Coffee
Sincer
A slow breakfast and the first proper coffee of the day.
↗The places we send friends.
Judgment first. Addresses second.
Drink
Marlène
A small wine bar where one glass has a habit of becoming three.
↗Eat
Casa Dacă
Moldovan flavours in a room that makes dinner feel like an occasion.
↗See
Valea Morilor
Go late, walk the lake, then stay for the sunset.
↗Stay
BERD’S
The city stay we would book for a special weekend.
↗Coffee
Brun Coffee Project
Coffee on Mateevici, next to the Academy of Music. Open from morning until evening, every day.
↗Eat
Kosmonavtika
A café on Strada Bulgară. Google lists it as a coffee shop; open daily, 8 until 22.
↗Coffee
two guys coffee.
Coffee on Alecsandri. Weekdays from 9; Saturday and Sunday from 10.
↗Drink
Tuda Suda Bar
A bar on Pușkin. Opens at 16:00; Friday and Saturday run until 3.
↗Drink
27 Bar
A cocktail bar on Inculeț. Closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
↗Eat
Luno Brasserie
By the theatre, Teatrului 3. Google lists it as a café; open from 7:30 until 22.
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Casaroz Bar
A bar on Columna. Opens at 18:00; Friday and Saturday until 1.
↗Eat
Saladology
On Eminescu. Google lists it as both coffee shop and restaurant. Weekdays from 8:30.
↗Eat
KAMII Restaurant
Japanese restaurant on Tolstoi — sushi, according to Google. Mondays they open only at 15:00; the rest of the week from 12.
↗Eat
Dom 19:21
A restaurant on Toma Ciorbă. Open daily, 12–22.
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Brut
On Eminescu. Google lists it as a restaurant. From 8 until late; from Thursday they run until 1.
↗Eat
Amor Amar
On Eminescu. Google: café, brunch and cocktail bar. Friday and Saturday until 2.
↗Eat
Gray Goose Garden
A garden restaurant on Ghidighici, by Sala de Aur. Not a central stop.
↗Eat
SOL
Restaurant at Ghidighici 1/4, next to Gray Goose. Opens at 9; Friday and Saturday until 1.
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Vinăria Poiana
A winery in Ulmu, not in Chișinău. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
↗Drink
Et Cetera
A winery in Crocmaz. Closed Monday. This is a journey, not a stop at the edge of town.
↗Coffee
SŌRA cafe
Coffee on Pușkin. Opens at 7:30 every day, until 22.
↗Eat
Chikapulya
A restaurant on Grigore Vieru. Google lists it as Eastern European. Open daily, 8–23.
↗Coffee
Miro Café
Coffee on Petru Movilă. Daily 8–21.
↗Coffee
Lazy Crazy
On Bănulescu-Bodoni. Google lists it as an Asian restaurant — ramen, sushi, hot pot — not a café. Daily 10–22.
↗Eat
Gastrobar
A restaurant on Bernardazzi. Google: family restaurant. Daily 12–23.
↗Coffee
Luno Café
Coffee on Petru Movilă, near Miro. Weekdays until 19:30; weekends until 20.
↗Eat
Odélle
On Eminescu. Google: breakfast restaurant. Opens at 8 daily, until 22.
↗Eat
LUME Neobistro
A restaurant on Vlaicu Pârcălab. From lunch until midnight, every day.
↗Coffee
Coffee Monkey
Coffee at Casa Presei, on Pușkin. Daily from 8; Sundays from 9, until 22.
↗Eat
La Sarkis
A restaurant on Mateevici. Google: Eastern European, open around the clock.
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