Sensi Bar & Café
Bar and cafe with European and Asian menus, around the clock on Friday and Saturday
Two menus running side by side, European and Asian: soups and meat from the Josper grill next to rolls, sashimi and bowls, per the site menu.
Worth it if you want a bar that stays open late, around the clock on Friday and Saturday, per the site and Google, though no source says how late the kitchen serves. Or if you want breakfast in town, since the place opens at 9:00 on most days, with the SENSI house breakfast at 180 MDL, per the site menu, which does not say until when it is served. Main warning: people smoke inside and a 2 star review says the ventilation cannot cope, while a 4 star one opens with the smell of cigarettes. If you are sensitive to smoke or noise, look elsewhere, since both reviews also flag loud music and one of them the speakers placed above the tables. And if you are coming specifically for sushi, a 2 star review takes it apart.
Sensi is a bar and cafe on Dimitrie Cantemir Boulevard, 0.9 km in a straight line from the centre of Chisinau. Its own site presents it as a bar and cafe in the green part of the city. The menu is split in two: a European one with breakfast, soups, pasta, meat from the Josper grill and desserts, and an Asian one with temari, temaki, sashimi, rolls and bowls. The drinks list is long: several cocktail families, mocktails, wine, spirits and beer. Hours, per the site and per Google: 9:00 to 2:00 on most days, open around the clock on Friday and Saturday. The weak spot keeps coming back in reviews: a 2 star review says the ventilation cannot cope given that people smoke cigarettes and hookahs inside, and a 4 star one opens with exactly the smell of cigarettes. Also from reviews: the music is loud, and one review flags the speakers placed above the tables. Reviews disagree about the cocktails, a 5 star one calls them good, a 4 star one calls them tasteless.
- Tasty food and very large portions, per a 5 star review
- Open around the clock on Friday and Saturday, per the site and Google
- Buckwheat noodles praised in a 4 star review
- A separate Asian menu: temari, temaki, sashimi, rolls, bowls, per the site
- Modern and good looking room, per a 5 star review
- Breakfast on the menu, the SENSI house breakfast at 180 MDL, per the site menu
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“Ventilation is too bad taking into consideration that people are smoking cigarettes and hookahs. Food is not that bad, but they try to cover to many cuisines and haven't accomplished any of them at high level. Speakers are way to loud and they are placed above the tables. Lazy and unpleasant waitresses.”
“The first thing that struck me was the bad smell of cigarettes. The music is very loud. The pork ramen and buckwheat noodles were really tasty, but the cocktails are tasteless.”
“Very tasty food and very large portions. It works 24/7. Who likes to smoke a hookah, is there an opportunity to smoke there?”
- People smoke inside, cigarettes and hookahs, and the ventilation cannot cope, per a 2 star review; a 4 star one flags the smell of cigarettes
- Loud music, per two reviews, one of which also flags speakers placed above the tables
- Weak sushi, per a 2 star review: mushy rice, very small salmon slices and wasabi like sweet paste
- Lazy and unpleasant waitresses, per a 2 star review that also faults a menu stretched over too many cuisines
- Tasteless cocktails, per a 4 star review, contradicted by a 5 star one that praises them