Bucharest - Post Report Question and Answers
What typical restaurants, food delivery services, and/or takeout options are popular among expatriates?
Delivery options are available. Eating out is inexpensive compared to US (40-60 RON or $8-$14, and there's great variety. Pizza, pasta, sushi, burgers, passable Thai, fast food, etc. Prices then jump to $25-$35 plate at fancier restaurants (value usually doesn't match cost). Alcoholic drinks range $8-$14. Lots of good Italian. Almost zero Mexican. MAT in Bucharest has the best fish tacos you'll find in Romania. Vegetarians will have a harder time as this is a meat culture, but you can find vegetarian dishes. The coffee scene is fantastic. If you're into coffee, you're going to be very pleased with Bucharest. Romania is a pork country. Expect to eat it at every work function and if traveling outside of Bucharest. - Jun 2023
It's plentiful. Eating out is inexpensive, and there's great variety. Pizza, sushi, burgers, Thai noodles... there are one or two places that make Mexican food that aren't incredible but they satisfy the craving for sure. Vegetarians and vegans have options if you do a little legwork. The coffee scene here blew my mind. If you're into coffee to the extent that you care about brewing methods and grind size, you're going to be very pleased with Bucharest. - Mar 2019
There is an excellent restaurant scene here, tons of amazing restaurants to choose from. - Jun 2018
*Sigh* yes there is KFC, McD's, Cinnabon, Subway, BK, Pizza Hut. No Wendy's that I know of but there are European joints too: Snack Attack, Nordsee, and a variety of others. Find them aplenty at the malls. Consider yourself lucky that most malls in Bucharest have not one but TWO Starbucks. Decent restaurants? Totally. We dined on Argentine and USDA steak at Osho, dabbled with sushi at Sushi Ko, feasted on mici (local meaty/sausagey fare) at Casa Alba and pretty much off the side of the road. Prices range from 4 bucks to 40 per plate. You can get all types of gourmet flavor and the site bucharest.inyourpocket.com/ is quite reliable. - Feb 2014
Mediocre food at most high priced restaurants. Lots of options (mediocre) for chain and non-chain restaurants. - Jan 2013
Tons of restaurants of all price ranges. - Aug 2012
McDonald's, Pizza Hut, Dominos Pizza, Burger King, KFC; lots of mediocre high-priced restaurants. You can find every price range, but there is really only one GOOD restaurant in town: OSHO - May 2011
Plenty of fast food is available. Plus other restaurants with a wide range of prices and food quality. - Jul 2010
We don't do fast food, but they're here. Most people opt for the food courts in the malls. The prices are normal. As for restaurants, there's a decent Mexican, some Indian, loads of Italian, German, Turkish, Romanian, etc. I've seen only a few Asian restaurants. - Dec 2009
McDonald's , KFC, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Quiznos, etc. are available. We liked a lot of the restaurants. We thought that there were many restaurants on par with expensive restaurants in Washington DC, but not with the high prices (well, it depends on what you call high). We could have a nice dinner (3 or 4 courses) and a bottle of wine for $150 max. Something similar in DC would be over $300.The local "Mexican" restaurant is just OK. Stick with Romanian. :) - Dec 2009
McDonald's, KFC, and local stuff. The restaurant scene keeps growing and going up in price. There are a number of good places, maybe not a lot of great places. European cuisine is pretty well represented, but otherwise the pickings can get slim. Asian restaurants aren't very good, and there's only one half-decent Mexican place in town. Still my family has a number of favorite places. Romanian service isn't overly friendly, so you need to get used to that. - Dec 2008
Pizza Hut, McDonald's, KFC. A Hard Rock Cafe just opened. - Jan 2008
This is a Latin country, expect to enjoy your food and time at the restaurants, but know that customer service is pretty much unheard of here. - Jan 2008
