Bucharest's food section spans 2 curated guides, split between restaurants and cafes. Each holds 12 verified entries, both at their selection cap. The split is deliberate. Bucharest's sit-down dining and its cafe culture serve different purposes in a visitor's day, and combining them into one list would have flattened that difference. The restaurants guide handles proper meals. The cafes guide covers lighter stops, the kind of places in Bucharest where you might sit with coffee and watch the street through a tall window.
If evening meals are the priority, open the restaurants guide first. Its 12 entries will carry you through several nights in Bucharest without repeating. The cafes guide works better as a daytime companion. On a 31 C August afternoon in Bucharest, the cafes guide will likely prove more useful than the restaurants guide. The 2 guides give you 12 entries each to plan from.
September's average high in Bucharest drops to 25 C with 5 rain days, enough dry warmth for outdoor tables through most of the month.