Guidebook for Sofia

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Guidebook for Sofia

Food Scene

Three types of hummus and chicken pate are just amazing.
102 residents recomanen
Made in Home
30 ul. "Angel Kanchev"
102 residents recomanen
Three types of hummus and chicken pate are just amazing.
The best diary place to get sandwiches, different types and takes on cheese, some pastries, and all milk derivatives.
Dobrev
31 ul. "Professor Fridtjof Nansen"
The best diary place to get sandwiches, different types and takes on cheese, some pastries, and all milk derivatives.
Because.
32 residents recomanen
Starbucks
1А bul. "Vasil Levski"
32 residents recomanen
Because.
A little pricey but worth it.
11 residents recomanen
Lavanda
12 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"
11 residents recomanen
A little pricey but worth it.
Very crowded and touristy but on the main pedestrian central street yo.
73 residents recomanen
Raffy Bar & Gelato
18 bul. "Vitosha"
73 residents recomanen
Very crowded and touristy but on the main pedestrian central street yo.
VERY swell burger joint.
37 residents recomanen
Boom! Burgers
12 bul. "Tsar Osvoboditel"
37 residents recomanen
VERY swell burger joint.
Sushi place.
18 residents recomanen
HAMACHI-Ni - Japanese Fish Restaurant
179 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“
18 residents recomanen
Sushi place.
Costa.
Costa
35 ul. "Professor Fridtjof Nansen"
Costa.
Typical Bulgarian cuisine place.
34 residents recomanen
Divaka
41А ul. "6-ti septemvri"
34 residents recomanen
Typical Bulgarian cuisine place.
A little on the pricey side, though great food and atmosphere.
99 residents recomanen
Made in Blue
6 ul. "Yuri Venelin"
99 residents recomanen
A little on the pricey side, though great food and atmosphere.
Amazing desserts in here. Macaroons, pastries, cookies, etc.
100 грама сладки
18А ul. "Angel Kanchev"
Amazing desserts in here. Macaroons, pastries, cookies, etc.
It's a kebab/falafel/hummus place that rocks. Great for a midnight after-party snack or for the real street-food connoisseur.
17 residents recomanen
Mimas
68 bul. "Vasil Levski"
17 residents recomanen
It's a kebab/falafel/hummus place that rocks. Great for a midnight after-party snack or for the real street-food connoisseur.
Craft beer and food.
18 residents recomanen
Aubergine - Craft beer. Craft food.
11 ul. "Carnegie"
18 residents recomanen
Craft beer and food.
Beer and grill/meat/balkan food.
13 residents recomanen
бирария Халбите
72 ul. "Neofit Rilski"
13 residents recomanen
Beer and grill/meat/balkan food.
Sweet and quiet sushi place.
Ginger - Raw Cake, Sushi
24А ul. "General Parensov"
Sweet and quiet sushi place.
Great banana bread, soups, salads.
8 residents recomanen
Green Deli Café
165 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“
8 residents recomanen
Great banana bread, soups, salads.
Street burger joint.
43 residents recomanen
Street Chefs Foodtruck | fine burgers & steaks
22 ul. "Angel Kanchev"
43 residents recomanen
Street burger joint.
Great Italian place.
11 residents recomanen
La bottega all'Angolo
58 ul. "William Gladstone"
11 residents recomanen
Great Italian place.
Coffee and breakfast "Mekitsa". A bulgarian pastry.
18 residents recomanen
Мекица и Кафе (Mekitsa and Coffee)
28 ul. "Graf Ignatiev"
18 residents recomanen
Coffee and breakfast "Mekitsa". A bulgarian pastry.
Another artsy hipster place with decent food and cosy atmosphere.
79 residents recomanen
The Little Things
37 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"
79 residents recomanen
Another artsy hipster place with decent food and cosy atmosphere.
Mainly a pizza place with lots of other dishes.
12 residents recomanen
Mr. Pizza Левски
53 bul. "Vasil Levski"
12 residents recomanen
Mainly a pizza place with lots of other dishes.
Burger joint.
27 residents recomanen
Skaptoburger
20 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"
27 residents recomanen
Burger joint.
Best CUPCAKES IN TOWN.
11 residents recomanen
Take a Cake
6 ul. "Georgi Benkovski"
11 residents recomanen
Best CUPCAKES IN TOWN.
Ice cream place and an Italian restaurant at the same time.
34 residents recomanen
Confetti
4 ul. "Graf Ignatiev"
34 residents recomanen
Ice cream place and an Italian restaurant at the same time.
Wok chinese place. Great food.
11 residents recomanen
Wok to Walk
8 bul. "Vitosha"
11 residents recomanen
Wok chinese place. Great food.
Great sushi place.
8 residents recomanen
The Sushi Bar
18 ul. "Ivan Denkoglu"
8 residents recomanen
Great sushi place.
One of the best if not the best restaurant in Sofia. Expensive but worth it!
60 residents recomanen
Cosmos Restaurant / Космос
19 ul. "Laveleye"
60 residents recomanen
One of the best if not the best restaurant in Sofia. Expensive but worth it!
Great place, great atmosphere. Next to another great park.
105 residents recomanen
Ракия Ракета Бар
17 bul. "Yanko Sakazov"
105 residents recomanen
Great place, great atmosphere. Next to another great park.
A great vegan place.
19 residents recomanen
Слънце и луна
80Б ul. "Tsar Asen"
19 residents recomanen
A great vegan place.
A great vegan place.
34 residents recomanen
Vegetarian restaurant and bakery "Sun Moon"
39 ulitsa "6-ti septemvri"
34 residents recomanen
A great vegan place.
Mainly a pizza place with lots of other dishes.
11 residents recomanen
Mr. Pizza Верила
3 ul. "Verila"
11 residents recomanen
Mainly a pizza place with lots of other dishes.
Cake place.
14 residents recomanen
Nedelya
98 bul. "Vitosha"
14 residents recomanen
Cake place.
Italian restaurant with great location and vibe/atmosphere.
15 residents recomanen
La Bottega Centro
31 ul. "Han Asparuh"
15 residents recomanen
Italian restaurant with great location and vibe/atmosphere.
The best Indian restaurant in Sofia.
9 residents recomanen
Indian Restaurant Kohinoor
№67 bul. "Gotse Delchev"
9 residents recomanen
The best Indian restaurant in Sofia.
27 residents recomanen
Costa Coffee
2 ul. "Sheynovo"
27 residents recomanen
Next to the largest South Park.
27 residents recomanen
Costa Coffee
2 ul. "Sheynovo"
27 residents recomanen
Next to the largest South Park.
Next to the National Theatre.
32 residents recomanen
Starbucks
1А bul. "Vasil Levski"
32 residents recomanen
Next to the National Theatre.
Pizza place.
44 residents recomanen
Ugo
68 ул. Н. Рилски
44 residents recomanen
Pizza place.
92 residents recomanen
Shtastlivetsa
27 bul. "Vitosha"
92 residents recomanen

