McCafe - Bucharest

The food was good and the service too. Some of our friends refer to this as the American message.

Nice place to spend some time in Piata Romana. Outside or within the seating area, coffee is served very well in a special cafe area, or you can also use the traditional Mc Donalds service on a separate area, although at the same place. Free Wi-Fi...available, toilet facilities and next to the Mc Donalds counter there is an area with Ipads for use.

We know the press about McDonad's, but McCafe in Bucharest is decidedly different and a great place to stop for a cappuccino every season.

We know the press on McDonad's, but McCafe in Bucharest is decidedly different and a great place to stop any time of the year for a cappuccino.

If you're a visitor to Bucharest, it can be tiresome trying to find a decent place to eat or drink and not blow the budget. Hotels are prone to steer you to the tourist traps (or maybe they assume that that's what you want). Ordinary Bucurestis, to be fair to them, are quite patient with tourists (even Transilvanians), but they often don't know what to suggest, and their directions may not make sense to you if you don't know the geography of this large and confusing city.Then, there's always McDonald's. Better still, there's often McCafe.We had become familiar with the McCafe concept in Montreal, and so finding ourselves on Magheru Street, near Piata Romana in central Bucharest, and having an hour to wait before an appointment, it was easy decision to sit down for a coffee.McCafes are all pretty much the same, but let's say that the coffee is good, the prices are affordable, the interior space is non-smoking, and if the weather is good, the exterior "terasa" is a pleasant place to people-watch and pass the time, and the tables are sufficiently dispersed that you're unlikely to be bothered by the smokers.