Guidebook for Sofia
Food Scene
Made in Home
30 ul. "Angel Kanchev"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.
Starbucks
1А bul. "Vasil Levski"Because.
Lavanda
12 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"A little pricey but worth it.
Very crowded and touristy but on the main pedestrian central street yo.
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Raffy Bar & Gelato
18 bul. "Vitosha"Very crowded and touristy but on the main pedestrian central street yo.
Boom! Burgers
12 bul. "Tsar Osvoboditel"VERY swell burger joint.
HAMACHI-Ni - Japanese Fish Restaurant
179 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“Sushi place.
Costa
35 ul. "Professor Fridtjof Nansen"Costa.
Divaka
41А ul. "6-ti septemvri"Typical Bulgarian cuisine place.
Made in Blue
6 ul. "Yuri Venelin"A little on the pricey side, though great food and atmosphere.
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.
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Mimas
68 bul. "Vasil Levski"It's a kebab/falafel/hummus place that rocks. Great for a midnight after-party snack or for the real street-food connoisseur.
Aubergine - Craft beer. Craft food.
11 ul. "Carnegie"Craft beer and food.
бирария Халбите
72 ul. "Neofit Rilski"Beer and grill/meat/balkan food.
Ginger - Raw Cake, Sushi
24А ul. "General Parensov"Sweet and quiet sushi place.
Green Deli Café
165 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“ Great banana bread, soups, salads.
Street Chefs Foodtruck | fine burgers & steaks
22 ul. "Angel Kanchev"Street burger joint.
La bottega all'Angolo
58 ul. "William Gladstone"Great Italian place.
Coffee and breakfast "Mekitsa". A bulgarian pastry.
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Мекица и Кафе (Mekitsa and Coffee)
28 ul. "Graf Ignatiev"Coffee and breakfast "Mekitsa". A bulgarian pastry.
The Little Things
37 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"Another artsy hipster place with decent food and cosy atmosphere.
Mr. Pizza Левски
53 bul. "Vasil Levski"Mainly a pizza place with lots of other dishes.
Skaptoburger
20 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"Burger joint.
Take a Cake
6 ul. "Georgi Benkovski"Best CUPCAKES IN TOWN.
Confetti
4 ul. "Graf Ignatiev"Ice cream place and an Italian restaurant at the same time.
Wok to Walk
8 bul. "Vitosha"Wok chinese place. Great food.
The Sushi Bar
18 ul. "Ivan Denkoglu"Great sushi place.
One of the best if not the best restaurant in Sofia. Expensive but worth it!
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Cosmos Restaurant / Космос
19 ul. "Laveleye"One of the best if not the best restaurant in Sofia. Expensive but worth it!
Ракия Ракета Бар
17 bul. "Yanko Sakazov"Great place, great atmosphere. Next to another great park.
Слънце и луна
80Б ul. "Tsar Asen"A great vegan place.
Vegetarian restaurant and bakery "Sun Moon"
39 ulitsa "6-ti septemvri"A great vegan place.
Mr. Pizza Верила
3 ul. "Verila"Mainly a pizza place with lots of other dishes.
Nedelya
98 bul. "Vitosha"Cake place.
La Bottega Centro
31 ul. "Han Asparuh"Italian restaurant with great location and vibe/atmosphere.
Indian Restaurant Kohinoor
№67 bul. "Gotse Delchev"The best Indian restaurant in Sofia.
Costa Coffee
2 ul. "Sheynovo"Costa Coffee
2 ul. "Sheynovo"Next to the largest South Park.
Starbucks
1А bul. "Vasil Levski"Next to the National Theatre.
Ugo
68 ул. Н. РилскиPizza place.
Shtastlivetsa
27 bul. "Vitosha"Drinks & Nightlife
The Bookies
37 ul. "Dospat"They have the occasional live music and literary reading.
Bar Friday
21 ul. "General Yosif V. Gourko"It's one of the cool night spots besides posh clubs around.
bilkova bar
22 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"Beer and pep talk.
One More Bar
3-5 ul. "Tsar Ivan Shishman"A cool bar/brunch spot with a lovely restaurant on the second floor.
J.J. Murphy's
6 ul. "Karnigradska"The best pub in town.
Memento Vitosha
32 bul. "Vitosha"Coffee & cocktails mainly.
ShiSha Bar SpeShial Center
32 ul. "William Gladstone"Shisha/hookah/nargile bar.
Shisha Point
16 bul. "Makedonia"Shisha/hookah/nargile bar.
Maharani Relax Bar&Dinner
Food, drinks, shisha/hookah/nargile.
Harem Paradise
100 bulevard "Cherni vrah"Food, drinks, shisha/hookah/nargile.
1001 Бири
25-Б ul. "Professor Fridtjof Nansen"The BEER shop.
Switch Bar
Swell place.
A very artsy place with vegan food and drinks. Himalayan tea and raspberry wine are the specials.
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THE APARTMENT
68 ul. "Neofit Rilski"A very artsy place with vegan food and drinks. Himalayan tea and raspberry wine are the specials.
The Cocktail Bar
9 ul. "Angel Kanchev"Pretty self-explanatory. Great mini-park location tho.
3 oz. Bar
3 bulevard "Vasil Levski"By the Way
166 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“Rock’n Rolla Bar & Club
1 ul. "Graf Ignatiev"Rock place.
65 Fireflies Bar Aperitivo
65 ul. "Solunska"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.
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Culture Beat Club
A bar and a nightclub. A great place to have a drink on top of the National Palace of Culture.
Sightseeing
Dómkirkjan Alexander Nevski
ploshtad "Sveti Aleksandar Nevski"The central communist-era event/cultural palace that sporadically turns into a book market, christmas market, etc.
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Þjóðgarður Kúltúrpalastsins
Bulevard "Bulgaria"The central communist-era event/cultural palace that sporadically turns into a book market, christmas market, etc.
Arts & Culture
Literature club Peroto
Book cafeteria.
Þjóðlistasafn
1 пл. „Княз Александър I“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.
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Ivan Vazov þjóðleikhúsið
5 ul. "Dyakon Ignatiy"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.
Gallery 2.0
26 6th September str,Sofíugerðasafn borgarinnar
House Museum PK Yavorov
136 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“Museum of Contemporary Art
2 bulevard "Cherni vrah"A great, large, communist architecture history museum of Bulgaria.
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National Museum of History
16 ul. "Vitoshko lale"A great, large, communist architecture history museum of Bulgaria.
Sósíalískt listamuseum
7 ul. "Lachezar Stanchev"Къща-музей Никола Вапцаров
37 ul. "Angel Kanchev"Essentials
Mastarhud
ulitsa "Baba Nedelya"Lidl Магазин Лидъл
126 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“You know LIDL.
BILLA
116 ulitsa „Georgi S. Rakovski“Well, BILLA.
Pharmacy Avocado
56 bul. "Patriarh Evtimiy"Pharmacy.
Acibadem City Clinic Tokuda Hospital
51Б bul. "Nikola Y. Vaptsarov"The best hospital.
Entertainment & Activities
Galaxy Bowling
87 bulevard "Vitosha"Bowling
BSD 2
ulitsa "Fridtjof Nansen"Pool, billiards.
Trevor Workspaces / Dondukov
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.
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Park Center Sofia
2 bul. "Arsenalski"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.
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Paradise Center
100 bulevard "Cherni vrah"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.
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Sofia Ring Mall
214 ul. "Okolovrasten pat"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).
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Bulgaria Mall
69 бул. „България“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).