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Cafes: Books and tea- top that if you can
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  • Delia_Madalina
  • Updated By Delia_Madalina on October 21, 2007
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  • Cafes - Bucharest
    by Delia_Madalina
    "Have a seat on Mircea Cartarescu's chair or on Gellu Naum's!" Both names will most likely sound un-known to you, but they're the most popular contemporary writers. And that is the slogan for Carturesti Tea House.
    I like to think that best friendships start in Cafes and Tea Houses
    Carturesti is actually a separate room in the huge bookstore sheltered by a wonderful old house. Quite, intimate, lost among books, it's ideal for those who seek pleasure in a cup of hot (tasty may I add) tea and a word of wisdom.
    Many say that Carturesti is not a bookstore with a tea house, but a way of living. It's a mark of intellectual, a placer where your steps take any seeker for peace.

    English Caramel tea with cookies

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  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Address: Arthur Verona, nr 13,:
  • Phone: (004021) 317 34 59
  • Directions: exactly on Magheru Bvd, a 3 minutes walk from Piata Romana subway station, in the direction of Piata Universitatii (University Square),on the left side, just before Patria Cinema
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    Cafes: Refreshment break
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  • josephescu
  • By josephescu on June 21, 2006
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  • Cafes - Bucharest
    by josephescu,
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    When after too much walking on the bumpy Bucharest roads you feel like sitting for a few minutes and have a refreshment or a coffee, away from the noise of the cars or from the hot air or rain outside.......i would say go here.

    It is a U-shaped glass-covered pedestrian passage near Universitate, connecting Calea Victoriei with the National Bank (BNR square), easy to miss if not aware of its existence. Inside, in addition to a little piece of history, there are 3-4 coffeehouses, and 2 restaurants. The Chinese food you can get hare (in the small restaurant is on the first floor) is pretty good, but beware the bill can get way above average.

    A coffe and a water in the coffeehouses gets to 3-4 EUR, a lunch in the chinese restaurant about 15 EUR.

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  • Price: US$11-20    » Currency Converter
  • Directions: From Calea Victoriei - as you descend towards the history museum, on the left opposite police headquarters and Victoria gallery. From BNR square - as you come from the Universitate and reach BNR, on the right of the building in the middle of the square
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    Cafes: Death by Chocolat
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  • roomania
  • By roomania on April 2, 2007
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  • Warm, cozy, inviting... are the desserts offered and describe the atmosphere. Splendid dessert offerings and a fine seleciton of imported and domestic liquors and beers, good dinner selections, but go there for the desserts and coffee.

    A good date place or for a casual meeting or for a cup of tea with a book.

  • Theme: Dessert
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: less expensive than average
  • Address: Calea Victoriei, nr. 12 A, Intrare Stavropoleos
  • Phone: 021.314.92.45
  • Website: www.chocolat.com.ro
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    Cafes: Outdoor cafes in the park
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  • SWFC_Fan
  • By SWFC_Fan on May 5, 2008
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  • Outdoor cafe in Cismigiu Park, Bucharest - Bucharest
    Outdoor cafe in Cismigiu Park,
    Bucharest
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    Cismigiu Park is a pleasant little park, located a short walk from the People’s Palace in the heart of Bucharest city centre. The park lies just north of Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta.

    Within the park, you will find a handful of outdoor cafes. On the sunny and mild spring afternoon that my friend and I visited in March 2008, the park was bustling with families and friends enjoying an afternoon in the sunshine…and spare seats at the cafes were few and far between.

    After a while, we found a free table at a lakeside café, and whiled away a care-free afternoon sitting beneath the green Heineken-sponsored parasols drinking cold bottles of Ciuc beer (4.5 Lei / 1 GBP per 500ml bottle) and watching the world go by. The drinks menu offered a choice of bottled beers (no draught beers), a variety of bottled “alcopops”, wines, spirits, soft drinks and coffees. A small food menu (entirely in Romanian) was also available, but most people were content to sit and chat with just a drink.

    A more perfect spring scene would have been difficult to find anywhere in Bucharest – the trees were blossoming, the thick winter coats had been left at home and the warm sunshine had put the spring back in people’s steps (well, mine at least!). The only shame was that the artificial lake beside the café was dry at the time of our visit – but in the summer months when it is filled, I believe it is possible to hire out small boats.

    The perfect spot for an outdoor drink on a balmy afternoon!

