EBG Rating: 8.7/10

Choice/Quality of Drinks:
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Superior to the usual – don’t expect 20 taps of Romanian craft but some decent choices here and there in the fridge, including bottles of Franconian kellerbier.

Style/Décor:
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Mansion house with leafy patio and drive. Grand entrance across parallel steps. Inside 6-7 townhouse rooms converted in personal, eclectic, common room style.

Atmosphere/Character:
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The patio is of course atmospheric at night and excellent in winter, but enter the house to find the desired warren of social spaces, which over time you can gradually pick your favourites. A friendly, inclusive feel with a mixed crowd – younger of course, but very much a refuge from some of the harsher edges of the city.

Amenities/Events:
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Food, snacks, live music, outdoor seating, social events, musical instruments.

Value For Money:
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Typical for the area.

Description:
One of the most typical examples of Bucharest’s garden bar scene. The area to the east of the old town and Piata Romana is studded with old mansion houses whose leafy courtyards and abandoned interiors are ripe for conversion to alternative-feeling hangout spots.

Lokal is situated a little further North than most of these spots, in an area that feels a little more well-to-do than the Armenian quarter and, in general, Bucharest.

Online content makes it look relatively smart, but when you arrive in person you’ll see that this is a more homely, alternative, common-room, eclectic sort of operation.

The patio is of course atmospheric at night and excellent in winter, but enter the house to find the desired warren of social spaces, which over time you can gradually pick your favourites. A friendly, inclusive feel with a mixed crowd – younger of course, but very much a refuge from some of the harsher edges of the city.

Even the beer selection is superior to the usual – don’t expect 20 taps of Romanian craft but some decent choices here and there, including bottles of Franconian kellerbier help things along nicely.

A real must-see in Bucharest, don’t hesitate to drop by.

As far as I know there is no relation to the bar of the same name in Oradea.

(Added March 2026)