Drinks & Nightlife

They have the occasional live music and literary reading.
The Bookies
37 ul. "Dospat"
They have the occasional live music and literary reading.
It's one of the cool night spots besides posh clubs around.
75 residents recomanen
Bar Friday
21 ul. "General Yosif V. Gourko"
75 residents recomanen
It's one of the cool night spots besides posh clubs around.
Beer and pep talk.
34 residents recomanen
bilkova bar
22 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"
34 residents recomanen
Beer and pep talk.
A cool bar/brunch spot with a lovely restaurant on the second floor.
104 residents recomanen
One More Bar
3-5 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"
104 residents recomanen
A cool bar/brunch spot with a lovely restaurant on the second floor.
The best pub in town.
23 residents recomanen
J.J. Murphy's
6 ul. "Karnigradska"
23 residents recomanen
The best pub in town.
Coffee & cocktails mainly.
51 residents recomanen
Memento Vitosha
32 bul. "Vitosha"
51 residents recomanen
Coffee & cocktails mainly.
Shisha/hookah/nargile bar.
ShiSha Bar SpeShial Center
32 ul. "William Gladstone"
Shisha/hookah/nargile bar.
Shisha/hookah/nargile bar.
Shisha Point
16 bul. "Makedonia"
Shisha/hookah/nargile bar.
Food, drinks, shisha/hookah/nargile.
Maharani Relax Bar&Dinner
Food, drinks, shisha/hookah/nargile.
Food, drinks, shisha/hookah/nargile.
Harem Paradise
100 bulevard "Cherni vrah"
Food, drinks, shisha/hookah/nargile.
The BEER shop.
1001 Бири
25-Б ul. "Professor Fridtjof Nansen"
The BEER shop.
Swell place.
17 residents recomanen
Switch Bar
17 residents recomanen
Swell place.
A very artsy place with vegan food and drinks. Himalayan tea and raspberry wine are the specials.
21 residents recomanen
THE APARTMENT
68 ul. "Neofit Rilski"
21 residents recomanen
A very artsy place with vegan food and drinks. Himalayan tea and raspberry wine are the specials.
Pretty self-explanatory. Great mini-park location tho.
88 residents recomanen
The Cocktail Bar
9 ul. "Angel Kanchev"
88 residents recomanen
Pretty self-explanatory. Great mini-park location tho.
3 oz. Bar
3 bulevard "Vasil Levski"
40 residents recomanen
By the Way
166 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“
40 residents recomanen
Rock place.
26 residents recomanen
Rock’n Rolla Bar & Club
1 ul. "Graf Ignatiev"
26 residents recomanen
Rock place.
Very cosy and artsy bar.
23 residents recomanen
65 Fireflies Bar Aperitivo
65 ul. "Solunska"
23 residents recomanen
Very cosy and artsy bar.
A bar and a nightclub. A great place to have a drink on top of the National Palace of Culture.
27 residents recomanen
Culture Beat Club
27 residents recomanen
A bar and a nightclub. A great place to have a drink on top of the National Palace of Culture.

