A small café tucked inside the Eminescu bookshop on Domnească, this is the closest Galați comes to a literary hangout. Decent espresso, simple cakes, and the option of reading the books before you buy them. Quiet in the morning, busier in the afternoon when students come out of nearby lectures.
A good place to escape the heat of a summer afternoon for an hour. The bookshop itself stocks a good range of Romanian fiction and history, and a smaller selection in English and French.