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Belgrade

Eastern European restaurants in Belgrade

  1. A

    Šešir Moj

    An intimate little restaurant that has alcoves decorated with an art gallery of oils and pastels. A place for romantics, especially when members of a Roma band swirl in, playing their hauntingly passionate music. Go for the punjena belavešanica, which is a pork fillet stuffed with kajmak. Finish with Serbian coffee and a piece of orasnica (walnut cake) if you've any room left.

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  2. B

    ?

    The shortest restaurant name in town came about because of a dispute between a long-past owner and the abstemious clergy of the Orthodox cathedral opposite, who objected to its then name, Cathedral Tavern. The clergy threatened action so the landlord changed the signboard to a '?' signalling his perplexity as to what the fuss was about. Inside is an original Balkans tavern that could be a set for a noir film.

    Chiaroscuro light from panelled windows creeps in to pick up cigarette smoke and dust specks dancing through the sunbeams. Furniture and foot-polished floorboards glow with a patina of antiquity, diners sit at low wooden tables on equally low half-moon chairs while…

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  3. C

    Jevrem

    Set in a lovingly restored old Dorćol house, Jevrem is furnished as if time stopped in the 1920s, and the old photographs of Belgrade on the sunflower-yellow walls confirm this. The food is traditional and simple, and for afters try the spiced hot brandy with baklava and Serbian coffee.

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