Sighisoara Restaurants

This is a little cafe (which I'm assuming is "not for profit"), located inside a community services building on the main square in Sighisoara. They had a variety of baked goods such as American-style cookies and muffins, as well as hot dishes such as grilled sandwiches and quiche. I had a sandwich made with a local vegetarian spread (a bit like a tapenade or chutney); it was very good. The servers are multi-lingual and also provide tourist information to customers and non-customers alike; there is an internet point inside as well (free with purchase, so some rude people will buy a coffee and sit for two hours). The organization running this cafe provides a lot of support to the local community, so I would highly encourage you to give them a few of your tourist dollars while you're in town!

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I was directed here by a tip on VT by Dabs, and it turned out to be a good one. The pizza here is cheap and very good by Romanian standards. The service is also friendly, and the location on Piata Piata Hermann Oberth is quite pleasant and away from the tourist crowds of the citadel.

This is a bit of an odd cafe to say the least, but the service was pleasant and the food, what little there was of it, was very good. I don't know if they were having a quiet day because the music stage had cut them off and blinded people to the cafe, but almost everything on the menu didn't exist. I ended up having the quiche, which was really good, along with a blueberry muffin, which was equally excellent.

The town doesn't have many great restaurants, and almost nothing that is vegetarian, so this might be your only call if you need a place that isn't meat centric.

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Casa cu Cerb is a hotel and restaurant. The restaurant is generally agreed to be the best in Sighisoara and, of course, Prince Charles ate here on his visit in 2002. The food is superb and the service is excellent. I had the most delicious dinner here that I have eaten at any restaurant in Romania: meat and dumplings in paprika sauce followed by chestnut puree with whipped cream and rum sauce.

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Casa Wagner is a hotel and restaurant. The ground floor restaurant, with its white linen tablecloths, immaculately laid tables and elegant decor, is one of the most sophisticated restaurants in Sighisoara, but don't feel that you need to dress up to eat there. The food and service are good and it is not as expensive as it looks. The 400-year-old building is listed by UNESCO as one of Sighisoara's World Heritage monuments.

The soups are excellent, especially the bean and bacon soup. A two-course meal will cost around 25 lei.

Our visit to Sighisoara was for a few hours and we decided not to spoil a single minute by sitting down and having lunch. Despite that I can offer you the advice that our driver told us that pizza in Sighisoara is famous among Romanians and specially the pizzerias with outdoor sitting and some limited view over the city, found just before the entrance to the cidatel. I have to rely on his knowledge, try it and ...just let me know if he is correct!

Don't let the name put you off - it's a quiet (or was in December, anyway!), place to enjoy a snack if you're a bit sick off Romanian cuisine. They also have an internet cafe in the basement and organise tours etc in the summer. You can buy beautiful ceramics from Corond too. And better still, the proceed go to the local poor.

Favorite Dish: The pies are excellent - Apple and Blackberry, Apple and Raisin - and the quiches and toasted sarnies ain't 'ave bad too!
On a cold day, try the spicy hot apple juice...

On a chilly day in December, it was with enormous joy that we stumbled into this bar on Piata Cetatii and ordered the mulled wine. Spicy and warming without being acidic or bitter, this was just the thing to keep out the cold. After a couple of mugs each, we stumbled out again...

Favorite Dish: The mulled wine of course!