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Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Sofia from the En Primeur Club guide.

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Sofia Center holds 19 venues in our guide, the largest neighborhood cluster in the city. Modern Bulgarian fine dining in that neighborhood includes tasting menus and wine lists. Citywide, our guide lists 28 restaurants. Nikolas 0/360 and ANDRÉ in Sofia Center hold La Liste recognition and serve tasting menus. Nikolas 0/360 pairs Japanese meats and Greek seafood with Balkan wines. ANDRÉ uses local products and modern techniques in its Bulgarian cooking. In Sofia Center, extensive wine lists accompany a la carte menus across international, East Mediterranean and Bulgarian cooking. Shades of Red Restaurant at Grand Hotel Sofia serves international cuisine with royal Bulgarian specialties. Cookó Kitchen:Drinks combines East Mediterranean and Bulgarian cooking with craft cocktails and an extensive wine list. Pri Orlite serves contemporary Bulgarian cuisine with an extensive wine list.

Tasting menus in Sofia Center

Three Sofia Center restaurants in our guide run a tasting menu with an extensive wine list. La Liste scores from 2025 or 2026 sit on each of them.

  • Космос - Cosmos

    This modern Bulgarian fine-dining restaurant in Sofia Center serves a tasting menu and an a la carte menu, with an extensive wine list. Chef Vladislav Penov reworks traditional Bulgarian cuisine in a cosmic-themed presentation. La Liste gave it 75 points in 2026. World Culinary Awards named it Bulgaria's Best Restaurant 2025.

  • Nikolas 0/360

    Nikolas 0/360 in Sofia Center serves Balkan-Asian fusion fine dining, with a tasting menu paired with Balkan wines and an a la carte menu. The kitchen works with Japanese meats and Greek seafood. La Liste gave the restaurant 76 points in 2025.

  • ANDRÉ

    ANDRÉ in Sofia Center is chef Andre Tokev's modern Bulgarian fine-dining restaurant, and the format is a tasting menu. The cooking uses local products, modern techniques and an artistic presentation. The wine program has an extensive wine list. La Liste scored the restaurant 76.5 points in 2025.

Wine lists in Sofia Center

These three Sofia Center restaurants keep an extensive wine list, and each serves a la carte.

  • Shades of Red Restaurant

    Shades of Red Restaurant in Sofia Center keeps both an extensive wine list, and the menu is a la carte. It is the classic restaurant at Grand Hotel Sofia, serving international cuisine with royal Bulgarian specialties.

  • Cookó Kitchen:Drinks

    Cookó Kitchen:Drinks in Sofia Center is a hotel restaurant cooking East Mediterranean and Bulgarian food on an a la carte menu. The wine program has an extensive wine list, and the drinks include craft cocktails. The restaurant is design-forward and runs as a kitchen and bar.

  • Pri Orlite

    Pri Orlite is a restaurant in Sofia Center serving contemporary Bulgarian cuisine a la carte. The dining room is on the 18th floor and looks out over Sofia and Vitosha Mountain in a 360-degree view. The wine program has an extensive wine list.

Planning FAQ

Which neighborhood has the most serious wine lists in Sofia?

Sofia Center has extensive wine lists at Nikolas 0/360, ANDRÉ, Shades of Red Restaurant, Cookó Kitchen:Drinks and Pri Orlite in our guide. These restaurants each keep an extensive wine list.

How many Michelin-starred restaurants are in Sofia?

There are no Michelin-starred restaurants in our Sofia guide. Restaurant recognition in Sofia Center includes La Liste awards: Cosmos received 75 points in 2026, and Nikolas 0/360 and ANDRÉ hold La Liste recognition from 2025.

Where are the tasting menus in Sofia?

Tasting menus in our guide are at Cosmos, Nikolas 0/360 and Andre in Sofia Center, and at Secret by Chef Petrov in City Center. Secret by Chef Petrov serves a 23-course tasting menu, cooked live for 12 to 14 guests.

How many Wine Spectator awards are in Sofia?

Citywide, our guide to Sofia includes one venue with the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. Two venues in our guide to Sofia hold the Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence.

By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards

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Космос - Cosmos restaurant in Sofia

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Космос - Cosmos

Cosmos occupies a considered position within Sofia's evolving fine-dining tier, representing Bulgarian cuisine at its most formally ambitious. Chef Vladislav Penov has earned consecutive La Liste recognition, 76.5 points in 2025 and 75 points in 2026, placing the restaurant within a small peer group of Bulgarian addresses that compete on the international stage. The address on Lavele Street in Sofia Center puts it at the centre of the city's most concentrated stretch of serious dining.

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Manastirska Magernitsa restaurant in Sofia

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Manastirska Magernitsa

On a quiet street in Sofia's center, Manastirska Magernitsa has anchored Bulgarian culinary tradition for decades, drawing on monastic recipes and countryside ingredients that most city restaurants abandoned long ago. The setting evokes a rural guesthouse, heavy wood, embroidered textiles, earthenware, while the kitchen works from a repertoire that treats preservation, fermentation, and seasonal field-to-table sourcing as structural principles rather than marketing. For visitors seeking a grounded read on what Bulgarian cooking actually tastes like, this is the place to start.

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