Traditional, Zagreb

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The crew here believes food is an artform and they apply this philosophy to both its preparation and the way they eat it. You will hear the term slow-food incorporated in these parts often - expect your succulent meal to be at least a spiritual journey.
On a beautiful afternoon, the outside seating, woody and gazebo -like in its dark wood decor - is absolutely fawless, the spires of the Cathedral almost near enough for you to impale yourself upon. Your meal is a mixed of grilled meat. Open 10:00 - 24:00
55-95 kn

Favorite Dish: Croatian domestic cuisine:
- purica s mlincima
- zagrebacki odrezak
- domace kobasice sa zeljem

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On my recent visit to Zagreb in October 2011 the local VTers diocletianvs and danijelita took me to this excellent Bosnian restaurant which is near the big mosque.

We went there on a Saturday for a late lunch and it was a very busy place indeed. They have a traditional interior decoration and the restaurant is non-smoking. But in the winter garden you may smoke but we prefered to sit in the restaurant proper. The restaurant is tucked away in a residential area but there is plently of parking nearby.

Favorite Dish: We had a dish called "Ustipci s kajmakom" for starters which was excellent (picture no. 2). They are doughballs with cream cheese. The price for a portion was KUNA 32.00. Then I opted for "Kombinacija u Somunu" for Kuna 33.00 plus 5.00 for the flat bread (pictures no. 3 and 4). The combination meant 2 spicy cevapi and 5 cevapcici. Needless to say that I was battling with so much meat! I prefered the spicy cevapi.

Dessert was a sweet pastry called Hurmasice which is very sweet indeed and cost 14 Kuna.

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The restaurant was founded in 1999 and is situated right in the heart of the city, sharing the same entrance with the "Old Pharmacy Pub" in A. Hebrang street. It offers charming ambient, combination of continental underground basement and Mediterranean tavern.

Favorite Dish: The konoba-restaurant "Masklin i lata" is well known for its fine traditional food, a mix of Dalmatian - Istrian and Italian cuisine. If you order fresh grilled fish, of any kind, it will be a passport to revisit this restaurant more then once. Try also "pasticada" in Dalmatian way, its really delicious.

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Restaurant with long tradition, situated outside the center beneath Medvednica mountain. It has great outdoor terrace along with indoor that is decorated old Zagreb-Zagorje style.

Many people go there for lamb (janjetina sa raznja), but other dishes are also worth the visit. Mostly traditional local food with some international dishes.

Favorite Dish: Last time I tried warm salad with goose liver it was fabulous.

People working there, the ambience ant the meal was perfect. It is not one of Michelin restaurants but every meal they served and the way they serve it is like in a high class restaurant. People are very warm in Croatia. Meals and good quality wines are cheap.

At the entrance of the restaurant there is a bar. ambiance is very good there too.

(The price I reference below include wine from Chile.)

Favorite Dish: Brokoli soup,
a special Lamp meal they cook in the oven for hours. It is very soft and tasty

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Pri zvonce's ambience is rural, with old remedies placed around and lots of vegetation. They have managed to make it look genuine and not kitchy, take a look at the pictures here and in the album. I found the restaurant "by accident", taking the wrong turn while I was looking for my faculty the first day of summer school :-) The staff is friendly and efficient, the atmosphere relaxed. A popular place for business people to take their foreign visitors for lunch as well as for groups of local people.

Favorite Dish: They have a rich menu of tasty traditional food, but be aware: They do not have everything that is on the menu. When I was there at lunch time, they had the ready made meals, but in the evening there was only á la carte and barbecue. There were six of us, we ordered mix meat for 4 + a couple of salads, cheese and grilled vegetables, and we were not able to eat it all! With a bottle of wine, some lemonade, water and coffe, we paid 751 kunas.

In my experience, service and food in Stari Puntijar didn't live up to the reputation of the restaurant. Although is considered as one of the better restaurants in Zagreb, service was unprofessional; waiter was without manners and even rude!
Their duck pate has never seen the duck, although the price is like you're eating fois gras pate. Half of the desert menue should be ordered 1(ONE) day in advance !
The restaurant is definitely not worthed the money you pay. Very dissapointing !

Bistro Mandusevac is a part of Restaurant Katedralis near Dolac market. Bistro is cheaper than the restaurant itself and serves various daily menus of tasty Croatian food. Gablec (light lunch, as named in this part of Croatia) change daily and present real "value for money".

Favorite Dish: Veal cutlets with potatoes or a type of fish broth made from cod.