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  • Comparison: about average
  • Address: Cismigiu Park
  • Directions: Cismigiu Park is located just north of Bulevardul Regina Elisabeta, a short walk north of the People's Palace in the heart of Bucharest.
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    Cafes: Street cafe near Calea Victoriei
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  • SWFC_Fan
  • By SWFC_Fan on May 5, 2008
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  • Blues Cafe, Bucharest - Bucharest
    Blues Cafe, Bucharest
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    My friend and I stopped off at Blues Café for a couple of beers on our last afternoon in Bucharest, during a visit to the city in March 2008.

    This small café, with a handful of outdoor tables, is located on Pasaj Macca, a covered arcade that runs off Calea Victoriei. The setting wouldn’t look out of place in Milan or Paris, with the ornate architecture of the buildings and the vibrant crowds of locals enjoying a beer or a coffee with their friends. It was certainly unlike anywhere else that we visited in Bucharest – and it came as quite a surprise when we turned into Pasaj Macca from Calea Victoriei for the first time.

    As well as Blues Café, there are a handful of other cafes in the passage (some serving light meals, and others seemingly serving drinks only), as well as a Chinese restaurant.

    We took a seat at one of the outdoor tables and after a short while a waitress came to take our order. We ordered a couple of bottles of Silva Brune beer; a strong 7% dark beer (5.50 Lei / 1.10 GBP per 500ml bottle) and watched the world go by without a care in the world. Ok, that’s not strictly true, we did have a slight concern over the pigeons that were nesting in the roof above us – the mess around our table indicated that we might be within target range!

    A pleasant outdoor café on a lively, covered arcade. Good strong beer – but beware of the pigeons overhead!

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  • Theme: Coffeehouse
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  • Comparison: about average
  • Address: 16-20 Calea Victoriei
  • Phone: 0723 520 643
  • Directions: Located on Pasaj Macca, a covered cafe-lined arcade that runs off Calea Victoriei, just north of Strada Lipscani.
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    Cafes: Nice patiserie in Strada Lipscani
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  • jacobzoethout
  • Updated By jacobzoethout on July 9, 2005
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  • Patiserie, Strada Lipscani - Bucharest
    Patiserie, Strada Lipscani
    by jacobzoethout
    For a breakfast the patiserie Lipscani is a nice place to go. You can have a coffee, placinta, all kind of pastries, yoghurts, turkish cookies. Especially recommended is the cremschnit.

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  • Theme: Bakery
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  • Comparison: about average
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    Cafes: The Cafe of the past Bucharest
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  • mingul
  • By mingul on April 11, 2008
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  • The ambience is that of the Bucharest from the beginning of the century. There are lot of photos from that time also and the music is very appropriate to the occasion.

    Good and various menu, excellent service.

    Book ahead before going. It is a pretty crowded place.

    Just having one of the large variety of coffee-based drinks and a cigarette to go with it.

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  • Address: Str. Franceza nr. 62-64 Splaiul Independentei
  • Phone: +40.316.200.939
  • Directions: Might find it under the name of Festival 39. On the boulevard Splaiul Independentei behind the Hanul lui Manuc Inn.
  • Website: http://www.festival39.com/Bucuresti/bucuresti.php?ref=0.7492259677060449
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    Cafes: Nice decor, shame about the TV
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  • SallyM
  • By SallyM on January 19, 2008
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  • This establishment is located in an old villa and has interesting décor, although the TV screen showing MTV looked a bit out of place, especially as we were hearing different music.

    They serve light lunches and cakes. We had soup followed by cakes for two, and two rounds of hot beverages, which came to 66 RON (around £12).

    French onion soup was maybe not typically Romanian, but tasty and warming.

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  • Theme: Coffeehouse
  • Price: US$11-20    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Address: St Nicolae Golescu 18A
  • Directions: Near Piata Revolutiei
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    Cafes: Cafe Studio
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  • By makturk on November 9, 2006
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  • Cafes - Bucharest
    by makturk
    Close to University

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  • Comparison: least expensive
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    Cafes: Great apple tart
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  • SallyM
  • By SallyM on January 19, 2008
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  • Apple tart at Cremcaffe - Bucharest
    Apple tart at Cremcaffe
    by SallyM
    This is a popular cafe not far from the university.

    They do very nice cakes as well as light lunches, and have comfy seating. We visited Bucharest in the winter, and this was a great place to thaw out in.

    I can recommend the apple tart and also the chocolate and banana tart. A cheese omelette for lunch was also delicious.

    The apple tart (pictured) is wonderful.

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  • Theme: Coffeehouse
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  • Comparison: about average
  • Address: Str Toma Caragiu 3
  • Directions: A short walk from Universitate metro
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