Since Sozopol is at the seaside we decided to hunt for seafood there. We got lucky on the very first evening when we found Kirik restaurant, which was good enough to make us keep returning.
We only tried one other restaurant, Pizzeria Joan right at the beginning of the main street of Old Sozopol, where fish was not fresh and service not particularly cheery. We ended up consoling ourselves with banitsas from the kiosk nearby.
Kirik restaurant
Small restaurant Kirik is named after the island of the same name. It is located in Old Sozopol, across the port and the naval base, but the latter is well hidden under the trees so it is not spoiling a nice view from Kirik's terrace. There is a big fig tree growing above the terrace providing pleasant shade. Upon sitting down at the terrace we felt like we came for a visit to somebody's house rather than into a restaurant. The staffs were friendly but didn't speak any foreign languages.
We ate various kinds of fish in Kirik. Daniel always tried to ask the waiters in broken Bulgarian which fish was caught on the same day. Sometimes the attempt was successful, sometimes not. On one of the evenings however the fish was so tasty that we indulged with a second portion.
Kirik has relatively good selection of Bulgarian wines. We washed down every dinner with a bottle. And despite the seafood was the main reason for us to keep coming back to Kirik, we will also remember it after the best starter in Bulgaria: cold sarmi with heavenly home-made yogurt. The latter was thick, fresh, nice-smelling and tasted like no other yogurt we have ever tried. We never imagined that such a simple thing as yogurt can taste so good.
The bill for a dinner for two complete with a bottle of wine normally came to 30-46 leva.
Location: Ribarska 77 (Old Sozopol)