Places to eat in Plovdiv

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This used to be the best place in Plovdiv for me, called restaurant Fresh, where they serve international and Bulgarian kitchen. The unique was that the chef was the owner and he really cooked with passion.
Then they changed it with the name "Chevermeto", they kept the interior and the music style but the atmosphere was not the same anymore.
Now they moved the Armenian restaurant there, where I still haven't been but people say the kitchen is very good. I have to try it soon.

This is one of the fewest restaurants that has his own parking in the center of the city.

(the pictures and the prices are from the previous restaurant, you can see more on their facebook page)

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This amazing place in perfect for your lunch or coffee break. They make wonderful coffee (with milk, caramel, or whatever you can imagine). They prepare a great number of toast and sandwiches - all with lettuce, veggies, meat or vegetarian, French or Italian, white or wholemeal bread, just whatever you want. There are also some salads but the cherry of the cake are the their own sweets - chocolate and oat meal bars, creams, etc.
And not at the last place the stuff is very kind!

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It's another off the beaten path restaurant in Plovdiv. It's Turkish restaurant with real delicious Turkish food (I'm such a fan of their kitchen!).
They're really good in breads (Puffy and Pide), salads and the famous kebap. You can also have a hookah with the famous Turkish coffee or tea.

The food is not expensive but the alcohol is. So just go there, eat, and get away.

The only thing I'm not satisfied with this restaurant is that in the evening they don't respect the law against smoking. Last time after 10-11 pm they served coffee cups with water on every table to use instead of ashtray.
Unfortunately it's a general problem, not only with this restaurant.

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A started to like more and more such small restaurants, where you have specific kitchen and veeeery delicious food. It's obvious that the chef is preparing the meals with passion. Yes, usually they're a little bit more expensive but it all worth it.
Poco Loco (Little Crazy) it's a Mexican restaurant but it also serves Italian food as it is owned by Italians. You can try the typical burritos and nachos meals as well as pasta and lasagna. The portions are big enough tho get full with only one meal. And if you still have some place in your stomach don't miss to try one of the amazing desserts. (Don't read them only in the menu but ask the waitress, sometimes they have additional kinds).
Oh, and what is more - you always receive a compliment from the restaurant - could be wine in the beginning or some digestive after your meal or both if you're lucky!

This is a little local restaurant with only the owner working there. He is VERY friendly and is very glad to talk to the guests although the English is of a lower standard. That is however compensated with a mixture of Bulgarian and Turkish and the outcome is that you understand each other.
He serves a variety of Bulgarian and Turkish dishes, all well done. My favourite was köfte.
The prices are low, even lower than most other smaller or bigger restaurants in town.

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During my Bulgarian trips if my hotel doesn't include breakfast I'll usually do what the locals do and pick up a take-away banitza, or other savoury pastry, and wash it down with a cup of machine espresso. Just about every street in any town will have at least one suitable outlet and with a pastry costing at most 1 lev and a coffee about 30 stotinki this is definitely the economical choice.

However on a cold wet day, or if you are feeling like treating yourself, Plovdiv has several upscale coffee shops with a range of delicous cakes and pastries. One such is Butterfly which offers a tempting range of sweet and "salty" patisserie, as good as any you'll find in the swank Parisienne or Viennoise establishments.

Favorite Dish: Here the coffee and banitza combination will cost about 6 leva but on a cold, damp winter morning it's still not a fortune - just don't be tempted to add a large Cognac!

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At the back side of the main street we found a peaceful café/pub. We went up to the first floor, it was full of students of the local university, we felt like we were in a greek café as there were many greek students next to us.

The smiley waitress came and we ordered the first beers of the day. We paid 2 leva for a pint.
There was some easy listening music on the decks, our table was next to the window where we had view for the nearby park (pic 2) so we relaxed and planed our itinerary for the next day.

Located on the main pedestrian street it was ideal for a quick and cheap lunch.

They have the usual kebap thing in different sizes, small or huge but we took advantage of the offer - 2 small ones for 1,5lev- (about 0,75 euro!).

There was a long line waiting but hopefully we found a free table outside and we didn’t have to eat it on the street like most of the locals do, of course the locals didn’t care because they didn’t have to walk for 5-6 hours checking every house in the Old Town :)