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Restaurants in Romania run the gamut, but tend to be a bit less sophisticated than more touristy European countries. In Bucharest, you'll find everything from ambitious chef's serving up haute cuisine to organic fare in airy lofts. Elsewhere, Romania's peasant tradition is strongly reflected, and your best bet is to seek out mor
Restaurants in Romania run the gamut, but tend to be a bit less sophisticated than more touristy European countries. In Bucharest, you'll find everything from ambitious chef's serving up haute cuisine to organic fare in airy lofts. Elsewhere, Romania's peasant tradition
Restaurants in Romania run the gamut, but tend to be a bit less sophisticated than more touristy European countries. In
Restaurants in Romania run the gamut, but tend to be a bit less sophisticated than more touristy European countries. In Bucharest, you'll find everything from ambitious chef's serving up haute cuisine to organic fare in airy lofts. Elsewhere, Romania's peasant tradition is strongly reflected, and your best bet is to seek out more traditional eateries, where hearty meat-and-vegetable-based dishes show influences from nearby Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria, and cake-based desserts are spiced and stuffed with apples, prunes, or nuts. It’s all best washed down with a glass of Romanian wine or the traditional plum brandy.
The restaurant at the Ciubuc-Szabó family's seven-room bed-and-breakfast (named for the cable car next door) serves good quality home-made food. The atmosphere is homey, with the small, non-smoking restaurant filled with plants and flowers in summer. The menu changes seasonally, but if it's available, be sure to try the house-made zacusca, a Romanian vegetable spread made with roasted eggplant, onions, tomatoes, and roasted gogoşari (red peppers). In winter, warm up with the pumpkin or three bean soups, or the spinach and cheese baked pasta. For dessert, try the crêpe with apple and cinnamon or honey and walnuts. Prices here are in euros.
Strada Cuza Voda 6, Sinaia, Prahova, 106100, Romania
This stylish European café in the Hilton Athenee sits right on Revolution Square in downtown Bucharest. It's a popular daytime snack or lunch spot for hotel guests and locals alike for the variety of sophisticated pastries and hot beverages, an appealing brunch menu, and plenty of wines by the glass. At night, out come the candles and the atmosphere shifts to loungy and louche: a DJ spins, and the champagne flows.
Episcopiei 1-3, Bucharest, Bucuresti, 010292, Romania
It's worth the 45 minute drive to the commune of Comana to eat at this restaurant in Comana Natural Park. The restaurant is divided in two—one section serving traditional Romanian fare, and the other specializing in Greek cuisine—and most of the herbs and some of the vegetables come from its own garden. You'll taste them in dishes like rooster soup, grilled squid filled with cheese, and a photogenic mezze platter that includes feta, olives, tzatziki, stuffed tomatoes, and a basket of fragrant, pillowy flatbreads.
This elegant 19th-century villa turned restaurant houses two dining salons, one of which is open to the outdoors on three sides in warm weather. The menu combines high-end Continental cuisine, along with Romanian specialties like sarmale cu mămăligă (cabbage rolls with polenta). Tables are mostly filled with tourists, expats, and well-heeled locals out for a special night.
Strada Kiseleff 4, Bucharest, Bucuresti, 11344, Romania
True to its name, this upscale eatery sits at the back of a boutique hotel and is built into the hillside amongst the trees; these and the resident bunnies running around give the feeling of dining al fresco, even in Romania's icy winters. Visit the wine cellar with the hotel's sommelier to taste a few options before settling down with the menu, which is more like a thick photo album with detailed captions. The food is on the heavy side—pork ribs with baked potatoes, duck breast with pineapple, baked lamb—but local river fish are also available, as are salads. The chocolate fondant with vanilla ice cream gets two thumbs up. The restaurant has crayons and coloring books, high chairs, and a supervised play area.
Strada Calea Codrului 11–15, Sinaia, Prahova, 106100, Romania
Part of the Piatra Soimului Resort, Kuib is slightly removed from town but well worth visiting if you have kids in tow, as the hotel has a playground, there's a children's menu, and the kitchen is very good about dietary restrictions and allergies. Everything is labeled so you know if a dish has dairy, nuts, gluten, and so forth. The selection of food here is huge, and Kuib is perhaps the only restaurant in Sinaia with a vegetarian menu, which includes a platter with an organic quinoa salad, guacamole, and marinated tomatoes stuffed with organic couscous. Mains include a lamb filet in a sesame and chia-seed crust and seabass stuffed with seaweed and peppers and served with brown rice.
Strada Gârbovei 10C, Sinaia, Prahova, 106100, Romania
The smaller of the Brasov's two La Ceaun, this one is for quick bites and the other, just around the corner at Strada Republicii 17, is for more substantial meals. The menu majors on soups and stews, served with pillowy house-made bread. There's a menu for each day of the week. For instance, on Monday, you can tuck into cabbage soup with bacon; on Tuesday its potato soup with tarragon; and on Saturday Papricas de pui cu galuste, a hearty pork and paprika concoction.
Strada Michael Weiss 27, Brasov, Brasov, 500031, Romania
Stunning views over the hills of Brasov and the Old Town and excellent food draw people to the restaurant of the Belvedere Hotel, on a hillside about 2 km (1 mile) from town. The kitchen team has won a handful of awards, and this is evident in every bite. The waitstaff, too, should be applauded for their service. Portions are sizeable: Black Angus sirloin with a terrine of foie gras, an onion jam tart with raisins and orange, and a tiny salad is just a starter. Mains include a Danube perch fillet baked with gremolata and served with vegetable noodles, mashed potatoes, and a piquant pepper sauce. There are only few strictly vegetarian dishes—perhaps a creamy white onion soup with baked camembert and crostini—but the kitchen will make substitutions.
Strada Stejerisului 11, Brasov, Brasov, 500122, Romania
Don't be fooled by its name—pizza is not what's served here—but this popular gastropub does have an extensive menu, utilizing seasonal produce whenever possible. You'll find seafood dishes such as carp fillet in brine served with mămăligă (similar to polenta), grilled house-made sausages, and spinach cream soup with bacon. A bounty of vegetarian options there are not, but there are a few, which might include: grilled vegetables with garlic toast; polenta with cheese, sour cream, and eggs; and broccoli in garlic butter.
Strada Vlad Tepes 51, Giurgiu, Giurgiu, 080000, Romania
There's a fun, homey vibe here, with warm service and family-friendly attributes including a children's menu, highchairs, and a proper non-smoking section. You'll find home-style Romanian fare on the menu—sausages, goulash, potato soup, and the hearty tochitură, a traditional stew of beef and pork in tomato sauce served with eggs over easy and mămăligă (similar to polenta). Vegetarians will be safest with zacusca, an eggplant and tomato spread, and some of the pastas and salads.
Strada Cuza Voda 2A, Sinaia, Prahova, 106100, Romania
722-111–666
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