as you could wish for. Still serving a great Sunday Brunch you should also not forget that the Brasserie has one of the city's best wine c [...]



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B-dul Poligrafiei 1

tel. (+4) 021 224 00 34

fax. (+4) 021 224 11 26

Open 06:00-10:00, 11:00-15:00, 18:00-23:00.
Brasserie DonCafe
Brought to you by the same people who run Arcade, for years one of our favourite places, this cafe/brasserie was perhaps the best of the new bunch of brasseries to open during 2009. From early until late it is everything you could want in a brasserie: there are good, cheap breakfasts on offer in th [...]



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Str. Ankara 7

tel. (+4) 0746 22 24 44

Open 08:30-24:00
Carre
Not in the first part of town that comes to mind when considering eating out, we came across this place while driving to the station. On your left as you turn into Dinicu Golescu from Stirbei Voda, it is a classy looking place that stands out from its surroundings. The terrace is great, while inside it’s a lovely coquette affair serving very good food of the steaks, fish and fresh veggies variety. There's a pub upstaris too, open till 03:00; last food order is at midnight.
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Str. Dinicu Golescu 3

tel. (+4) 021 311 84 12

Open 12:00-23:00
Casa Elisabeta
The owner of this restaurant clearly wants to set a standard; a sign under a sexy Marilyn Monroe poster requests guests to dress decently. But even a huge Kevin Costner mug shot didn't put us off the cheap and good food. Mainly Romanian food on the long menu, but also dishes from other countries. [...]



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Str. Ion Neculce 63

tel. (+4) 021 225 18 85

fax. (+4) 021 224 55 88

Open 11:00-24:00 
Casa Latină
Cleverly decorated (inside, anyway) this Spanish/Italian/Mediterranean restaurant is a little way from the city centre, but well worth the trip. The huge plates of steaming fresh mussels are a real treat, and there is a lounge area if you just fancy a coffee and chat. Some of the dining tables are [...]



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Str. Traian 2

tel. (+4) 021 320 51 07

Open 11:00-23:30Also at (A-6) Şos. Panduri 71, tel. (+4) 021 410 20 20, (+4) 0728 99 93 93.
Centre Ville Le Bistro
Look people, this is a very good restaurant. It is part of the Radisson Blu/Centre Ville complex and offers a rich and varied menu of Mediterranean food, including a number of good seafood and fish dishes. The choice of seafood in Bucharest is improving but still few places offer as much - and do so quite as well - as this place. Best of all though is the setting: eating under the enormous glass roof - especially in inclement weather - is something of a unique experience in these parts. They also make a terrific strawberry daiquiri.
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Str. Luterana 2-4

tel. (+4) 021 305 38 38

Open 06:30-10:30, 12:00-24:00.
Chez Marie
A wider variety of dishes you are unlikely to find in a Bucharest restaurant, and most of the time everything on the menu is available. We have always stuck with the beef dishes: both the steak with gorgonzola and the beef stroganoff are good efforts, but if you simply want a ceafa de porc with fries, they will rustle that up too. Good drinks list and the place itself is rather nice if a bit stiff under the collar.  [...]



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Str. Dionisie Lupu 48

tel. (+4) 031 107 20 33

Open 12:00-24:00
Classa di T
No expense has been spared in the fitting out of this restaurant, and for once we have been spared the grotesque kitschness that characterises most places of the 'luxury' genre. Instead we have sublime decor then, and great service. It is a little too soon to get carried away with the food, and lik [...]



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Calea Floreasca 111 - 113

tel. (+4) 031 405 05 97

Open 12:00 - 23:30
Corso Brasserie & Terrace
Breakfast, lunch or dinner on the boulevard; Magheru, that is. If this place doesn't occupy the best people-watching spot in the whole of the city, then we don't know where does. There is little more relaxing than sitting here with a plateful of wonderful food while the world goes about its busines [...]



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B-dul Nicolae Bălcescu 4 (Hotel InterContinental)

tel. (+4) 021 310 20 20

Open 06:30 - 23:00. Metro station:

Universitate
Cupola
While Cupola prepares itself for a relaunch of its menu and concept later in the year, it is currently open for the JW Marriott's excellent buffet breakfast (open to non-hotel guests) and for the hotel's Sunday Brunch.   [...]



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Calea 13 Septembrie 90 (JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel)

tel. (+4) 021 403 19 03

Open 06:30-11:00; Sunday Brunch 12:00-16:00.
Dacia Felix
The best thing about this place is that the cracking breakfast (the best in the city), which is open to allcomers: simply turn up before 10:30, pay your money and fill up for the day (we would have liked to have stayed for the day such was the wealth of goodies on offer, but they had to get ready for lunch...). The Dacia-Felix is also the setting for the Radisson's excellent Sunday Brunch, La vie en rose, which, though it goes on for four hours, is not long enough to savour everything on offer. Bags of pink sparkling wine too... [...]



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Calea Victoriei 63-81 (Radisson BLU)

tel. (+4) 021 311 90 00

Open 06:30-10:30, Sat, Sun 07:00-11:00. Sunday Brunch 12:30-16:30.
High Life
Hard to miss this place, it's an enormous villa just off Ana Ipatescu. Indeed, the villa itself is worth a stop, a listed building dating from the 19th century. But it's the food people come here for, cracking food at that, mainly Italian dishes (they do a super aglio, olio e peperoncino) but plenty of other stuff too. We liked the honey and chilli chicken legs. There's wifi, and if you live close by they'll even deliver. [...]