Sightseeing

369 residents recomanen
Catedral de Sant Alexander Nevski
ploshtad "Sveti Aleksandar Nevski"
369 residents recomanen
The central communist-era event/cultural palace that sporadically turns into a book market, christmas market, etc.
182 residents recomanen
Parc del Palau Nacional de la Cultura
Bulevard "Bulgaria"
182 residents recomanen
The central communist-era event/cultural palace that sporadically turns into a book market, christmas market, etc.

Arts & Culture

Book cafeteria.
Literature club Peroto
Book cafeteria.
Because.
178 residents recomanen
Galeria Nacional d'Art
1 пл. „Княз Александър I“
178 residents recomanen
Because.
Theatre with the most social central park in the city. Lots of beer and herb smoking action going on here. Also, chess players, street musicians, a costa, a starbucks, ice cream and the like.
276 residents recomanen
Teatre Nacional Ivan Vazov
5 ul. "Dyakon Ignatiy"
276 residents recomanen
Theatre with the most social central park in the city. Lots of beer and herb smoking action going on here. Also, chess players, street musicians, a costa, a starbucks, ice cream and the like.
9 residents recomanen
Gallery 2.0
26 6th September str,
9 residents recomanen
24 residents recomanen
Galeria d'Art de la Ciutat de Sofia
24 residents recomanen
6 residents recomanen
House Museum PK Yavorov
136 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“
6 residents recomanen
9 residents recomanen
Museum of Contemporary Art
2 bulevard "Cherni vrah"
9 residents recomanen
A great, large, communist architecture history museum of Bulgaria.
111 residents recomanen
National Museum of History
16 ul. "Vitoshko lale"
111 residents recomanen
A great, large, communist architecture history museum of Bulgaria.
29 residents recomanen
Museu d'Art Socialista
7 ul. "Lachezar Stanchev"
29 residents recomanen
Къща-музей Никола Вапцаров
37 ul. "Angel Kanchev"

Essentials

Mastarhud
ulitsa "Baba Nedelya"
You know LIDL.
28 residents recomanen
Lidl Магазин Лидъл
126 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“
28 residents recomanen
You know LIDL.
Well, BILLA.
80 residents recomanen
BILLA
116 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“
80 residents recomanen
Well, BILLA.
Pharmacy.
Pharmacy Avocado
56 bul. "Patriarh Evtimiy"
Pharmacy.
The best hospital.
12 residents recomanen
Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital
51Б bul. "Nikola Y. Vaptsarov"
12 residents recomanen
The best hospital.

Entertainment & Activities

Bowling
Galaxy Bowling
87 bulevard "Vitosha"
Bowling
Pool, billiards.
BSD 2
ulitsa "Fridtjof Nansen"
Pool, billiards.
A great boutique co-working space.
Trevor Workspaces / Dondukov
A great boutique co-working space.
A great boutique co-working space.
Trevor Workspaces / Lozenets
30 bul. "Hristo Smirnenski"
A great boutique co-working space.

Everything Else

It's the nearest mall that has all of it - food, cinema, shops and a supermarket.
61 residents recomanen
Park Center Sofia
2 bul. "Arsenalski"
61 residents recomanen
It's the nearest mall that has all of it - food, cinema, shops and a supermarket.
One of the best malls around with cinema, playgrounds, lots of food and shop establishments, cafes, shisha bar and the like. Keep in mind it is very crowded on weekends.
153 residents recomanen
Centre Paradise
100 bulevard "Cherni vrah"
153 residents recomanen
One of the best malls around with cinema, playgrounds, lots of food and shop establishments, cafes, shisha bar and the like. Keep in mind it is very crowded on weekends.
Probably the biggest and less crowded mall that has it all + a great scenery and nature vibe of Vitosha.
54 residents recomanen
Sofia Ring Mall
214 ul. "Okolovrasten pat"
54 residents recomanen
Probably the biggest and less crowded mall that has it all + a great scenery and nature vibe of Vitosha.
This is one of the smaller malls where you can have a sense of calm. It has the most amazing book shop, a great pasta restaurant and probably the best cinema (they have sofas for 2 in the cinema halls).
48 residents recomanen
Bulgaria Mall
69 бул. „България“
48 residents recomanen
This is one of the smaller malls where you can have a sense of calm. It has the most amazing book shop, a great pasta restaurant and probably the best cinema (they have sofas for 2 in the cinema halls).