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Traditional Zagreb
50 Reviews Food is excellent...and then, it's in the heart of the city. Bussiness meeting, lunch with family or just without any particular occasion..it's always the right place to go. During the spring and...
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Croatian Cuizine Dubrovnik
33 Reviews Innovative mediteranean cuisine,friendly staff,great wine list,just few passes from the old town,nice terrace,romanticThe Tovjerna is located in a 200-year-old family house, turned toward the North...
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Pizzeria Galija Split
7 Reviews Good pizza from a woodfired oven. Inattentive, but not rude, service. The waiters seemed more interested in having a chat at the bar than serving. I had nearly finished my dinner by the time the...
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Macondo Hvar
6 Reviews Don't waste your time, we read fabulous reviews on loads of travel mags, but have a feeling they writers were paid off, this place is awful, looks good, but staff rude and food far too overpriced. I...
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Licka kuca Plitvicka Jezera National Park
4 Reviews Wenn man Gemüse möchte, ist man hier völlig falsch. Dabei stehen auf der Karte Speisen wie "Vegetale Plate", "Bohnen kroatischer Art", Beilagen wie Möhrengemüse oder Erbsen etc. Wir waren ungläubig,...
Dessert shop Zagreb
24 Reviews Vincek is the best known pastry shop in the city of Zagreb. It is always very crowded and hard to get free table inside of it. During the summer season the people stands outside of it waiting to get...
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Seafood Dubrovnik
18 Reviews The restaurant was recommended by the local people to serve excellent seafood. They welcome you with a compimentory drink which was a good selection of wine. The order was taken quickly but the...
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Konoba Marjan Split
4 Reviews Don't miss this small friendly restaurant tucked away up a side street from the Riva. It's run by husband & wife team Marija and Ivan. Don't be put off if you don't see many people inside -the food is...
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Vinarija Plenkovic Hvar
2 Reviews A beautiful stone restaurant that allows you to sample the various award winning wines. In between tastings step through one of the windows to catch some sun or go for a swim. A great place to spend...
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Restaurants along the D1 road Plitvicka Jezera National Park
3 Reviews On both entrances there are small places that offer drinks, snacks, sandwiches and more substantial meals. Lots of people travelling along the D1 road just stop here to eat in fresh air. They also...
Pizzeria Zagreb
17 Reviews I love pizza and like it to be make strictly in a traditional Italian way, fire up the wood. Pizzeria "2" or "Dvojka" offering such a kind of pizza and for my money its the best in town. Fact is, it...
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Vegetarian food Dubrovnik
7 Reviews nishta is a new culinary concept in Dubrovnik that is simply refreshing. It serve only authentic, 100% vegetarian dishes, with vegan and gluten-free options available. nishta is open from Monday to...
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Luxor Split
5 Reviews When we entered cafe on main floor, waiter suggested we go to dining area upstairs as we wanted to have lunch. Great suggestion. Menu the same as in the cafe on main floor which was busy and crowded...
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Hvar Specialities-General Food Advice Hvar
4 Reviews Good food (or "spiza" as the locals say) is an integral part of the Hvar tradition. Healthy, light, mostly boiled food (chiefly fish), seasoned with home-made olive oil and a pinch of herbs which grow...
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Restaurants around lake Kozjak Plitvicka Jezera National Park
3 Reviews At the northern part of the Kozjak lake, close to the P3 boat stop, there is a rest area with a restaurant and several food stalls. If you're lucky with the weather than sitting outside feels just...
Italian Zagreb
34 Reviews Nokturno offers a wide range of Italian dishes from pizza to pasta. It seems to be popular among both locals and tourists. Even VT members are said to be seen here. The food is delicious and...
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Italian Food Dubrovnik
14 Reviews I am a total fan of Italian food, I barely ever eat anything else, so of course, in 2004 I would definitely recommend spaghetteria Toni....but this year they are HORRBILE. Food is tastless. I hope...
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Bobis Split
4 Reviews I wish I could agree with the other VT reviews of Bobis - I wasn't too impressed! The shops are inviting - to those with a sweet tooth like me, at any rate - with more cakes, biscuits and...
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Placa Paladini Hvar
3 Reviews I seriously wish I had read Bev's review Before booking my wedding rehearsal dinner at this place. We had a destination wedding in Hvar which was fabulous except for this place. The food was good- I...
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Fast food Zagreb
12 Reviews In the past it was just a big tasty hamburger ...quite a real fast food...now it's a nicly decorated place...with modern design...tasty food and many different types of dishes...quite and clean......
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Boban Split
3 Reviews All along the waterfront in Split there are outdoor cafes. They serve a variety of food but for the most part people seemed to be stopping for a cool drink or a coffee. It was so hot you had to take...
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Jurin Podrum Hvar
2 Reviews A small family-run restaurant Jurin Podrum (Cellar) can be found on one of the quiet lanes in the old part of the town. The interior is rather small, there are only a few tables. Try to get a table...
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Seafood Zagreb
11 Reviews The put is on the edge of a park and it is perfect place to put your delicate tush down in. A great place to get the romance back into bloom. Open 11:00 - 24:00 85-150 kn, cc Seafood from Adriatic, in...
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Sumica Split
1 Review Between the Firule bay and Ovcice bay in the "elite" part of Split, in the pine park and just next to the sea is this cute restaurant Sumica. It has a nice selection of wine, English speaking...
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Oaza Restaurant Hvar
2 Reviews Milna is a little bit out from Hvar (about 10 km) so you have to go there by car... but there are a beautiful spot to take sun and most of all a great restaurant, open night and day, where you can...