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Str. Grigore Alexandrescu 6

tel. (+4) 021 317 39 73

Open 11:00-24:00,
Sun Closed. 
Jadoo
What a find! We were headed elsewhere in the area and came across this gem by chance. Turkey with spinach anyone? Fresh salads with prawns and capers? Apple pie and ice cream for dessert? Popular with Brits in-the-know this place's secret is out: decent food atr cheap prices in a great spot (you wi [...]



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Str. Nicolae Racota 3

tel. (+4) 021 222 05 02

Open 12:00-24:00
Marie Celeste
We didn’t get off to the best of starts with this place, having discovered that it sits on the site of the old go-cart track, once the best thing about Sunday afternoons in Bucharest. Nevertheless we persevered, and having decided to try some fare we were impressed. Though aimed at the pitzi market the food is good and though hardly cheap is not stupidly expensive. There are two duck dished on the menu, two more than almost every other restaurant in the city. At night you can get pleasantly plastered on the Boton pontoon.
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Sos. Nordului 1

tel. (+4) 0745 99 92 22

Open 11:00-01:00
McMoni's
Chances are if you have ever been to a wedding or christening in Bucharest, then you have already been to McMoni's. It is perhaps the primary event location in the city, its vast private rooms perfect for all sorts of get togethers. What often gets overlooked is that it is also a decent place simply to take somebody for a quiet dinner. It is a hell of a lot more intimate than it's ever given credit for, and the food will never disappoint you. The wine list is exemplary.
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Str. Primo Nebiolo 1

tel. (+4) 021 318 46 38

fax. (+4) 021 318 45 94

Open 12:00-24:00
Moft
Now here's a discovery. It's been around a while, but its discrete location on a quite street by the Marriott meant it was of our antennae. Tipped off, we found it last month and loved it. A coquette place serving great food at a decent (if hardly cheap price), it is the kind of restaurant that mak [...]



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Str. Sirenelor 87

tel. (+4) 021 410 61 02

Open 12:00-23:00,
Sat 14:00-22:00,
Sun 14:00-22:00. 
Noblesse
Noblesse obligé. And this place certainly meets all its obligations by providing diners with a gamut of modern international fare, which delights in its quality and ambition. Housed in a super villa near Piata Dorobanti, prices are high, but justly so. If you’re a pie and chips man, this [...]



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Str. Paris 47A

tel. (+4) 021 230 54 28

fax. (+4) 021 230 54 09

Open 12:00-24:00
Salsa Picante
Tucked away on a quite side street close to Universiatate, this is upmarket Romanian food with a vaguely Spanish twist (as it should be given that the owners arethe same as Salsa 3). The  lamb chops are a rare - if a little pricey - treat while all the beef dishes appear to come laced with pep [...]



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Str. Schitu Darvari 4

tel. (+4) 021 211 20 30

Open 12:30-01:00
Smart's
A Belgian place a long time ago, Smart's is today still serving Belgian beer, but the food is international, with a variety of standard dishes on offer. Fresh mussels flown in from Bruges? Not an option. We like the place though, as a pub as much as anything else: it is a good place to come for a d [...]



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Str. Alexandru Donici 14

tel. (+4) 021 211 90 35

Open 12:00-24:00
The Harbour
A top location, in Piata Amzei, with food to match, as well as friendly and efficient staff. The atmosphere is relaxing, the food better than average, though the real joy of this place is its view to the market. We came here for lunch recently and were stunned by how many foriegners were eating her [...]



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P-ta Amzei 10-22

tel. (+4) 021 319 72 57

Open 11:00-24:00
Times (Golden Tulip Times Hotel)
The prawn spring rolls we ate here were just about the crispiest, lightest and tastiest we have come across in Bucharest. We couldn't make better at home (and we tried). There are plenty of other treats on a varied international (with a hint of Romanian) menu here too. This is a real surprise of a [...]



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B-dul Decebal 19

tel. (+4) 021 316 65 16

Open 12:00-23:00
Trafalgar Pub
Popular with lady expats who have a regular rendevous here, this place is a pub and bistro in one, where you can get a decent meal for little money while enjoying usually decent company. Our only complaint is that it can be a bit smoky, but that's it. The ciorba de vacuta is genuinely one of the tastiest in the city, a real meal in itself, and perfect for lunch. [...]



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Str. David Emanuel 4A

tel. (+4) 021 211 31 51

Open 11:00-01:00,
Sat 11:00-02:00,
Sun 11:00-02:00.
Uptown Bar & Grill
Uptown indeed. In the wealthiest part of the wealthiest part of the city, the city's wealthiest people come here to eat. The real draw is the enclosed terrace which means you can eat al fresco when when it's snowing outside. The food is good, a mix of Italian-esque and modern European dishes, which share a menu with an excellent wine list. Prices not cheap but value for money very high. Make sure you reserve well in advance or turn up with a local celebrity if you want a table on the terrace.
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Str. Rabat 2

tel. (+4) 021 231 40 77

fax. (+4) 021 230 13 60

Open 12:00-23:00