First Coffee Bucharest

First Coffee sits on a quiet side street just off the Old Town's busier pedestrian core, a large, plainly lit room that trades the tourist trap energy nearby for a genuine coffee bar setup, including pour over service alongside the standard espresso menu. The shop runs its own barista classes on site, training new baristas on its own equipment rather than just staffing the counter, which shows up in customer reports of staff walking them through bean and brew choices rather than just taking an order.

The wider room, larger than most Old Town coffee counters, gives it space for the kind of pour over and alternative brewing setup that a cramped storefront usually cannot fit, though at least one regular customer has asked for a wider range of origins on rotation. Fresh croissants and pastries round out the counter, and the shop keeps long, consistent daily hours that make it as workable for an early espresso before sightseeing as for a slower afternoon coffee.