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Bulgarian Restaurant
Средец, София
"Great Bulgarian food!"(2 Tips)
"One of the best places for traditional bulgarian cuisine in Sofia"(2 Tips)
"bulgarian style.Good choice of local dishes"(2 Tips)
"Delicious and surprising dishes, good service."(9 Tips)
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Both the veggie and the meat meals are amazing. Hands down my favorite (10+ years) ethnic Bulgarian food place. If you want to experience true local cuisine this is the place!Upvote8Downvote
Sam SNovember 28, 2015Truly authentic Bulgarian food that catered to our large party well. Service was efficient and food was incredibly delicious. I didn't know I liked Bulgarian food!Upvote7Downvote
Jeremy FisherAugust 6, 2014Great Bulgarian food in a lively, authentic (but not kitschy) environment. Pickled peppers, chicken haiduke, stuffed pork tenderloin, grafche tafche, nettle mash in a pan, cake with peachesUpvote3Downvote- Oh MaraNovember 13, 2016The best traditional restaurant in Sofia. Delicious and surprising dishes, good service. Clientele mostly foreign. Perhaps the only place in Bulgaria to keep up its quality for over a decade.
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Phil WatsonMay 20, 2017This is the best traditional Bulgarian cuisine in Sofia. Perfectly situated near the Vasil Levski stadium metro. Meat and vegetarian dishes alike, and both are good.Upvote1Downvote
Tibor KMarch 22, 2015Good authentic bulgarian restaurant. Reasonable prices, friendly staff, singing and dancing may occur as part of the show. Food is well above avarage.Upvote1Downvote
Andrés AlonsoAugust 8, 2017Wonderful lamb, salad, wine and the staff is always helpful and friendly, totally recommend If you want traditional Bulgarian food.
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Been to loads of Bulgarian restaurants, but this is probably the best, in terms of quality, atmosphere and price. Salads and appetisers are particularly awesome!UpvoteDownvote
Ralph Mac NenahMarch 24, 2017Best Bulgarian restaurant I ever try. Nice atmosphere, excellent food and very professional staff! Will definitely come again!UpvoteDownvote- Александър ТаррNovember 27, 2016Great place with authentic atmosphere and bulgarian style.Good choice of local dishes and interesting music program in the evenings.UpvoteDownvote
Slavi HristovJanuary 27, 2017All we had was pretty awesome. Traditional local cuisine, done good :)Upvote1Downvote
Stephanie ReeseApril 2, 2016Best place we are in Sofia. Great traditional food, knowledgable servers. Traditional music.UpvoteDownvote
Daniel RoyApril 20, 2018Great Bulgarian restaurant. It's touristy but totally worth it, and not too expensive.UpvoteDownvote- Ata OzkanNovember 14, 2017Best place to taste BULGARIAN traditional food. Perfect service. Necessary to book in advance.Upvote1Downvote
- Hay KJuly 12, 2013Very nice restaurant. Everything is delicious, but the pickled aubergine and courgette is highly recommended. Amazing stuff.UpvoteDownvote
Zloy BudunSeptember 15, 2014Delicious classical cuisine: lamb's head, stews and grilled meat (I don't like the sausages though)Upvote1Downvote
Try the mixed salad appetizer for groups to get a small taste of several very good local foods.UpvoteDownvote
Alejandro HernándezJune 15, 2015The lamb is amazing, a speciality from Bulgaria, with a delicious rice by the side.UpvoteDownvote
Natalia HoncharovaFebruary 2, 2016Here you can try some national food. Also when we were in this place there was a live Bulgarian music.UpvoteDownvote
ᴡ TuriiskiDecember 20, 2017Nevertheless is touristic the kitchen is fantastic. Try the old and ancient tastsUpvoteDownvote- Ano NymousJune 27, 2018Delicious traditional food. I will come back as much as I can really.UpvoteDownvote
Nikola JankovicNovember 18, 2014Authentic atmosphere, good local food (similar to Serbian cuisine, if you like that).Upvote1Downvote
Svetlana VelkovaApril 2, 2017Good food, nice atmosphere, good service. There is also interesting program in thursdays...UpvoteDownvote
Nadia DimitrovaSeptember 4, 2017Hope the food is still good, cause they ruined the service. We sat about 8:30 in the garden. They warned us that the garden is opened till 10:30. Then came to take our order about 9 after we called.UpvoteDownvote
BaibaSeptember 10, 2014Super gooooood food, especially grilled troat! Very good (friendly) prices! :)UpvoteDownvote
- Ognyan FilipovFebruary 17, 2014One of the best places for traditional bulgarian cuisine in SofiaUpvote2Downvote
- Try the Grafche Tafche, bean stew. Great on a cold day.
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Whatever you do, do NOT order the ribs! Besides that, it's pretty straightforward traditional food kinda comforting.UpvoteDownvote
NikolayMarch 1, 2015First class service, superb food. Traditional Bulgarian restaurant.UpvoteDownvote
Peter SabevMarch 8, 2012Ask the rakia to be served in yuz - 100ml small bottle as in the good old timesUpvote2Downvote- Henrik BenninApril 11, 2013Strong recommendation If you wann to try very tasty traditional bulgarian food.Upvote2Downvote
- For groups, try the assorted salad starter, it's a great intro to Bulgarian salads
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Под Липите (Under the Linden Trees)
ул. Елин Пелин 1 (ул. Митрополит Кирил Видински)
1164 София
България
1164 София
България
Closed until Noon (Show more)
- Mon–Sun
- Noon–1:00 AM
+359 2 866 5053
Features
Reservations
Yes
Credit Cards
Yes
Wi-Fi
Yes
Outdoor Seating
Yes
Music
Live Music
Food & Drink
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Brunch, Lunch, Dinner
Drinks
Full Bar
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