Best Restaurants in Bucharest 2017 – Restocracy Awards<\/p>\n
In the last week of January, Restocracy presents the awards and mentions for the best restaurants in Bucharest for the past year, grouped by the most important national cuisines and dominant specifics, the best chefs, several special awards, and the "Restocracy Preferences" mentions for particularly appreciated restaurants. <\/p>\n
We did not grant awards for categories (cuisines) where there are too few restaurants in Bucharest to establish a true ranking: Spanish, Indian, Thai cuisine, etc., even though these are among the great and representative cuisines of the world.<\/p>\n
For Italian cuisine, we created an award only for fine dining restaurants because we have not yet finalized the evaluation and ranking methodology for those with traditional cuisine, which we decided to separate from fine dining after lengthy discussions.<\/p>\n
Similarly, for Romanian cuisine, we have not (yet) made the separation between traditional (peasant) Romanian cuisine, boyar cuisine, and fine dining – the latter having only appeared a few months ago! However, in next year’s awards, there will be three distinct categories for our national cuisine. <\/p>\n
Among Near-Eastern and North African cuisines, we only awarded Lebanese this year, which is much better represented in Bucharest than all the others combined. If we manage to develop an operational evaluation toolkit, on one hand, and if more restaurants with distinct specifics appear in this category, we will have separate awards next year. <\/p>\n
We also did not create a distinct category for new fine creative cuisines, nouvelles cuisines, molecular, etc., because there are still few restaurants of this type in Bucharest. We hope they will reach a number this year that allows for the formation of a distinct group.<\/p>\n
This year, the mechanisms for indexing, describing, and potentially evaluating other additional categories in the food & bar area (cafes, tea houses, breweries, terraces, confectioneries and bakeries, bohemian venues, etc.) will also be finalized, so the awards at the beginning of next year will undoubtedly include many of these as well.<\/p>\n
The awards were presented to the winners during a ceremony held at Locanta Jaristea, Friday, February 2, 2016, an event funded by Domeniile Bogdan, Restocracy’s partner.<\/p>\n
George Butunoiu
founder and lead evaluator of Restocracy<\/p>\n
Restocracy Awards for the best restaurants in Bucharest in 2017:<\/p>\n
Restaurant of the Year 2017 in Bucharest – Le Bistrot Francais<\/p>\n
National cuisines and dominant specifics
•Best French cuisine in Bucharest 2017 – Le Bistrot Francais
•Best Japanese cuisine in Bucharest 2017 – Benihana
•Best Romanian cuisine in Bucharest 2017 – Zexe
•Best International cuisine in Bucharest 2017 – Joseph
•Best Fine Italian cuisine in Bucharest 2017 – Poesia
•Best Lebanese cuisine in Bucharest 2017 – Piccolo Mondo
•Best Chinese cuisine in Bucharest 2017 – Zen Garden
•Best Greek cuisine in Bucharest 2017 – Amvrosia
•Best Urban cuisine in Bucharest 2017 – MA Bistro
•Best Sushi Bar in Bucharest 2017 – Ginger Sushi Bar & Lounge
•Best Steakhouse in Bucharest 2017 – JW Steakhouse
•Best Fish Restaurant in Bucharest 2017 – Mesogios<\/p>\n
Best Chefs
•Best Chef in Bucharest 2017 – Sorin Miftode (Le Bistrot Français)
•Most Creative Chef in Bucharest 2017 – Alex Petricean (MAIZE)
•Best Private Chef in Bucharest 2017 – Shuichiro Sumiyoshi<\/p>\n
Special Awards
•Best New Restaurant opened in Bucharest 2017 – MAIZE
•Most Beautiful Restaurant Garden in Bucharest 2017 – Casa Doina
•Most Original Restaurant in Bucharest 2017 – Piranha
•Most Enchanting Person encountered in a Bucharest restaurant in 2017 – Alexandra (MAIZE)<\/p>\n
Mentions – Restocracy Preferences
•Locanta Jaristea
•Kane Seasonal Bistro
•Matrioska Bistro
•La Cave de Bucarest<\/p>\n