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The best places to eat throughout Croatia – restaurants and cafés reviewed by our experts

Bura Bistro & Bar
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Bura Bistro & Bar

Beside Dubrovnik Cathedral with its glittering treasury, Bura Bistro & Bar is a recently opened top spot in the historic Old Town serving sensational...
TORI Street Food
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TORI Street Food

TORI Street Food sits away from the hubbub of Zagreb's centre, about 12 kilometres west of the city's main Ban Josip Jelačić Square. What the restaurant lacks...
Restaurant Crna Svinja
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Restaurant Crna Svinja

Crna Svinja sits in the idyllic Slavonian countryside among fields of gold (read: grains and sunflowers), just 15 kilometres from the centre of Osijek. The...
Restaurant Markus
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Restaurant Markus

Covered in rolling hills and olive groves, and strewn with vineyards, central Istria is a fairytale. Restaurant Markus in Labin embodies the soul of this...
NOSH Cosmopolitan Food
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NOSH Cosmopolitan Food

Opened in late May of 2021, NOSH is located on a stone-building-surrounded plaza in the very heart of Rijeka's historic old city. The restaurant-bar...
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The best restaurants in Croatia

Recommended Zagreb restaurants
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Recommended Zagreb restaurants

This ultimate guide to Zagreb restaurants covers it all: from top-level, splash-out fine dining to street food, traditional wholesome to high-end...
The best Dubrovnik restaurants
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The best Dubrovnik restaurants

Dubrovnik restaurants are beginning to offer the culinary quality and variety that should be expected of such a luxury destination. And dining in Dubrovnik...
The best Rijeka restaurants
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The best Rijeka restaurants

Rijeka majors in fish, seafood and simple Venetian-inspired dishes, thanks to its seaport location and cultural mixing with nearby Italy. Rijeka has a handful...

Recommended restaurants in Dubrovnik

Nautika
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Nautika

5 out of 5 stars
Dubrovnik’s most prestigious culinary spot offers two panoramic terraces of starched white-tablecloth formality. Chef Mario Bunda insists on fresh,...
Restaurant Ankora
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Restaurant Ankora

5 out of 5 stars
Sitting on a terrace of the Ankora, eight kilometers west of Dubrovnik, you may get the impression that you are sitting on the deck of a boat. Not only is the...
Fish Restaurant Proto
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Fish Restaurant Proto

5 out of 5 stars
The seafood-oriented Proto, recent recipients of a Michelin recommendation, sits in the heart of the Old Town and claims a tradition dating back to...
Restaurant Amfora
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Restaurant Amfora

5 out of 5 stars
Amfora is an excellent choice for both meat and fish lovers, its cuisine drawing its inspiration from the all areas of the Mediterranean while...
Restaurant Amoret
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Restaurant Amoret

4 out of 5 stars
Thirteen wonderfully decorated apartments at three different locations in the Old Town. All apartments come with kitchenette, TV and free wifi. In summer,...
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Recommended cafés

Bars and pubs

Botaničar • Zagreb

5 out of 5 stars
Botaničar is a stylish café, bar and sometimes art gallery near the botanical gardens. One of Zagreb's best-looking venues, the café is like...
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Booksa • Zagreb

5 out of 5 stars
Zagreb’s prime literary club also doubles as a café, a collective run by two enthusiastic women. There is a symbolic membership fee of 10kn/year,...

Breakfast, brunch and beyond

Breakfast in Zagreb guide
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Breakfast in Zagreb guide

With an increasing number of Zagreb’s guests staying in private rooms and apartments rather than traditional hotels, the need to find a good breakfast...
Eggspress
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Eggspress

5 out of 5 stars
This restaurant hatched out of nowhere – taking over the long defunct and dusty-windowed Pushkin’s Restaurant on Boškovićeva, just off...
Otto & Frank
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Otto & Frank

4 out of 5 stars
Occupying a premium spot on Zagreb's bustling thoroughfare Tkalčićeva, Otto & Frank is a bistro with an emphasis on breakfast, booze and bar snacks....
Dežman Bar
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Dežman Bar

5 out of 5 stars
Thank to a gaggle of designer stores the narrow, arcade-like Dežmanova is fast becoming one of Zagreb’s coolest addresses, an impression only bolstered by the...
Kava Tava
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Kava Tava

3 out of 5 stars
Consisting of a wooden-shed bar surrounded by a scattering of stools and chairs, the al-fresco Kava Tava delivers just about everything that makes a good...

Beer and burgers in Zagreb

50 A Burger & Champagne Bar
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50 A Burger & Champagne Bar

5 out of 5 stars
Handily located behind the main square, this funky burger bar is the result of a global journey spanning New York, Hong Kong and Hvar. The vibe is lively,...
Submarine Burger
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Submarine Burger

5 out of 5 stars
Can burger-flipping be a sustainable, ecologically responsible industry? Well Yellow Submarine is certainly giving it a go. The submariners pride themselves on...
Rougemarin
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Rougemarin

5 out of 5 stars
Something of a cult among Zagreb carnivores on account of its delicious gourmet burgers (try the 200g cheeseburger for 36kn), Rougemarin also serves top-notch...
Burgeraj
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Burgeraj

4 out of 5 stars
A small but perfectly chosen menu has made Burgeraj one of the city centre’s cult eateries. The spicy Pepper Jam Burger or the shiitake-filled Tamari Burger...
Rocket Burger
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Rocket Burger

5 out of 5 stars
A new crop of quality burger bars sprang up in recent years and this was one of the first, serving deftly grilled patties of pure beef to an appreciative...