Sheesha at Egypt & A Walk Around Lipscani

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Egipt Cafe

As spring taunts us for a few hours every day now, and we have the occasional warm evening, I figured it was high time we headed over for a “nice” comfortable evening walk around Lipscani. The street-side tables are beginning to blossom, as the national flower of “old town” seems to be the cafe umbrella… they’re planted everywhere. We parallel parked our car along the curbside on Calea Victoriei, which is a ten meter walk, if that into the “entry” of Valea Regilor, the unique (at least to us “new urban” minded Americans) covered alley-turned-cafe-tunnel that walks you directly in to old town Lipscani. So we meandered our way through the ordered chaos of partial renovations and jumping hot-spots to see “what’s new”. With a peak into some of the shops and a brief walk past the Irish Pubs and Sushi “bars” we wound up right back at Valea Regilor to sit down and relax at Egipt; the casual pseudo-arabic themed lounge/sheesha bar/cafe for a cheap Nargila and beer. It was more crowded than usual, and required reservations, but we were able to wrangle up a table. For the budget minded, this place is IT. I ordered an Ursus Black beer, half a liter, for 7 lei. Can’t beat that. Our nargila, that lasted longer than we could smoke, was 11 lei. With everyones drinks the total came to less than 40 lei, so cheaper than cheap for a group night out. So being that this was a monday night and the place was packed full, it may be becoming enough of a haven that reservations will become almost mandatory. Call ahead and book your table.

16-20 Calea Victoriei 
021-311 29 69

Here is an interesting map of Lipscani, courtesy of media9

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Lipscani Map

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  • Roseta

    Thank you so much for this interesting read and tip. I’ve made a note because budget is definitely a requirement for me. I’d love to see more posts like this one that really made me ‘feel’ the area.

  • suzannecarlyle

    Quick question: does anyone know where I can actually buy a sheesha pipe (small) for a good price? I looked at the mall and found a very simple one for 140ron, which seemed too much.

  • http://www.facebook.com/adicafe Adrian Maciuceanu

    Suzanne, hope this would help you:

    -Lizar – Dorobanti Sq or Pipera – Tunari road
    -Nik Classic – Beller St
    -Unirea Shopping Center – ground floor
    -Victoria Store – ground floor
    -City Mall – 1st floor
    -Plaza Mall – basement

  • kikiD

    Terrific little map and a really good read. It’s maybe not my scene but it sounds like something I’d recommend to younger members of my family who are also over here.

  • http://www.shisha-addict.co.uk/2010/08/03/history-of-shisha/ Shisha Addict

    History of Shisha…

    I found your entry interesting thus I’ve added a Trackback to it on my weblog :) …

  • dillio

    There is nothing like taking some time to meander relaxingly and explore. It sounds like you had a wonderful time and that this is an activity that all expat’s should do.

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