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Joben Bistro

Cluj-Napoca


This steampunk cafe will lubricate the gears of any traveller with a penchant for Victoriana. Aside from the fantasy decor, with skull designs, taxidermied deer heads and copper pipes on bare brick walls, it's a laid-back place to nurse a lavender-infused lemonade or perhaps the potent 'Drunky Hot Chocolate'.

There is a menu of burgers, salads and spaghetti (mains 25 lei to 35 lei).


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