Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: Collage (10-12 Mihalache Blvd., Bucharest)

Collage, 10-12 Mihalache Blvd, 0758 10 10 40, www.collageworld.ro Collage is new and interesting, only opened two months ago- it has many strings to its bow. A high-end restaurant, an art gallery lounge with a retro design which becomes a cafe restaurant and music venue after dark. Then a wine tasting room in the cellar, with a fine [...]

Romania Insider restaurant review: Lente (Bucharest, Gen. Praporgescu St.)

[pullquote]Lente, Gen. Praporgescu St, Metro Universitate[/pullquote] Lente is not strictly speaking a restaurant – it’s a cafe, but it’s a cafe where the food is considerably more than an afterthought included just because it should be. Situated on a quiet road off Batiştei street, behind the Intercontinental hotel, the first impression is of tranquility. Outside, [...]

Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: Da Giulio, 29 Popa Stoica Farcas St., Bucharest

29 Popa Stoica Farcas St., Romana Square Tel: 021 323 52 40 da_giulio@yahoo.com In a nutshell, here is great authentic Italian food. Da Giulio has been a real find only discovered through the recommendations of others. This city has more Italian style restaurants than those of any other foreign country with variable quality and authenticity. [...]

Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: Ici et La, 43 Mendeleev St., Bucharest

Address: 43 Mendeleev St., Romana Square Phone: +40 731 453 608 Web: www.icietla.ro If you are looking for good French cuisine in Bucharest then Ici et La will fit the bill. Opened two and a half years ago in Piata Romana by French owner and Chef Philippe Dupre, this seventy- seater restaurant offers a very [...]

Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: Ginger (40-44 Banu Antonache St.)

Address: Banu Antonache 40-44 St., Floreasca area Phone: 0730930421 www.gbar.ro Well, everybody appears to be back to school and Bucharest is in full swing again after the holiday season, it would certainly appear so based on the traffic. This means the search is back on to find new bars and restaurants and old favorites to [...]

Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: Siam Thai Restaurant (1 Amiral Vasile Urseanu St.)

ADDRESS 1 Amiral Vasile Urseanu www.siamthairestaurant.ro Tel:   021 210 9435 Finding good Thai food in these parts can be a struggle, fair enough you would say, the Thai population in Romania is very small. Infact whilst writing this article I rang the Thai Embassy in Bucharest as a point of interset to see how [...]

Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: Madame Pogany (40-44 Banu Antonache St.)

ADDRESS: Str. Banu Antonache 40-44, Floreasca Web: www.madamepogany.ro Phone: 0743 661 782 Madame Pogany opened in October last year bringing something new and fresh to the area around Floreasca fruit and vegetable market. Situated on the ground floor under the large office building at 40 Str. Banu Antonache, this bar and restaurant is fitted throughout [...]

Fox’ Bar and Restaurant review: Aqua restaurant (7-9, Nordului St.)

Aqua Restaurant 7-9, Nordului St Tel:   0731 888 999, www.aquachique.ro Aqua is a restaurant set in an idyllic location on the banks of the Harastrau Lake. Its modern and sophisticated style places it firmly in the upper end of the restaurant spectrum in Bucharest.The excellent food, service and setting make it all worth the price tag, a fact proven by its customers. [...]

Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: Beer O’Clock (VillaCrosse Passage)

Beer O’Clock Pasaj Mecca – Strada Bijuteria, Old Town (Calea Victoriei side) Tel: 0767233335, www.beeroclock.ro Beer beer beer! You may say to yourself yet another bar to open in the Old Town, which is a fair observation as the streets are lined with bars and it can be a struggle to point out the differences between them [...]

Restaurant review: Just desserts! @ Malagamba (2 Sf. Dumitru St., Bucharest, Romania)

Address: 2 Sf. Dumitru Street, Lipscani area, Bucharest Web: www.malagamba.ro Being blessed with a sweet tooth and thus a great lover of dessert, as I sample different restaurants around the city, a pecking order takes shape a bit like a league table in my head of what tickled the taste buds. Fortunately sharing such appreciation [...]

Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: Mesogios, 49 Jean Louis Calderon St.

Mesogios Fish Restaurant ADDRESS: 49 Jean Louis Calderon St. Tel: 0727 239 239 cezar@mesogios.ro, www.mesogios.ro Fish, glorious fish! Mesogios was a recommendation by a friend and is located in Jean Louis Calderon St. It is slightly off the beaten track, so not a place to simply stumble across, in a very fine old building which [...]

Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: Naser, 86 Dumitru Zosima St.

Naser Restaurant, Dumitru Zosima St., no. 86, Sector 1, Bucharest, 021 222 72 07 Hands up anyone who has been to Syria! I haven’t either, but based on the Syrian kitchen I have discovered here in Bucharest, I feel quite inspired. My new find, the Restaurant Naser, is very exciting and I have visited it [...]

Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: Osteria Gioia, 16 Ion Mihalache Blvd.

