Zagreb, Croatia — Food and Dining
Restaurants in Zagreb, Croatia
Restaurants
Expensive
Dubravkin Put
Seafood is the specialty at this highly-acclaimed restaurant, with fresh fish arriving daily from Dalmatia. In summer, you can eat outside on the leafy terrace.
Dubravkin put 2
Tel: (01) 483 4975.
Paviljon
A sound choice if presentation counts, with carefully prepared meat and fish dishes served in this elegant 19th-century Art Pavilion, close to the train station.
Trg kralja Tomislava 22
Tel: (01) 481 3066.
Website: www.restaurant-paviljon.com
Moderate
Boban
If you want to dine with locals head to Boban. This Italian restaurant serves up daily specials alongside the usual suspects in an old brick cellar. The only downside is the lack of outside tables in summer.
Gajeva 9
Tel: (01) 481 1549.
Website: www.boban.hr
Giardino
This stylish cafe-cum-Italian is a good place to grab a tasty lunch and watch the fashion parade on the pedestrianized Tkalčićeva.
Tkalčićeva 37
Cheap
Pivnica Medvedgrad
This popular beer hall is known for its hearty dishes like sausages and beans and its own-brand brews served at heavy wooden tables.
Boidara Adije 16
Tel: (01) 364 6546.
Website: www.pivnica-medvedgrad.hr
Nightlife
Zagreb’s nightlife is primarily student orientated, with the highest concentration of small bars and cafes lining the pretty street of Tkalčićeva in Gornji Grad. Those in search of something more sophisticated might try either Hemingway, Tuškanac 1, or Škola, Bogovićeva 7, both chic lounge-bars serving cocktails.
Real ale drinkers would do better to head to either Pivnica Medvedgrad, Boidara Adije 16, or K Pivovari, Ilica 222, both Central-European-style beer halls attached to breweries. For drinks with a view, head away from the city center to the Vertigo Bar at the Hotel Antunović, Zagrebačka Avenija 100A.
The B P Club, Nikole Tesle 7, is a relaxed jazz venue with regular live music, while jazz, blues, rock and pop all feature on the packed schedule at Sax!, Palmotićeva 22. Dance the night away at Gjuro II, Medveščak 2, or join the glamorous crowd at Saloon, Tuškanac 1, a see-and-be-seen spot attracting a smattering of Croatian celebrities.
