Located well off the beaten path, in Piața Traian area, in a neighbourhood of greatly restored Old Bucharest houses, the Green Tea is a connaisseur place. A finely renovated and decorated house, including an Indian and a Japanese saloon, a nice attic room and a great terrace, with plenty of flowers. Why would you go there? For the many teas on offer, for the usually good, attentive service (and also prompt / efficient unless you ask for a waterpipe, which takes time, and extra coals even more time), as well as for a relaxed time. Oh, and I have saved the best for the last: order a Krantz, a lovelicious chocolate and candid sugar cake served with nut ice cream. Or vote for some of their exquisite jams, like the green nut jam. Also on my pro list: they do not serve beer, but only wine (by the glass for a change in Romania) and very few spirits. And, thank Nanak, no smoking inside (other than waterpipe), low and good quality music, and a fine crowd, without the Romanian Holy Trinity. And hell I like that clock that keeps on showing only green hours, to go with a glass of red wine and some platter of cheese.
The down side: the young staff they employ has an innocent and usually good approach, but it is also clumsy at times. Cakes can come in a big portion today, just to be reduced to dwarf size tomorrow. But they are trying and the small errors they make are not on purpose. So they get a thumb up. Good people, finally...
GPS - N44 26.045 E26 07.127
A street to the back of the old Piața Traian (nowadays a Mega Image Supermarket).
Str. Doctor Burghelea 24, http://www.greentea.ro