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While I was in the country for 6 months, I had a chance to try a number of different local beers. I kept some of their labels as souvenirs. Not all of them were made in Croatia; some were made elsewhere within the former Yugoslavia.The alcohol content of these beers ranged from 11% to 12.5%.
Croatian food has a lot of influence from Italy courtesy of the former venetian rulers. YOu can get some fantastic dishes in Croatia and I highly reccomend trying some pizza while here. Of course you should try the traditioanl Balkan dishes like Burek but if you have a hankering for pizza you cant go wrong in Croatia. There are many restaurants all over Croatia so just pop into one and give it a try.
We spent ten days in Croatia, eating about 20 lunches and dinners in the process. While the food was moderately good throughout, what was striking was the amazing sameness of menus throughout the country. No matter where you were, it seemed like every restaurant in Croatia had ordered their menu from the same factory. There are sections for pasta, risotto, grilled and roasted meat, salads, cheese plates, and so on. And almost every section has a lot of the same items on it (shrimp risotto...sopski salad...and so on). This got awfully monotonous, although it must be said that the preparation of the same dishes varied a lot from place to place. Sometimes a restaurant served a great cheese plate, sometimes a great risotto, sometimes a great salad--but it was always a crapshoot as to which dish each restaurant did well!
Although we were staying in a hotel we decided to have a meal in Porec town and chose to eat at Corso because it looked so inviting and pretty with the roof top seating amongst the trees and looking into a lovely square. The pizzas were delicious as are all pizzas in Porec. The owner and staff in the restaurant were very welcoming and friendly and even during a very violent thunderstorm they managed to keep us entertained and offered us drinks until the storm had finished. Unfortunately, we only had the one opportunity to eat here at Corso but I still remember how good pizza was even after so many years.
Placed just 500 mt north of SENJ the restaurant is a nice terrance 30mt "over" the sea where you can go by a stair.This is the place where I've eaten the BEST mixed fried fish all over the world. mixed fried fish !!!
I eat not only meat but traditional food too: pizza,fish or fry potato.For very big dinner I pay for 5 persons 383KN. Attancione!!! Fresh fish are very expensive. There are very tasty but are very expensive. I pay 174 KN.
Very specal in Croatian's food are different meats with dressing and salads with fresh vegetables with dressing too. I eat fresh sea's fruits expecially: king's prawn, octopus, lobster,fish and sea fruits salad. Mniam,mniam...Drinks are everything what you want but I recommend local win - very chip and you can buy in wayside shops. In local restaurant is reader expencive but if you want you can buy fresh vegetables and fruits on local bazaar for very chip and cooking very good meals.
What to drink?Cultivation of wine grapes and production of sweet and selected wines is the several centuries old tradition of Croatian winegrowers - both, in the continental part of Croatia, and at Primorje and Dalmatia. The well-known varieties of Croatian wines along the Adriatic coast and on the islands are red wines - Teran, Merlot, Cabernet, Opolo, Plavac, Dingac, Postup, and white wines - Malvazija, Posip, Pinot, Kujundzusa, Zlahtina, Muskat... In the continental parts - Riesling, Graševina, Burgundac, Traminac... Among the strong drinks, there are various brandies which are well-known - plum brandy, herb-flavoured brandy, grapes brandy, and among the dessert drinks are Prosek and Maraschino.
What to eat?Except for the standard European cousine - Croatia offers its most popular domestic dishes and specialities: among the cold dishes, there are renowned Dalmatian of Istrian prosciutto, Pag or Lika cheese, sheep cheese, the Slavonia paprika-flavoured salami (called “kulen”), renowned Samobor or Zagorje garlic sausages (called “cesnjovka”), fresh cheese with cream... Main dishes depend on the area in which you are. In Dalmatia, Primorje, on islands and in Istria, the dishes are fish and other seafood dishes, or meat dishes - the so-called “pasticada” or boiled lamb.In the continental part of Croatia, there is a wide selection of meat dishes, with turkey with special pasta called “mlinci”, roas lamb, roast suckling, boiled or baked “štruki” (pasta with cheese) being particularly famous. Among desserts, apart from the alread mentioned “strukli”, there are: walnut loaf, poppy seed...
Where to eat?Apart from hotels offering accommodation both board and lodging or half board, ina all towns, tourist resorts there are also restaurants, inns, taverns, wine cellars, pizzerias, fast food restaurants along the main roads, but the gourmands will find restaurants and inns with the domestic “Croatian cousine” most interesting.All the victuals of animal origin are subject to the same standards ad in the countries of European Community and are under constant veterinary and health supervision.
Regent Esplanade Hotel Zagreb
16 Reviews and 348 Opinions We stayed here from 30 Dec 2011 to 1 January 2012. This is truly an excellent hotel. Staff and...
Hotel Bellevue Dubrovnik Dubrovnik
5 Reviews and 322 Opinions Hotel Bellevue is a unique hotel located in a spectacular cliff top position overlooking the...
Radisson Blu Resort, Split Split
8 Reviews and 172 Opinions The guide told us it was situated so close to the center that we could walk back there. But the bus...
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Q: Hello, can EU nationals from non neighbouring countries to Croatia enter the country with a valid ID only? It's so confusing...
A: The Croatian Embassy website http://uk.mfa.hr/?mv=167&mh=42&dmid=86#pocdrz says: * Crossing the state border of the Republic of Croatia requires either a valid...
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