The Gray Goose Garden
Terrace restaurant in Buiucani · desserts and cocktails praised, reviews critical of price and cooking.
Dinner on the terrace/garden, with a kitchen led by chef Maxim Budeci (per the website): seafood, grilled meat and vegan options. Reviews return to the atmosphere, the desserts and the cocktails · one review names the pistachio dessert.
Worth it for the atmosphere, desserts (one review singles out the pistachio dessert) and cocktails. Know before you go: 3-star reviews report high prices for the food quality, unevenly cooked dishes (overcooked pasta, underwhelming carpaccio) and being given a small table despite a reservation while the restaurant was half empty. Service is described inconsistently, from excellent to poor, depending on the review.
The Gray Goose Garden is a restaurant with a terrace and garden in the Buiucani district, on Strada Ghidighici 1/2, about 7.3 km in a straight line from central Chișinău. According to its own website, the kitchen is led by chef Maxim Budeci and features seafood, grilled meat and vegan options, alongside cocktails and wine pairings. Among the five saved Google reviews, three praise the desserts and atmosphere, two report high prices for the food quality and inconsistent service.
- Desserts draw repeated praise in reviews, including the pistachio dessert
- Elegant atmosphere, with pleasant music and decor
- Cocktails are praised in several reviews
- Steaks called a consistently great experience in one review
- Burrata salad with pepper singled out in one review
- Waiters change the cutlery after every course, per one review
No g0er has reviewed yet. Be the first.
“Average restaurant. For show off is really good because atmosphere and decoration is nice but food is average with not a lot of taste. Ive been to many michelin stars restsurants and not only. They dont have a big variety of seafood, like combination of different seafood and not meat. Sweets from appearsnce are really good but taste 7/10. Some are really good other not good. I …”
“The food was outstanding and prepared in a truly distinctive manner, showcasing creativity and attention to detail. The desserts were particularly impressive, offering unexpected twists that elevated the overall experience. The atmosphere was elegant and welcoming, perfectly complemented by attentive, top-notch service. Overall, a memorable dining experience that I would highly…”
“To start off with the positives: the fistic dessert is amazing! And the cocktails are good. Burrata salad with pepper really tasty. Rest of appetisers was ok!The waiters are polite. However, the quality of the food really doesn’t match the price. It is far from as good as it could be. We got two pasta but both were sooo over cooked that it was soft and you could feel the boily…”
- About 7.3 km in a straight line from central Chișinău, in the Buiucani district
- One 3-star review reports high prices for the food quality, a limited seafood selection, poor service, and desserts uneven in quality, some good, some not
- Another 3-star review describes overcooked pasta and underwhelming carpaccio, below expectations for the price
- The same review says it was given a small table despite a reservation while the restaurant was half empty, and that compared to a visit a year earlier, the food and staff attentiveness had declined
- One 5-star review notes the only downside as the place being on the small side