LOKAL

An astonishing place: this bar occupies the former villa of an early ^20th-century merchant family, nationalized under Communism and subsequently abandoned. Purposely left in its original state, the beautiful residence exudes the same decadent atmosphere that makes Bucharest so charming: inside, the old stoves and mismatched period furniture give the impression of squatting in an abandoned house, frozen in the past. At the front, the garden also cultivates a certain nonchalance, with its abundant vegetation and scattered pallet terraces.