16 Ion Mihalache Blvd., Tel  021 31 37 50 www.osteriagioia.ro Osteria Gioia has intrigued me for a while now and while driving past it regularly, it has seduced me into trying it. Knowing nothing about the history, just looking through the perfectly square window into this tunnel-like restaurant which always looks to busy. Too much [...]

Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: 18 Lounge by Embassy (3-5 Presei Libere Square)

18th Floor, 3-5 Presei Libere Square, City Gate South Tower Tel 0733 501 401 www.18lounge.ro 18 Lounge opened in Bucharest last December on the top floor of the City Gate South Tower, next door to the Pullman Hotel. As you enter the building on the ground floor you could be forgiven for thinking you are [...]

Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: Divan, 46-48 Franceza St.

Address: 46-48 Franceza St., Old Town Phone: 021 312 30 34 Web: www.thedivan.ro For those of you who love the Turkish kitchen, Divan will definitely satisfy your needs. The place was opened in December of 2009 in the Old Town by Romanian owners, who have created a totally authentic feel, with all the furnishings, down [...]

Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: Red Angus, 56 Franceza St.

Red Angus Steak House 56 Franceza St., Old Town, Bucharest Tel: 021 312 03 83, www.redangus.ro This traditional US style Steak House, newly opened in October, has brought a new dimension to the Old Town and fills a niche in Bucharest as a place to have a really top quality Steak. Operated by Justin Costello [...]

Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: Sunday Brunch, Radisson Blu, 63-81 Calea Victoriei

On cold, wet, gray Sundays in Bucharest, when you haven’t got the energy or the will to head for the ski slopes, what better way is there to spend a Sunday afternoon than having a very long, leisurely Sunday brunch. Many of the big Hotels in town offer this in a similar format, but having [...]

Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: Zen Sushi, 86 Calea Serban Voda

Sushi- the Japanese word meaning ”sour”- was a dish invented in Japan in the Muromachi period around the mid 1300′s, and in those times it was made from fermented fish. The Sushi we eat today, which is internationally recognised and enjoyed, was created in the Edo period in the early 1800′s by a man called Hanaya Yohei as a fast food. I would thank him personally if he were still alive! Sushi is a personal favourite which I developed a taste for whilst living in the Far East.

Fox’ Bar & Restaurant Review: Malagamba, 2 Stefan Dumitru St.

Address: 2 Stefan Dumitru St., Old Tow

This restaurant is named after Sergiu Malagamba, the Moldovan Jazz drummer from the 1940′s and if Malagamba were still alive, I feel he would be proud to lend his name to this new establishment.

Fox’ Bar and Restaurant Review: Shift, 17 General Eremia Grigorescu St.

Shift opened its doors in the summer of 2010 tucked away in General Eremia Grigorescu St. just behind Bulevadul Dacia, in that area of Bucharest that makes you feel as though you could be in Paris or Buenos Aires.

Fox’ Bar and Restaurant Review: It’s Champagne time!

As we are about to enter the party season, we are looking at the greatest party drink of them all – Champagne! It is very interesting how people’s perception of the French fizz has changed over the past 30 years. Once it was considered something only for special occasions like Christmas, birthdays and weddings. The reason for the change in attitude is that Champagne prices have barely increased in recent years, whereas increased wealth makes it relatively more affordable.

Fox’ Bar and Restaurant Review: Fourteen, 14 Benjamin Franklin St.

Address: Strada Benjamin Franklin Nr. 14 Phone: +40 (0)741 123 098 Web: www.fourteen.ro Fourteen is an English-owned bar new on the Bucharest night life scene which opened its doors in October 2009, and I have to say, what a little gem! Situated at Strada Benjamin Franklin 14 just to the side of the Athenaeum, it [...]

Fox’ Bar and Restaurant Review: The Embassy, 8 Lahovari Square

The Embassy is a lounge bar located in Piata Lahovari, in a very fine old building just behind Piata Romana. As you walk up to the bar it has a rather grand feel about it with its solid dark wood bar top and above your head a landing of matching dark wood banister with old paintings on the walls. The bar area itself has low tables with soft, sink-into sofas and chairs. I really like this bar in the afternoons as it has a very relaxed atmosphere and a great place to enjoy yourself while away a few hours with friends.

Fox’ Bar and Restaurant Review: Kumar’s Agra Palace, 47 Pipera – Tunari St.

Kumar’s Agra Palace Address: Pipera – Tunari nr 47 Phone: +4 021 350 3114 Web: www.agrapalace.ro This week we have been researching a British institution, the Indian Curry! Those raised or who have spent time in the UK will know how popular and influential this spicy Asian cuisine has become up and down the land. [...]

Fox’ Bar and Restaurant Review: Fitto Cafe, 70-72 Calea Floreasca

The Fitto Cafe is on Calea Floreasca at the corner of Ion Muntenescu St. A very modern design with lime green covers on stainless steel chairs, dark wooden table and funky lamp shades gives it a very clean fresh feel.