Bucharest

About
- Travel
- Districts
- About Bucharest
- History
See
- Sightseeing
- Jewish Bucharest
Do
- Leisure
- Children's Bucharest
Eat
- Restaurants
- Cafes
Nightlife
- Bars, Pubs & Clubs
- Erotic Massage
Shop
- Shopping
  - Gifts & Souvenirs
Stay
What’s On
More
- Directory

Dorobanti

share

Dorobanti is where fine villas from the end of the 19th century stand side by side with more modernist constructions, often hastily built blocks dating from the communist period. It remains a much sought-after area however, both by businesses and by those looking to live here. The centre of the district is busy Piata Dorobanti, and Strada Radu Beller which leads off of it. For a number of years Radu Beller was the place to be for Bucharest's smart set, and while both the Old Town and more recently Floreasca have stolen some of its thunder, you will still find some very trendy restaurants, bars and especially cafes in the area.

Dorobanti is also the home of TVR: Romanian television. Along with Piatas Revolutiei and Universitatii, the TVR building (something, by the way, of a futuristic gem) was the scene of the heaviest fighting in the 1989 revolution.

Getting There

Buses No. 131 and 301 from Piata Romana run the length of Calea Dorobantilor.

Associated Venues

AI Sushi Bar

Str. Paris 71

Sushi, yes. Lots of great sushi in fact, prepared by experts and presented as amazingly as you could hope for. But there is more to this place than just sushi, lots more. For a start, it opens early for breakfast, and what breakfast! Eggs benedict with s

Featured

Ciorbarie

Calea Dorobanti 73

Ask just about any foreigner in Romania what the best thing about local cuisine is, and the chances are you will be told 'ciorba', the sour soup that comes in a wide variety of assortments and flavours depending on which ingredients are used. An

Featured

Die Deutsche Kneipe

Str. Stockholm 9

This place has remained more or less unchanged in 22 years (it opened in 1996), and that's just the way that we and all the other happy regulars like it. Serving giant portions of great German sausages (all made on the premises) as well as huge pork k

Featured

Florens

Str. Paris 13

Flowers, plants, bouquets, formal or otherwise: it's all here in this wonderful flower shop, quite the finest we have ever come across in all our years in Romania. It's more than a flower shop, it's an experience! There are branches in the Mega and Prome

Featured

German Dentist

Calea Dorobantilor 208

The best dentist in the city. What’s more, you can bring the kids too, as they have a room equipped especially for children, and a patient young dentist who is amazing with kids.

Featured

Grano

Str. Putul lui Zamfir 40

An Italian the likes of which many of the other so-called Italian restaurants in Bucharest can only dream of becoming. This place is a labour of love for its gregarious Italian owner Giulio, and it shows. Serving simple yet utterly delicious food there i

Featured

La Belle Epoque

Str. Radu Beller 6

Serving one of the best selections of beers in Bucharest (including Hoegaarden on draught) the drinks alone would be reason enough to come here, but then there is the food on top as well, which is really rather good too. Mussels of course (this is a Bel

Featured

Urban Contemporary

Maize

Str. Paris 61A

On the top floor of a sublime building in what is perhaps the poshest district in the whole of Bucharest, this is an outstanding restaurant serving some of the very best food currently available in Romania. The concept here is from farm to table

Featured

Lunch & Early Evening

Noodle Bar by Tuk Tuk

Str. Radu Beller 3-6 (Piata Dorobanti)

Noodles with a choice of toppings, noodle salads, noodle soups and a few other treats brought to you by the same people who run the amazing Tuk Tuk Thai restaurant (such as crispy ducks hanging in the window). There's a daily set menu which offers terrif

Featured

Clinics & Hospitals

Regina Maria

Calea Floreasca 14A

Largest private healthcare provider in Romania. In an emergency, their Euroclinic hospital is open 24 hours if you do not want to wait at the state casualty department. Emergency consultations cost 220 lei.

Featured

Tuk Tuk

Str. Putul lui Zamfir 15

Chef Chaiyasith Srichom - who you may well remember from his days at one of the city's top hotels - is the talent behind this place, perhaps the finest Thai restaurant ever to open in Bucharest. The menu (developing all the time, with new dishes being ad

Featured

White Horse

Str. George Călinescu 4A

The White Horse was one of the first proper pubs to open in Bucharest (back in 1997) and it remains one of the best. It has always had a reputation as a place which serves better food than most other pubs in the city: flambeed foie gras with with caremal

Featured

Take your guide with you Download a pdf

Bucharest cover

Browse our collection of guides

Explore our destinations

Top