Posts filed under ‘Places to eat’
Nice wood stove pizza place
In Romanian called Cuptorul cu lemne, a favorite among the locals, this place is a great choice for a good pizza and a cold lemonade/beer in the summer. Here you can enjoy a pizza in a relaxed atmosfere at reasonable prices. It tends to be very crowded in the evenings and weekends, a downpart which also recommends it.
Location: Pache Protopopescu Street (Metro Piata Iancului, then walking distance to it)
Great italian restaurant
Although full of pizza places, the city has few restaurants like this one. Great presentation, delicious dishes, international atmosphere, welcome to Trattoria Il Calcio. Personally tried the one close to Piata Romana, but there are seven more in Bucharest. Google it.
Location: Metro Piata Romana
Dristor kebab
Looking for a good meal on the go? Bucharest is full of fast food places, almost on every corner. And we’re not even mentioning McDonalds and KFCs. For about 3 Euro you can have a Shaorma (meat and vegetebles in a pancake bread) that can actually be a very good alternative to a sit down lunch. And if you’re around, try the Shaorma they make near the Dristor subway station. It’s right across from McDonalds and they say it’s the best in town. There was once a gossip about the employees adding a secret ingredient, but for sure that was just the competition trying to make bad publicity.
Location: Metro Dristor
Stavropoleos Street
Not far from University or Unirii metro stations, behind the National Bank headquarters, you can find this small street and it will take you one minute to walk on it. However, look around and you will find at least two places where you will want to spend a few hours… Built 300 years ago, Stavropoleos monastary is an isle of silence in the center of Bucharest. Walk around its inner yard and observ the style very representative for most romanian monastaries.
For some guilt pleasures then, just walk across and you’ll find Caru cu bere. A landmark of the capital, you won’t know what to love most there: the food, the music, the design of the place… Decorated in a baroc style, the place is one of a kind and a must-see in your short journey in Bucharest. Suggestion: romanian pork shank with stewed cabbage and polenta – for two people.
At one head of the street, a big building, very charming as appearance, will steel some photos for sure. It is the CEC building (once the headquarters of the only bank in Romania, now a bank like the others). Right next to it, a big tower called Bucharest Financial Plazza (small misspelling of the word plaza… the guys must have think that plaza spells like pizza) very known in the skyline of the Capital makes a very suggestive contrast over the old and new Bucharest.
Shopping centers
If in most of european countries it is not likely to find a store open after 7 pm, you won’t have this problem here. Shopping has become a national sport in the capitalist Romania so even on Sundays you will find the stores full of people. There is a shopping mall in all major neighbourhoods of Bucharest. And they’re all pretty accessible by public transport (don’t ask about the city traffic). Here are some metro stops where you find plenty of stores to shop or eat:
Metro Grozavesti
Metro Armata Poporului
Metro Eroii Revolutiei
Metro Piata Unirii
…and many many more.
Regie Campus
Take a peak on the student life in Bucharest. You have in front of you the biggest campus in this part of Europe, Campus Regie. Usually serving the Politehnica University, here is a small city of student dormitories. Clubs, restaurants, bars… all at very affordable prices and all packed with students on weekends. Start your journey at Metro Grozavesti and walk along the river to get to where the action is. Lots of places to party, pick one, if you don’t like it, another one should be at a few meters away.
Location: Metro stations Grozavesti, Semanatoarea
