Sofia - Post Report Question and Answers
What typical restaurants, food delivery services, and/or takeout options are popular among expatriates?
Glovo and Takeaway are the most used. Some restaurants have their own delivery like Mr. Pizza or Dominos. - Jun 2023
In the center of Sofia there were many types of restaurants. They had fast food, pub food, french cuisine, bakeries, and so much more! When we ordered in, we usually used from Food Panda. When missing American style food and dining we went to the very popular Happy! Bar and Grill (similar to TGIFridays), or BOOM Burger. For fine french style dining we’d highly recommend Chefs, about 10 minute walk from the US embassy. Any time we had guests we went to Raketa Rakia Bar and Restaurant for a Bulgarian style meal, followed by Kanaal for an inexpensive craft beer. - Mar 2019
McDonald's, Happy Sushi, KFC. They are cheaply priced compared to the U.S. and most of the rest of Europe. - May 2016
Everything and about 20% cheaper than in the U.S. - Dec 2014
Almost all of them are available here. VERY CHEAP!! - Aug 2014
In the past few years, many new fast food chains have opened outlets in Sofia. There's McDonald's, Burger King, Subway, KFC, Dunkin Donuts, Pizza Hut, Domino's and Starbucks. There's also Nordsee, a German seafood place with outlets in the big malls which is good. What's missing in my opinion is a TGI Friday's or Chili's type place. In terms of restaurants the traditional Bulgarian restaurants are very good, Bulgarian cuisine is great. Ethnic restaurants are not very impressive. The best in my opinion is Indian. There's just one Tex-Mex in town and it's awful. - Jun 2011
Lots of traditional Bulgarian food restaurants that are very quaint. McDonald's, Kentucky Fried, Burger King are here. Also Dunkin Donuts. The cost is farely low. Salads are around 3 to 6 leva per plate. A main entree might be 5 to 10 leva. - Oct 2009
Sofia has an excellent variety of restaurants at great value. Bulgarian cuisine is not well-known around the world but it is of great quality. The pork and salads in Bulgaria are among the best I have ever eaten. - Feb 2008
