Guidebook for Sofia

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Guidebook for Sofia

Food Scene

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

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 locals recommend
Bar Friday
21 ul. "General Yosif V. Gourko"
75 locals recommend
It's one of the cool night spots besides posh clubs around.
Beer and pep talk.
34 locals recommend
bilkova bar
22 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"
34 locals recommend
Beer and pep talk.
A cool bar/brunch spot with a lovely restaurant on the second floor.
104 locals recommend
One More Bar
3-5 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"
104 locals recommend
A cool bar/brunch spot with a lovely restaurant on the second floor.
The best pub in town.
23 locals recommend
J.J. Murphy's
6 ul. "Karnigradska"
23 locals recommend
The best pub in town.
Coffee & cocktails mainly.
51 locals recommend
Memento Vitosha
32 bul. "Vitosha"
51 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Switch Bar
17 locals recommend
Swell place.
A very artsy place with vegan food and drinks. Himalayan tea and raspberry wine are the specials.
21 locals recommend
THE APARTMENT
68 ul. "Neofit Rilski"
21 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
The Cocktail Bar
9 ul. "Angel Kanchev"
88 locals recommend
Pretty self-explanatory. Great mini-park location tho.
3 oz. Bar
3 bulevard "Vasil Levski"
40 locals recommend
By the Way
166 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“
40 locals recommend
Rock place.
26 locals recommend
Rock’n Rolla Bar & Club
1 ul. "Graf Ignatiev"
26 locals recommend
Rock place.
Very cosy and artsy bar.
23 locals recommend
65 Fireflies Bar Aperitivo
65 ul. "Solunska"
23 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Culture Beat Club
27 locals recommend
A bar and a nightclub. A great place to have a drink on top of the National Palace of Culture.

Sightseeing

369 locals recommend
St. Alexander Nevski Cathedral
ploshtad "Sveti Aleksandar Nevski"
369 locals recommend
The central communist-era event/cultural palace that sporadically turns into a book market, christmas market, etc.
182 locals recommend
Park National Palace of Culture
Bulevard "Bulgaria"
182 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
National Art Gallery
1 пл. „Княз Александър I“
178 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Ivan Vazov National Theater
5 ul. "Dyakon Ignatiy"
276 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Gallery 2.0
26 6th September str,
9 locals recommend
24 locals recommend
Sofia City Art Gallery
24 locals recommend
6 locals recommend
House Museum PK Yavorov
136 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“
6 locals recommend
9 locals recommend
Museum of Contemporary Art
2 bulevard "Cherni vrah"
9 locals recommend
A great, large, communist architecture history museum of Bulgaria.
111 locals recommend
National Museum of History
16 ul. "Vitoshko lale"
111 locals recommend
A great, large, communist architecture history museum of Bulgaria.
29 locals recommend
Socialist art Museum
7 ul. "Lachezar Stanchev"
29 locals recommend
Къща-музей Никола Вапцаров
37 ul. "Angel Kanchev"

Essentials

Mastarhud
ulitsa "Baba Nedelya"
You know LIDL.
28 locals recommend
Lidl Магазин Лидъл
126 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“
28 locals recommend
You know LIDL.
Well, BILLA.
80 locals recommend
BILLA
116 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“
80 locals recommend
Well, BILLA.
Pharmacy.
Pharmacy Avocado
56 bul. "Patriarh Evtimiy"
Pharmacy.
The best hospital.
12 locals recommend
Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital
51Б bul. "Nikola Y. Vaptsarov"
12 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Park Center Sofia
2 bul. "Arsenalski"
61 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Paradise Center
100 bulevard "Cherni vrah"
153 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Sofia Ring Mall
214 ul. "Okolovrasten pat"
54 locals recommend
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 locals recommend
Bulgaria Mall
69 бул. „България“
48 locals recommend
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).