You will find any number of good places to eat - it might be easier to list the places to avoid!
As for local dishes, try these -

Shopska salad - mixed salad covered in shaved feta-style cheese, ususally offered as a starter

Kvarma - a (usually) thick stew with meat & onions, served in a bowl

Kebapche - a spicy cross between a sausage & a burger

Kebapcheta - smaller version of above, more like large (flat) meatballs, you will normally be asked how many you want

These are just a few, there are loads more, and I'm sure you will get a lot of answers with personal favourites

Hi Alio,

As has been said before regarding restaurant recommendations, in Bulgaria (or even in your local area), one that may have been great last year could have changed hands and be less than wonderful this year, so many of us tend to be reticent about giving recommendations.

For a few examples of Bulgarian cuisine, you could have a look HERE, HERE or HERE.

Regards,

Baldur

Also here -

Food

Peter

When in SB try the Dolphin it is at the northern end of the resort. It may be slightly more expensive than most but saying that all food places are cheap. They also put on a free floor show which we have been to the last two years and both years there were a few different acts.
Also the Windmill restaurant isvery good it is out along the main road heading up behind the Fiesta Beach Hotel.

As Baldur says, you cannot rely on the place that was good last year being good this. One of our resort favourites in 2004 was absolutely awful in 2005.

Very few of the resort restaurants actually do serve really authentic cuisine, its usually modified to the western european taste.

My own personal favourites are off the regular tourist areas and dont even have a menu other than in Bulgarian.

Patka

Hi Patka

Just read your reply is'nt half the fun of any Mehana trying to read the Bulgarian menu and enjoying real tasty food not the tourist brand of food

Hi Mondeo

Yes its great fun, our favourite Mehana (or mexican restaurant as many tourists who have no idea of cyrillic think) only has hand-written menus and as you will know there's a big difference between that and the printed word but we have no problem even with that.

One of our greatest delights is watching the faces of the Bulgarians as we order in Bulgarian.

Patka

are there any supermarkets in sunny beach.i am staying at the sun village apartments

If you mean the likes of Tesco or Sainsburys then the answer is NO

I can only speak for Golden Sands but as both resorts are purpose built resorts the facilities in both will be the same.
The mini-markets stock basic tea, coffee bread and biscuits etc. but dont expect to be able to buy real meat,veg and potatoes its mainly deli type stuff. They also sell cigs alcohol toiletries and beach gear.

Patka

Hi Alison55,

As Patka says, just like Golden Sands, you will find lots of mini markets in Sunny Beach.

Supermarkets, such as Piccadilly, Billa, Metro, etc., will generally be located in larger towns/cities like Bourgas or Varna.

Baldur

Generaly hotel food is not great we found the small restaurants up by the market very good in both quality and price compared to the seafront and center of sunny beach. Also they have Bulgarians eating and drinking there !

Colin

Hi Patka just read your post and thinking about Mehanas and even in Sunny Beach when we start to order of a Bulgarian only menu we usually get first the stares and then the comment of Oh the scots you speak Bulgarian (although not great but good enough to be understood) and what a difference is makes when you can say please and thank you in Bulgarian

Hi alio,

There is a quaint resteraunt in the hills called Miami at St Vlas. They do more of a Bulgarian menu than you would find on the resort.
Most taxi drivers know where it is. Last year it cost 28 leva there & back, about £9. let them know what time you want picking up & they will be there waiting for you. Just agree the price before you get in the taxi.

Djannys is a really good place to eat as well. It is across the main road, past the market. The locals eat there & it is fairly cheap. The only down fall is you do have to wait a bit longer than most places, as it is very popular.

Hope this helps & have a really good time.

TEPE

Thanks to everyone for their advice. Only 4 days to go and we will be able to try out ourselves

Cheers
Alio