A pleasant café-restaurant in a restored 19th-century building on Strada Smârdan, with both a tucked-away interior and a small front terrace good for people-watching. The breakfasts are generous, the cakes home-made, and the wine list is among the better small selections in the Old Centre.
The crowd is mixed — tourists, expats, locals catching up over flat whites — and the service is friendlier than in most central Bucharest places. It is a useful daytime base when you are exploring the Old Centre on foot; come back for a cocktail in the evening if you prefer the early hours to the Lipscani late-night crush.